Regional Law No. 87-OZ “On modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Subject

Forestry

Keyword

Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Fuelwood Forest species Traditional rights/customary rights

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 the day after the date of its official publication.

Abstract

This Regional Law establishes that citizens shall have the right for timber extraction of forest species for individual personal needs for payment, except for traditional forest management by indigenous small ethnic communities. The period of timber extraction, including logging, shall not exceed one year (art. 2). Rates of timber extraction shall be established as follows: (a) for housing construction – up to 80 cubic metres once in 50 years; (b) for heating – up to 15 cubic metres annually; and (c) other individual personal needs – up to 25 cubic metres once in 10 years (Annex 1).

Full text

Russian

Website

kemles.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 24-OZ amending Regional Law No. 87-OZ “On modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Expropriation, Fuelwood, Forest species, Traditional rights/customary rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX