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Law No. 375-Z amending Law No. 396-Z on protected areas and objects.

Country/Territory
Belarus
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Protected area Ecosystem preservation National parks Biodiversity
Geographical area
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

Article 1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Article 1. This Law establishes legal grounds for the functioning and conservation of protected areas, setting up, reorganization and cessation of the functioning thereof and is aimed at natural ecosystems conservation, and also conservation of biological and landscape diversity.” Article 41 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Article 41. Protection of protected areas. Protection of protected areas shall be carried out: (a) reserves and national parks – by the authorized state environmental institutions; and (b) wildlife sanctuaries and nature monuments – by state managing bodies and other managing organizations to which jurisdiction wildlife sanctuaries and nature monuments were transferred, by land tenants which land plots are located within the boundaries of wildlife sanctuaries and nature monuments and, in case of setting up special environmental institutions for the management of wildlife sanctuaries and nature monuments – by these institutions.”

Full text
Russian
Website
laws.newsby.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 396-Z on protected areas and objects.

Legislation | Belarus | 1994 (2000)

Keyword: Protected area, National parks, Classification/declassification, Protection of species, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX