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The Forest Code governs the protection, ownership, use and renewal of forest resources in the Russian Federation based on the notion of forests as an ecological system. The Act consists of 16 Chapters divided into 109 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) forest use; (3) forest protection; (4) forest renewal and afforestation; (5) forest management planning; (6) making publicly-owned and municipally-owned forest parcels available to citizens and legal persons; (7) sale-purchase contracts for for