Article 10. Powers of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of protection and use of flora

The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall:

participate in the development and implementation of state programs and other programs in the field of protection and use of flora;

participate in the development of normative legal acts in the field of protection and use of flora;

organize the development and approve rules, norms and standards in the field of protection and use of flora;

exercise state control in the field of protection and use of flora;

adopt decisions on applying financial sanctions in the form of fines to legal entities for illegal cutting or destruction of valuable species of trees and shrubs not belonging to the state forest fund;

maintain state records of objects of flora and their use volumes in the prescribed manner;

maintain state records of nurseries and plantations where wild flora is cultivated;

maintain the state cadastre of flora objects;

maintain the Red Book of the Republic of Uzbekistan and ensure its publication;

conduct state environmental expertise in the field of protection and use of flora;

issue permits to legal entities and individuals for special use of flora objects in accordance with this Law;

carry out biotechnical measures for the protection and rational use of flora in protected natural territories assigned to it.

The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan may also exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.