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Order No. 15 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on Federal Nature Monuments.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1993
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Protected area Cultural heritage Classification/declassification Education Monitoring
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

Federal Nature Monuments shall be proclaimed unique nature objects and complexes precious from the ecological, scientific, historical and cultural, aesthetic, ecological and educational points of view that require particular state protection. The purpose of proclamation of nature monuments has as its purpose conservation in the natural state thereof. The nature monuments shall be classified as follows: 1) parts of dry land and water surface and single natural objects; 2) objects of landscape cultural heritage; 3) growing grounds of rare and endangered plants; 4) forest massifs and plots of forests of particular value. The proclamation of nature objects and complexes nature monuments shall not entail expropriation of the plots of land from land owners, landlords and land tenants. The use of nature monuments shall be authorized for the following purposes: 1) scientific, environmental monitoring; 2) educational; 3) recreational; 4) conservation of natural habitats of rare and endangered species.

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