Regional Law No. 623-Z amending Regional Law No. 672-Z “On protected areas”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Tambov Region Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Protected area Expropriation 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 ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract Article 5 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional state bodies and local government shall have the competence of decision-making related to reservation of land for protected areas with subsequent expropriation of the aforesaid land and restriction of economic activities thereon”. Full text Russian Website article 5 References - Legislation Amends Regional Law No. 672-Z “On protected areas”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2010 Keyword: Protected area, Ecosystem preservation, Liability/compensation, Registration, Classification/declassification, Zoning, National parks Source: FAO, FAOLEX