We are pleased to introduce to your attention the Guide to the Forest Legislation of the Republic of Armenia as a result of a year consistent work. The Guide is the first complex source of scientific-practical commentaries. The authors of the Guide are Professor Aida Iskoyan, lecturers at Yerevan State University Gor Movsisyan and Heghine Hakhverdyan. The Guide is composed from 6 chapters comprising the commentaries of both the RA Forest Code and other relevant legal acts. It is designed for those of working in legislative, executive and judicial systems, organizations engaged in nature conservation, forestry and business. The publication may also be useful for lecturers and students of higher education institutions and for those interested in nature conservation. The guide was prepared and published in the frames of the EU financed regional project Improving Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the European Neighborhood Policy East Countries and Russia (ENPI-FLEG) as a part of WWF-Armenia activity "Capacity building in forest legislation issues through publication of manual on forest legislation and implementation of trainings." Detaled information on the project and its implementation can be obtained from the project web-site www.enpi-fleg.org. Environmental Law Resource Centre Faculty of Law, Yerevan State University

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