Decree No. 736 of the Council of Ministers validating the Regulation on Transbug Polesye biosphere reserve.

Transbug Polesye biosphere reserve shall be allotted the area of 7950 hectares and shall have as its purpose the conservation in its natural state the unique natural landscape and the population of rare and endangered plants and wildlife species, of rare forest cenosis and geomorphological formations on the area maintaining an important place in the international system of protected areas. The following activities shall be prohibited on the territory of Transbug Polesye biosphere reserve: 1) main felling; 2) any activity causing change of the natural landscape and hydrological regime; 3) damage and annihilation of shrubbery and forest plantations and disturbance of soil; 4) waste disposal; 5) burning out dry plantations and land clearing; 6) discharge of sewage into water bodies; 7) setting up tourist camps. The proclamation of Transbug Polesye biosphere reserve shall not entail the expropriation of land. The regional executive bodies shall be the managing authority of Transbug Polesye biosphere reserve. The damages caused to Transbug Polesye biosphere reserve shall be compensated by the legal and natural persons in conformity with the modalities established by law.