Order No. 350 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating Sanitary Regulation in the forests of the Russian Federation.

This Order establishes the scope, the types of forestry protection measures, the modalities of carrying out thereof and sanitary requirements ensuring conservation of the biological sustainability of forest plantations in the process of forest management and forest use, and also while carrying out activities not related to forestry and forest management. Forestry protection measure must be carried out with the consideration of the purposeful use and natural qualities of forests and forest protection shall be based upon forest zoning, conservation of biodiversity and sustainable management. Damages caused to the forest estate by the violation of this Sanitary Regulation shall be compensated in accordance with the Russian legislation. Forestry protection measure shall include: (a) forest pathology inspection and monitoring; (b) supervision over forest pests and diseases and prophylaxis thereof; (c) sanitary recovery arrangements; and (d) the state supervision over the application of the aforesaid arrangements. Legal and natural persons carrying out forest management shall undertake the following sanitary recovery arrangements: (a) selective sanitary felling; (b) final sanitary felling of the damaged and impaired forest species; and (c) land clearing.