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Federal Law No. 82-FZ regarding guarantees to indigenous scanty population of the Russian Federation.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Non-commercial fishing Allocation/quota Fishery management and conservation Marine fisheries Inland fisheries Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary rights Transfer Hunting rights Hunting/capture
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
The Federal Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The Federal Law consists of 16 articles. The present Federal Law, in conformity with the Russian Constitution, generally recognized principles and norms of international law and international agreements signed by the Russian Federation, establishes legal grounds for guarantees of the distinctive social, economic and cultural development of indigenous scanty population of the Russian Federation, protection of its primordial habitat, traditional way of life, economic activity and traditional community management. Regional executive bodies are authorized: 1) to adopt regional programs of management and protection of land of traditional rights and other natural resources; 2) to establish the modalities of transfer of land of traditional rights and set quotas for traditional fisheries and hunting of the indigenous scanty population and carry out control over their fulfilment. Individuals pertaining to the communities of the indigenous scanty population, for the purpose of protection of their traditional way of life, shall have the right of ownership and management in the areas of their traditional settlement of all categories of land necessary for carrying out traditional community management, hunting and fisheries, and also minerals in conformity with the modalities established by Federal and Regional legislation.

Full text
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