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Regional Law No. 741 “On land reclamation”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Tuva
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural land Drainage/land reclamation Agro-forestry Classification/declassification Certification Registration
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes legal grounds in the sphere of land reclamation ensuring efficient land tenure and protection of drained land. The scope of land reclamation shall be to improve productivity and sustainability of agriculture, stable agricultural production on the basis of conservation and improvement of soil fertility and involvement of unused and low-productive land in agricultural production. Land reclamation shall be classified as follows: (a) hydrotechnical amelioration; (b) agroforestry; (c) land clearance operations; and (d) chemical amelioration. Land reclamation systems and works shall be subject to mandatory certification and registration.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.fpa.su