Cadastral Challenges of Forest Resource Surveying in Belgorod Oblast

Abstract

Private property as an institute first emerged in Russia in 1991. State Cadaster appeared as a result to keep land records. Russia's policy today is to optimize the use and cost-effectiveness of natural resources. Cadaster is the main tool used to generate financial income. The more data is available in the Cadaster, the more profits can be made. The Russian Federation has the world's largest forest resources. Forested lands account for 70% of Russian land; however, only 20% of the forests is recorded in the State Forest Register, while the rest is still not recorded in the Cadaster. Forest records are kept in the State Forest Register or in the State Cadaster; this duality entails greater costs for those who order and those who perform cadastral surveying. Since forest management does not use the coordinates used by the SFR, recording data on such forest plots is difficult. Forest surveying does not need to be approved by stakeholders, and neither do the boundaries defined by such surveying, as the boundary points are not landmarked.