Order No. 5 of the acting Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan validating the List of particularly dangerous pests and diseases, except for species subject to quarantine control, of forests and the Regulation for combating them.

This Order validates the List of particularly dangerous pests and diseases, except for species subject to quarantine control. Regulation for combating dangerous pests and diseases, except for species subject to quarantine control, establishes that it shall be responsibility of forest owners to combat forest pests and diseases by means and methods that do not have negative impact on the state of forests. The scope of combating forest pests and diseases shall be to prevent mass reproduction and spread thereof, reducing damage from them and ensuring a favorable sanitary environment on the territory of forest fund. Arrangements for combating particularly dangerous forest pests and diseases shall be scheduled annually and shall be corrected whenever required. Arrangements for combating particularly dangerous forest pests and diseases shall include: (a) forest pathological monitoring for particularly dangerous forest pests and diseases; (b) determination of the timing and area of application of measures to eliminate the outbreaks of particularly dangerous forest pests and diseases, as well as the need for financial resources for combating them; and (c) application of measures to eliminate foci of particularly dangerous forest pests and diseases.