Ministerial Decree No. 1249 on state registration of protected areas. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Protected area Registration Data collection/reporting 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 Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that the state register of protected areas shall be the official document to contain data on all federal, regional and local protected areas. The register shall be kept by: (a) Federal executive bodies for federal protected areas; (b) regional executive bodies for regional protected areas; and (c) local self-government for local protected areas. Full text Russian Website www.rg.ru