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Regional Law No. 86-OZ “On forest management”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Jewish Autonomous Region
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999 (2003)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Timber Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products
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 regulates relations in the sphere of forest management with a view of mechanism ensuring constitutional right of citizens to forest management, protection, conservation and reproduction of forests, conservation of biological diversity and forest ecosystems, and enforcement of law and order in the sphere of forest management. All the forests, except for defence and urban forests, forest fund land (forested and unforested) shall form forest fund. All the types of forest uses envisaged by federal legislation shall be authorized in the regional forest fund. The following types of fees shall be applicable in the sphere of forest management: (a) forestry taxes applicable to timber extraction and procurement of non-timber forest products; and (b) lease payments for lease of forest parcels. The following types of felling shall be authorized in regional forests: (a) main use felling; (b) intermediate felling; and (c) other types of felling. Harvesting and collection of endangered, protected and rare plants and edible resources of non-timber products shall be prohibited.

Full text
Russian
Website
jewish.news-city.info

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 181-OZ amending Regional Law No. 86-OZ “On forest management”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2003

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forest fires

Source: FAO, FAOLEX