Decree No. 13 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on access to protected areas. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Forestry, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Tourism Environmental fees/charges Education Research National parks Recreational forest Thermal and medicinal waters Recreational water use Water conservation zone Sustainable use Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Decree, with a view of regulation of recreational, ecological and other types of tourism in protected areas, validates Model Regulation on access to protected areas (Annex 1) and Regulation on collection of payment for access to protected areas (Annex 2). Model Regulation on access to protected areas establishes the terms and conditions for visiting complex (landscape) reserves, recreational, economic and other uses of natural parks (except for reserved areas), state nature monuments, reserves, natural nurseries and fisheries zones, third zones of natural healthcare areas, recreational zones , second and third zones of sanitary protection of water bodies, water protection zones, coastal strips, buffer and transition zones of state biosphere reserves (except for reserved areas). It shall be applicable also to terms and conditions for visiting part of the territory of conservation zones of state nature reserves transferred thereto for organization of ecological tourism. Access to protected areas shall be authorized for the following purposes: (a) recreation; (b) nature management; (c) cultural and aesthetic purposes, ecological education of the population; and (d) scientific research. Access of citizens to some protected areas can be subject to collection of payment on fee basis. Full text Russian Website lex.uz