Regional Decree No. 435-pa validating the Regulation on nature monument of regional significance “Beketov hills”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kursk Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Management/conservation Protected area Ecosystem preservation Wild flora Pastoralism Grazing Research Education 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 Nature monument of regional significance “Beketov hills” is constituted with a view of protection of the unique complex Cretaceous and petrophytic-steppe vegetation, which is the place of habitats of rare wild flora species of the Kursk region, including those listed in Red Book of the Russian Federation (2008). Nature monument has scientific, educational and aesthetic value. Authorized uses: (a) traditional economic activities, not leading to the destruction or degradation of biocenoses; (b) grazing of cattle and horses within established limits of cattle and in authorized time period; (c) scientific research; and (d) and (c) educational tours. Full text Russian Website oopt.aari.ru