Decree No. 822 of the Council of Ministers validating the Regulation on Sorochany Lake biosphere reserve. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Protected area Protection of habitats Liability/compensation Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Abstract Sorochany Lake biosphere reserve shall be allotted the area of 13059 hectares and shall have as its purpose the conservation in its natural state the unique natural ecosystem with the population of rare and endangered plants and game recorded in the Red Book of Belarus, in which variety of landscapes of Belarusian Poozerye originating from glacial epoch is concentrated. The following activities shall be prohibited on the territory of Sorochany Lake biosphere reserve: 1) land reclamation and any other activity causing change of landscape and the existing hydrological regime; 2) clear final cutting except for mature and declining forest; 3) damage and annihilation of shrubbery and forest plantations and disturbance of soil; 4) extraction of sapropel; 5) burning out dry vegetation; 6) water abstraction for irrigation, discharge of sewage and waste disposal in water bodies; 7) clearing of riverside natural growth except for recreational areas; 8) setting up tourist camps; 9) waste disposal; 10) the use of motor boats except for life-saving and nature-conservative inspection; 11) grazing and mowing during the mating period of birds and game in the coastal areas(April-June); 12) industrial fisheries with the use of any fishing gear except for fixed gear. The proclamation of Sorochany Lake biosphere reserve shall not entail the expropriation of land. The regional executive bodies shall be the managing authority of Sorochany Lake biosphere reserve. Land tenants must observe the regime of protected area and use ecofriendly processes. The damages caused to Sorochany Lake biosphere reserve shall be compensated by the legal and natural persons in conformity with the modalities established by law. Full text Russian Website www.kaznachey.com