This Law regulates public relations and establishes the legal basis for state policy in the field of protection, restoration and management of flora. The flora belongs to the people of Kazakhstan. On behalf of the people of Kazakhstan, property rights are exercised by the state. At the same time, the exercise of property rights by the state is realized through the state property regime in the interests of the people of Kazakhstan. Plants growing on privately owned land may be used by private property entities in accordance with the acting legislation. Restoration of flora shall be intended a set of measures to stabilize and (or) recreating the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of populations and communities of wild growing plants. Protection of flora shall be intended a set of measures to protect flora from pests, diseases and the effects of adverse factors of natural and anthropogenic nature. Use of flora shall be intended legally regulated activities for the use of plant resources. Public relations in the field of protection, restoration and use of flora located on the land of the forest fund and protected natural areas, as well as within the boundaries of protection zones of protected natural areas, are regulated by the special legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The objectives of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of protection, restoration and use of flora are: (a) state regulation; (b) scientific support; (c) public control; and (d) international cooperation. Conservation of flora shall be based on the following principles: (a) recognition of the national importance and priority of preserving flora as a factor for ensuring environmental sustainability and a favorable environment for life; (b) sustainable conservation, primarily in natural conditions, of plant species, their populations and communities, as well as their places of growth; (c) rational use of flora; (d) payment for the use of plant resources; (e) the inevitability of punishment for violation of the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of protection, restoration and management of flora; (f) compensation for damage and loss of flora; and (g) access to information. Species subject to the regulation by this Law are: (a) wild growing plants, their populations and communities including rare and endangered plants, endemic and relict plants, medicinal plants, and other plant species; (b) collected plants; (c) green spaces; (d) botanical collections and databases of plant genetic resources; and (e) natural habitats of plant populations. The flora and places where plants grow are subject to protection. Protection of flora from fires is carried out by local executive bodies, land owners, land and water users, users of flora in accordance with acting legislation. Protection of rare and endangered plant species is carried out by: (a) identifying areas of their growth, studying, preserving in botanical collections and collections of plant genetic resources; (b) establishing a special protection regime in areas where they grow; (c) creation and expansion of protected areas; and (d) ensuring their conservation by the owners and users of the areas where these plants grow, in accordance with acting legislation. An inventory of the flora is carried out in order to identify, record, analyze changes in the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of wild plants, their populations and communities, determine the conditions for their use and provide state bodies and local executive bodies, interested individuals and legal entities with information in the field of protection, restoration and use of flora in the manner established by the acting legislation. State monitoring of flora is carried out on indicator species of plants in places of their natural growth. This Law contains 17 Chapters divided into 58 Articles. Chapter 1 lays down general provisions. Chapter 2 determines species of regulation and subjects of legal relations in the field of conservation, protection and restoration and management of flora. Chapter 3 establishes state regulation, protection and management of flora. Chapter 4 regards protection of flora and natural habitats of plants. Chapter 5 regards restoration of flora. Chapter 6 regards introduction, acclimatization and hybridization of plant species. Chapter 7 regards scientific research. Chapter 8 regards inventory and state monitoring of flora species. Chapter 9 regards management of flora. Chapter 10 regards notifications related to flora. Chapter 11 regards green plantations. Chapter 12 regards the particulars of management of flora species growing on separate land plots and on waterbodies. Chapter 13 regards international cooperation. Chapter 14 establishes economic mechanism of regulation of flora. Chapter 15 regards public control related to flora management. Chapter 16 regards dispute management. Chapter 17 lays down final and transitional provisions.