This Ministerial Decree establishes that transfer of forestland to land of other categories for purposes not related to forestry shall be authorized exclusively in the presence of positive conclusions of state environmental audit. Authorization for transfer shall be issued in the following cases: (a) impossibility of land tenure in accordance with previously established purposeful use of land; (b) modification of the boundaries of inhabited (urban) areas; and (c) classification of land as protected area. Natural and legal persons concerned that are beneficiaries of such transfer shall pay compensation for loss of forestry production to the previous owner of forestland.
Kazakhstan · 2012-08-01