Decree No. 202 of the Council of Ministers validating the Regulation on Sinsha biosphere reserve. Pays/Territoire Bélarus Type du document Règlement Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Aire protégée Protection de l'habitat Responsabilité/indemnisation Éco-produits/processus écologique Aire géographique CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale Résumé Sinsha biosphere reserve shall be allotted the area of 13398 hectares and shall have as its purpose the conservation in its natural state the unique landscape and lake ecosystem with the population of rare and endangered plants and game recorded in the Red Book of Belarus. The following activities shall be prohibited on the territory of Sinsha biosphere reserve: 1) clear final cutting; 2) extraction of peat and sapropel; 3) land reclamation and any other activity causing change of landscape and the existing hydrological regime; 4) damage and annihilation of shrubbery and forest plantations and disturbance of soil; 5) burning out dry vegetation; 6) water abstraction for irrigation, industrial water supply, discharge of sewage and waste disposal in water bodies; 7) clearing of riverside natural growth except for recreational areas; 8) the use of motor boats except for life-saving and nature-conservative inspection; 9) setting up tourist camps. The proclamation of Sinsha biosphere reserve shall not entail the expropriation of land. The regional executive bodies shall be the managing authority of Sinsha biosphere reserve. Land tenants must observe the regime of protected area and use ecofriendly processes. The damages caused to Sinsha biosphere reserve shall be compensated by the legal and natural persons in conformity with the modalities established by law. Texte intégral Russe Site web www.kaznachey.com