Regulation on sphere of competence of the Ministry of Natural Resources validated by the Ministerial Decree No. 726. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Environmental planning Policy/planning 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 The Ministry of Natural Resources is a Federal Executive Body entitled to carry out state policy in the sphere of study, use, reproduction, protection of natural resources and environment, ensuring ecological safety and to co-ordinate the activity of other Federal Executive Bodies in the above-mentioned sphere in cases envisaged by the Legislation currently in force. The Ministry of Natural Resources is: 1) Federal Institution for the management of subsoil and forests. 2) Specially authorized state institution for the management and protection of water resources. 3) Specially authorized state institution in the field of use, protection, conservation of forest resources, environmental protection, state ecological expertise, protection, control and regulation of use of wildlife species and their natural habitat, protection of atmospheric air and, within its sphere of competence of the treatment of waste materials (except for nuclear ones) and carrying out state control over use and protection of land. 4) Federal Executive Body specially authorized to carry out state regulation in the field of protection of the Baikal lake. Full text Russian References - Legislation Implemented by Order No. 303 of 1997 of the State Committee for Environmental Protection regarding validation of the Regulation on the State Committee for Environmental Protection (STATECOMECOLOGY). Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997 Keyword: Institution, Environmental audit, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 643 of the State Committee for Environmental Protection regarding validation of the Regulation on state marine inspection for environmental protection attached to the Committee. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 Keyword: Marine pollution, Institution, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Territorial sea, Maritime zone, Environmental standards, Hazards, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ministerial Decree No. 370 validating the Regulation on the Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004 (2006) Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX