This Ministerial Decree establishes that for the purpose of ensuring conservation of forests, biological diversity and forest ecosystems the State Forest Service shall be set up. The State Forest Service shall have as its duties: (a) to ensure the enforcement of forest legislation; (b) to ensure the state supervision over the state, management, protection, conservation and reproduction of forests. The State Forest Service shall have the competence as regards to: (a) prevent and suppress crimes and administrative offences; (b) to ensure order on the territory of forest estate. The state forest officers shall be authorized: (a) to check authorization for the management of forest estate; (b) to draw up reports on administrative offences regarding forest estate; (c) to confiscate forest resources, logging equipment and means of transport.
Russian Federation · 2006-03-20