Forest Code.

Forest legislation in accordance with the Constitution of the Kyrgyz republic shall consist of this Code, laws and other normative legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic, which regulate forest relations in the Kyrgyz Republic. Forest legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic shall aim at guarding, protection, and regeneration of forests and hunting fund, ensure rational and sustainable forest use, proceeding from the state objectives for efficient management of forests and hunting fund, conservation of biological diversity of forest ecosystems, increase of ecological and economic forest potential, satisfaction of public needs for forest and hunting resources based on scientifically grounded and multipurpose management of forests and hunting fund. Forest legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic shall regulate the relations with respect to protection, guarding, reproduction, rational and sustainable use of forests, both within and outside the State Forest Fund, as well as use of unforested islands of the Forest Fund. Land and water relations, as well as those relating to the use of underground resources and other relations which emerge due to the use of the Forest Fund shall be regulated by the corresponding land, water, and other legislative acts of the Kyrgyz Republic. All the forests and land pertaining to public, municipal and private property destined for forestry shall form forest stock of the Kyrgyz Republic (art. 6). The Law consists of 11 Sections divided into 25 Chapters that contain 109 articles. Section 1 (chapts. 1-3) lays down the general provisions. Section 2 (chapts. 4-6) regards state management and control relating to guarding, protection, regeneration and use of forest fund. Section 3 (chapts. 7-8) determines rights and obligations of forest fund plot owners and forest users. Section 4 (chapts. 9-15) deals with forest uses. Section 5 (chapter 16) concerns forest fund guarding and protection. Section 6 (chapts. 17-18) establishes forest fund monitoring, registering, forest cadastre, forest inventory, forest planning. Section 7 (chapter 19) regards reproduction of forests. Section 8 (chapter 20) concerns settlement of forest disputes and responsibility for violation of forest legislation. Section 9 (chapts. 21-22) determines financing of forestry, reimbursement of losses. Section 10 (chapter 23) regards social protection and guarantees of state forest management body employees and their family members. Section 11 (chapts. 24-25) lays down the final provisions.