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Regional Law No.68-ZAO “On regulation of forest relations”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Yamalo-Nents
Document type
Legislation
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Forest species Traditional rights/customary rights Land clearing Contract/agreement
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 grants the right of timber extraction to citizens for individual personal needs for heating, housing construction and other personal purposes in forest fund. Damaged, dry and overmature standing timber of forest species shall be primarily destined for felling. Timber extraction by citizens shall be carried out in accordance with purchase and sale contracts of forest species. Small ethnic communities of the North the aforesaid communities shall be granted the right of timber extraction for free as traditional rights. Upon completion of timber extraction operations citizens must provide for land clearing. Citizens shall have the right of procurement non-timber edible and non-edible products free of charge and without any authorization. Non-timber forest products procured by citizens for individual personal needs shall become their property.

Full text
Russian
Website
lawru.info

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 68-ZAO amending Regional Law No.68-ZAO “On regulation of forest relations”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Forest species, Fuelwood

Source: FAO, FAOLEX