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Regional Decree No. 875-pa validating the Regulation on the nature monument of regional significance “Balka Lepeshka”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kursk
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Management/conservation Protected area Ecosystem preservation Wild fauna Wild flora Endangered species Protection of species Research Monitoring 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 “Balka Lepeshka” was created with a view of protecting the unique complex of cretaceous and petrophytic-steppe vegetation, which is the habitat of rare species of flora and fauna of Kursk region, including those listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. It has scientific, educational and aesthetic value. Special interest represents the population of Cretaceous Norichnik (Scrophulariacretacea), which is the only one on the territory of the Kursk region and torn off from the main range at 80-100 km. All this allows to consider territory of the “Balka Lepeshka” as an "enclave" of cretaceous flora and vegetation, one of the centers of concentration of rare and protected steppe and chalk plant species in the Kursk region, requiring study and protection. The following activities are prohibited on the territory of the protected area: (a) allotment of land for implementation of economic and other activities; (b) plowing up of the territory (excluding of fire prevention arrangements); (b) forest planting on the steppe slopes; (c) littering of the territory; (d) washing of vehicles; (e) passage and parking of motor vehicles not related to the functioning of the natural monument; (f) activities entailing disturbance of the soil cover; (g) activities that entail a change in the hydrological regime of the territory; (h) construction of main roads, pipelines, lines of power transmission and other communications, as well as construction and operation of household and residential facilities without obtaining positive conclusion of the state ecological audit; (i) destruction and damage of special information signs and notice boards; (j) collection of flowers, leaves, berries and other parts of wild plants for any purpose other than scientific research; (k) arrangement of livestock camps, summer milking, corrals and other forms of long-term maintenance of livestock; (l) change in the species composition of vegetation, including introduction of species and digging up species of native flora; (m) making of tourist camps; (n) any type of felling, except for sanitary felling; and (o) making fires. The following arrangements shall be authorized on the territory of protected area: (a) fire preventive arrangements; (b) scientific research, including environmental monitoring; and (c) educational activities.

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