Law No. XIII-617 amending Law No. I-301 on protected areas.

Subject

Environment gen., Land & soil

Keyword

Protected area Transfer

Geographical area

Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe

Entry into force notes

This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.

Abstract

Article 31 shall be amended to add the following wording: “In strict state reserves, it shall be prohibited to alter the conservational principal designation of land use. In reserves, state parks, strict biosphere reserves and biosphere grounds, it shall be prohibited to alter the conservational and forest farming principal designation of land use, as well as to convert forest land to land used for other designations, except for transfer of land for the protection of state border and for national defense purpose”.

Full text

Lithuanian

Website

e-seimas.lrs.lt

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. I-301 on protected areas.

Legislation | Lithuania | 1993 (2023)

Keyword: Framework law, Protected area, Biodiversity, Monitoring, Cultural heritage, Land-use planning, Classification/declassification, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Sustainable development, Water conservation zone, Groundwater, Basic legislation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX