Order No. 662 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating of the Regulations on Federal Nature Reserves. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Protection of habitats Biotechnology Protection of species 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 The Federal Nature Reserves Kanozersky (Annex 1), Kurgansky (Annex 2), Murmansky tundrovy (Annex 3), Nadymsky (Annex 4), Sovietsky (Annex 5), Starokulatkinsky (Annex 6), Sursky (Annex 7) and Tulomsky (Annex 8) have been established for the purpose of conserving, propagating, enhancing and protecting the habitat of game stock of particular economic, scientific, ecological or cultural value. Such reserves shall be classified as biological and have an indeterminate term list of particularly dangerous animal diseases their boundaries or their reorganization or liquidation shall be carried out in accordance with relevant legislation. The establishment of nature reserves shall not authorize the expropriation of land on which they are situated. The main purposes of these nature reserves are: (a) the conservation, reproduction, stock enhancement of endangered and rare species, and protecting their habitats, migration routes, nidification, hibernation and ecological balance; and (b) provide for biotechnological measures to enhance the habitats of protected species. Any activity contrary to the above purposes of these nature reserves or that damages nature complexes or their components, including cultivation, timber extraction, hunting or fishing, shall be prohibited. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru