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Regional Law No. 24-RZ “On environmental protection”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Karachayevo-Cherkessia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2007 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Right to clean/healthy environment Education Environmental audit Protected area Access-to-information Sustainable development Human rights
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

The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure the right of the regional population to clean and healthy environment for the benefit of the present and the future generations and to safeguard environmental security. Objects of environmental protection shall be components of the natural environment, natural objects and complexes. Regional Government shall have the following competence in the sphere of environmental protection: (a) definition of the main guidelines of environmental protection; (b) organization of continuing ecological education; (c) supply of information related to the current state of natural environment; (d) organization of regional environmental audit; and (e) constitution of regional protected areas.

Full text
Russian
Website
docs.cntd.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 24-RZ amending Regional Law No. 24-RZ “On environmental protection”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014

Keyword: Protected area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX