Regional Decree No. 482-a constituting protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area "Kostroma Sloboda". Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kostroma Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Ecosystem preservation Public forest Forest management/forest conservation Biodiversity Protection forest Recreational forest Management/conservation Wild fauna Tourism 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 "Kostroma Sloboda" is constituted with a view of conservation of biocenosis, represented by floodplain ecosystems of the Gorky reservoir, which have a high concentration of biodiversity, fulfilling the sanitary protection function, having a high potential of use for tourism and recreational purposes. protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area "Kostroma Sloboda" performs the following tasks: (a) preservation of forest and meadow communities of natural origin; (b) conservation of the biodiversity; (c) maintenance of the territory that performs the sanitary-protective function of the Gorky reservoir; (d) surface waterbodies; (e) recreational potential; and (f) preservation and development of the territory of tourist and recreational destination. Protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area "Kostroma Sloboda" is classified as tourist and recreational area and is constituted without land expropriation and without modification of land category. The following activities are prohibited on the territory of protected area of regional significance tourism and recreational area "Kostroma Sloboda": (a) movement and parking of vehicles in places not designated for these purposes; (b) burial of industrial and domestic waste; (c) plowing of land and transfer of land for collective and individual gardening and horticulture; and (d) industrial and individual construction, construction of outbuildings not related to organization and functioning of tourist and recreational areas. Full text Russian Website oopt.aari.ru