Presidential decree

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN DECREE

ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE COMMITTEE OF FORESTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Ensuring full and rational use of the rich potential of forest resources of the Republic, further improvement of the forestry management system, increasing the efficiency of forest land use, introduction of advanced scientific and technical achievements in the field In order to strengthen and modernize the material and technical base of forestry, as well as to more actively attract foreign investment and develop eco-tourism:
1. The State Committee of Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the basis of the Main Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan with branches in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and regions be organized.
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It should be noted that the State Committee for Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan is part of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on agriculture and water management, agriculture and food processing.
(Paragraph 2 of item 1 as amended by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PF-5329 of February 8, 2018 – National Database of Legislation, March 3, 2018, No. 06/18/5329/0846)
2. To determine the following as the main tasks and activities of the State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
pursue a unified state policy in the field of forestry, aimed at the comprehensive expansion and rational use of forest resources;
develop proposals for improving forest legislation and monitor their implementation;
organization of effective management of forest resources and protected natural areas, afforestation, reforestation, protection, conservation, rational and economical use of forests;
development and implementation of measures for reforestation and reproduction of protected forests in the country, organization of work on the establishment of anti-erosion plantations on mountain slopes, cliffs and abandoned lands;
study of forest resources, fauna and flora and their strict accounting, introduction of scientific achievements and best practices in forestry practice;
protection of forests from fires, pests and diseases, illegal logging and other violations of forest legislation;
organization of development and implementation of a unified system of certification and standardization of seedlings and seeds of ornamental plants;
expansion and development of interconnected economic activities in forestry, seedling growing, collection of medicinal plants, beekeeping, fisheries, livestock and their deep processing, people organization of production of consumer goods;
attract grants from international financial institutions to the sector and develop ecotourism on a large scale;
organization of training, retraining and advanced training of specialists with secondary special and higher education in the field of forestry.

3. Note:
The State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the legal successor of the Main Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the rights and obligations;
Decisions of the State Forestry Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan within its competence shall be binding on state and economic administration bodies, local state authorities, economic entities and citizens;
The Chairman of the State Forestry Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan and his deputies shall be approved and dismissed by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
4. The structure of the State forestry committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan includes:
Committee of Forestry of the Republic of Karakalpakstan on the basis of the Department of Forestry of the Republic of Karakalpakstan;
To establish Forestry Departments of Bukhara, Jizzakh, Kashkadarya, Navoi, Namangan, Samarkand, Surkhandarya, Tashkent and Fergana regions.
It should be noted that the Andijan, Syrdarya and Khorezm state forestries are directly subordinated to the State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Note:
The Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and regional forestry departments report to the State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and, accordingly, to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and regional khokimiyats ;
The Chairman of the Forestry Committee of the Republic of Karakalpakstan shall be appointed and dismissed by the Jogorku Kenesh of the Republic of Karakalpakstan in coordination with the State Forestry Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
Heads of regional forestry departments, as well as heads of Andijan, Syrdarya and Khorezm state forestries are appointed by the Chairman of the State Committee on Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the recommendation of regional governors. dismissed.
5. To establish the Forestry Research Institute in the system of the State Committee for Forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the basis of the Republican Research and Production Center for Landscape Horticulture and Forestry.
The following are the main tasks and activities of the Forestry Research Institute:
development and implementation of a unified strategy for the development of ornamental horticulture in the country on the basis of a systematic study of the needs of domestic and foreign markets;
cultivation of ornamental, fruit trees and shrubs, creation of plantations of medicinal plants, selection and sowing of plants grown on mountain slopes, deserts and rain-fed lands, resistant to drought, disease and pests conducting research on agriculture;
development of effective innovative methods to improve the ecological condition of forest lands, expansion and restoration of forests, prevention of desertification, establishment of protected forests;
development and implementation of scientific bases and promising technologies for growing seedlings of ornamental plants;
selection of drought, pest and disease resistant plant species, taking into account the soil and climatic conditions of the regions, development of recommendations for the zoning of ornamental plants;
development and introduction of science-based technologies for erosion control;
organization of cultivation of seeds of import-substituting medicinal plants, as well as seedlings of ornamental, fruit trees and shrubs;
to organize the development and implementation of a unified system of certification and standardization of seedlings of ornamental plants.
6. To the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan in a week in accordance with the established procedure to submit the draft of the resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the organization of activities of the State committee of forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
7. To the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “About transformation of the State Forestry Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan into the Main Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan” – Decree No. PF-2536 of February 1 shall be deemed invalid.
8. To the state committee of the forestry of the Republic of Uzbekistan together with the Ministry of Justice and the interested ministries and departments in a month about changes and additions to the legislation following from this Decree. Make proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers.
9. Control of execution of this Decree to assign to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A.N. Aripov and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan State Counselor V.A. Let Golishev be in charge.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. MIRZIYOYEV