Ministerial Decree No. 491 validating the Regulation on land monitoring.
Правительство Российской Федерации Постановление от 15 июля 1992 г. N 491 г. Москва О мониторинге земель.
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This Ministerial Decree stipulates that land monitoring shall be a land observation system to timely discover, assess and evaluate changes and prevent negative processes or mitigate their consequences. Land monitoring shall be an integral part of environmental monitoring. All land on the territory of the Russian Federation shall be subject to monitoring regardless of ownership, use or type of land tenure. The following categories of land shall be monitored: (a) agricultural land; (b) urban land; (c) industrial, transport, defence and other categories of land; (d) protected areas; (e) forest land; (f) land pertaining to waterbodies; and (g) reserve land.
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