Regulation of the Federal Forest Service on transfer of forest land to the category of unforested land for the purposes related to forest management. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1993 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Land & soil Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Private forest Classification/declassification Forest species Transfer 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 Abstract This Order establishes the list of requested technical documentation and the modalities of transfer of forest land to the category of unforested land for the purposes related to forest management. The aforesaid transfer can be carried out by initiative of the owners of forests and forest managers. The scope of forest land shall be construction of cone-drier, seed storage facilities of forest species, and planting of forest nurseries. District forestry administration shall submit application, containing technical survey and map of the forest land plot, to the local executive body. Regional forestry administration shall issue decision specifying the grounds for and the motive of transfer. Full text Russian Website www.lawrussia.ru