Artamonova, V.O. State administration in the sphere of protection and preservation of forests

Abstract: This article contains analysis of state administration in the sphere of protection and preservation of forests. The author analyzes several theoretical approaches to the definition of state administration of natural recourses as a legal Institution and as an organizing activity of state bodies. The author formulates the definition of state administration in the sphere of protection and preservation of forests as enforcement activity of state government bodies on protection and preservation of forests, which is based upon the forest legislation. The article includes classification of powers of state government bodies of the Russian Federation in the sphere of forest relations into normative, legal, financial and administrative regulation of forest relations. The forest regulation powers are partially transferred to the state government bodies of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation. Out of three «control levers» the regional governments gain most of administrative control. The author characterizes three key government bodies currently implementing protection and preservation of forests in the Russian Federation: the Federal Forestry Agency, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage.

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