Regulation on the state nature reserve “Gydanskiy” validated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2001 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Ecosystem preservation Monitoring Research Education Biodiversity Management/conservation Wild fauna Wild flora 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 This Regulation establishes that the state nature reserve “Gydanskiy” shall be state environmental, scientific, research and environmental education institution of federal significance, aimed at preserving and studying the natural course of natural processes and phenomena, genetic fund of flora and fauna, certain species and communities of plants and animals, typical and unique ecological systems of the northern part of the Gydan Peninsula and the islands of the Kara Sea. The state nature reserve “Gydanskiy” shall be located in the Yamal Nenets autonomous area and shall perform the following tasks: (a) the protection of natural areas for the conservation of biological diversity and maintenance in a natural state of protected natural complexes and objects; (b) organization and performance of scientific research, including keeping and updating the Annals of nature; (c) implementation of environmental monitoring; (d) ecological education; (e) participation in the state environmental review of projects and schemes of accommodation of economic and other objects; and (f) assistance in the training of scientific and environmental experts. The status of the state nature reserve “Gydanskiy” establishes that land, its subsoil, water, wild fauna and wild flora, located on the territory of the reserve, is allotted to the reserve in tenancy (possession) in accordance with the rights envisaged by the federal legislation. Removal thereof or any other termination of rights thereto shall be prohibited. The following activities shall be prohibited on the territory of the state nature reserve “Gydanskiy”: (a) commercial, artisanal and sport hunting; (b) exploration of minerals and mining and soil disturbance; (c) activities that entail changes in the hydrological regime of surface and groundwater; (d) procurement of non-timber products, including berries, mushrooms and medicinal plants and herbs; (e) transit passage and grazing of cattle; (f) procurement of zoological, botanical, paleontological and mineralogical collections, except for those stipulated by the thematic and plans of scientific research in the reserve; (g) water logging; (g) introduction of alien species and acclimatization thereof; (h) flight of aircraft and helicopters below 200 meters above the territory of the reserve; and (i) disturbance of natural processes. Full text Russian Website oopt.aari.ru