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Regional Decree No. 299-a constituting protected area of regional significance state nature reserve “Upper river Viga.”

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kostroma
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Protected area Ecosystem preservation Public forest Wetlands Management/conservation Wild fauna Protection of habitats Birds Biodiversity Protection of species Alien 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
Entry into force notes
This Regional Decree enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

Protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area state nature reserve “Upper river Viga” is constituted with a view of conservation and restoration of valuable natural complexes and objects, including habitats of endangered and protected wild fauna and wild flora species. Protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area state nature reserve “Upper river Viga” performs the following tasks: (a) maintaining the integrity of the ecological system of the watersheds of the Kostroma and Unzha rivers; (b) conservation of the bog complex, which plays a decisive role in maintaining hydrological regime of the Viga River; (c) preservation of valuable swamps and forests; and (d) conservation and restoration of habitats of rare and endangered wild fauna and wild flora species. Protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area state nature reserve “Upper river Viga” is constituted for unlimited period of time and is classified as complex (landscape). The following activities shall be authorized on the territory of protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area state nature reserve “Upper river Viga”: (a) haymaking; (b) grazing; (c) educational tourism; (d) recreational and sport hunting and fishing; (e) scientific research; (f) environmental protection; and (g) timber extraction and procurement of non-timber forest resources. The following activities shall be prohibited on the territory of protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area state nature reserve “Upper river Viga”: (a) felling, except for selective felling and selective sanitary felling except for in case of the outbreak of foci of harmful pests and diseases; (b) application of toxic chemicals as forest protection means, also for scientific research purposes; (c) introduction of alien plant and tree species; (d) commercial hunting; (e) all types of land reclamation; (f) plowing land for agricultural purposes; (g) ruin of nests, clutches, burrows; (h) introduction of plants and animals for the purpose of acclimatization, with the exception of re-acclimatization and restoration of the number of native species; (i) any type construction not related to the functioning of protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area state nature reserve “Upper river Viga”; (j) allotment of land plots for individual housing construction, gardening or horticulture; (k) traffic off roads and established traffic routes, as well as parking of transport outside specially designated places; (l) pollution of territories and water areas; (m) storage and disposal of manure and industrial and consumption waste; (n) storage of fuels and lubricants, pesticides, mineral fertilizers, placement of cattle burial grounds, cemeteries, dumps of domestic and industrial waste; (o) destruction of hollow trees, large trees with broken tops; (p) tapping trees; (q) industrial harvesting of medicinal raw materials, moss, reeds, forest litter, bark, other technical raw materials; (r) organization of tourist routes without special flooring; (s) organization of tourist camps, bivouacs, making fires outside specially allotted places without agreement with the administration of the reserve “Upper river Viga”; (t) moving through the territory of the reserve “Upper river Viga” using tracked vehicles (with the exception of cases related to ensuring the regime of protection, forestry, reforestation and forest protection works); (u) geological study, exploration and extraction of minerals and groundwater; (v) destruction or damage of barriers, notice boards, stands and other information signs and telltales, as well as equipped ecological trails and recreation areas; and (w) causing harm to natural complexes and their components.

Full text
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Website
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References - Legislation

Implements

Regional Decree No. 194-a validating Model Regulation on protected area of regional significance.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2019

Keyword: Protected area, Ecosystem preservation, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX