Regional Law No. 116-ZAO “On protected and healthcare areas”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Buryatia Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2007) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Protected area Environmental audit Classification/declassification Recreational water use Thermal and medicinal waters 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 Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes legal grounds for organization, conservation and protection of protected areas and healthcare areas. Protected and healthcare areas shall be recorded in the state register of protected and healthcare areas with a view of organization of protection and supervision, and also environmental audit of the aforesaid areas. Regional protected and healthcare areas shall be classified as of national significance. Protected and healthcare areas shall be classified as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; and (d) healthcare areas, including recreational areas, mineral and thermal waters and recreational waterbodies. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su