Ministerial Decree No. 862 validating the Regulation on keeping state register of protected areas. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Registration Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of keeping state register of protected areas which contains integrated data system related to legal status of protected areas, location, dimensions and boundaries thereof, geographical coordinates, qualitative and quantitative characteristics of nature reserve fund, ecological, scientific, historical and cultural value, recreational capacity, purposeful use and authorized activities within protected areas. State register of protected areas shall be kept and updated by the authorized state institution in the sphere of protected areas. Registration file shall be filled separately for each single protected area. National registration database of protected areas shall contain all the protected areas distributed by provinces. Full text Russian Website www.oopt.kz