BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 8. The Regulation on the Ministry of Ecology and Natural
Resources has been amended, and the ministry’s authority has been
expanded, Trend
reports.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed the
relevant decree.
According to the decree, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural
Resources, through its subordinate bodies, both within and outside
its structure, will be able to provide an opinion on the expediency
of replacing these lands with less suitable or unsuitable land for
agriculture, on the feasibility of replacing them with land plots
for the extraction of minerals, on the compliance of confirmed
reserves of minerals and their development with the legislation on
subsoil, as well as on the compliance of changing the category of
lands with the legislation on environmental protection, in cases
provided for in Part 1 of Article 57 of the Land Code, as well as
in cases where it is necessary to involve additional land plots in
the agricultural cycle for the construction of objects of defense
and security importance on forest fund lands, and to ensure food
security.
Amendments have also been made to the "Statute of the State
Ecological Expertise Agency".
Thus, when a change in the category of land for the extraction
of minerals is required, the Agency will be able to provide an
opinion on the compliance of the approved reserves of minerals and
their development with the legislation on subsoil, as well as the
change in the category of lands with the legislation on
environmental protection.
