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Law No. 272-Z “On the protection and use of peatlands.”

Pays/Territoire
Bélarus
Type du document
Législation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Zones humides Préservation de l'écosystème Participation du public Monitorage Enregistrement Drainage/assèchement Remise en état des sols Éducation
Aire géographique
CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force after its official publication.
Résumé

This Act establishes the legal framework for the protection of peatlands, rational (sustainable) use of their resources and aims at preserving wetlands, conservation, restoration of wetland biosphere functions, satisfaction the economic and other needs of present and future generations in these resources, as well as ensures implementation of citizens' rights to a favorable environment and nature management, and implementation of international treaties of the Republic of Belarus in the aforesaid sphere. Wetland ecological system shall be considered a natural ecological system within the boundaries of a swamp. Peatland (bog, peat deposit, drained land with peat soils) - natural anthropogenic complex, in natural or drained condition, a mandatory component of which is the process of peat formation. Basic principles of protection and management of peatlands shall be as follows: (a) conservation of natural marshes; (b) rational (sustainable) use of peatlands; (c) extraction of peat; (d) use of drained land for agriculture; (e) ecological rehabilitation of disturbed marches; (f) reduction of negative impact upon peatlands; (g) transparency; (h) liability for the infringement of legislation on peatlands; (i) compensation for environmental damages; and (j) dissemination of information on peatlands and ecological education on peatlands. This Law consists of VIII Chapters divided into 45 Articles. Chapter I lays down general provisions. Chapter II regards management and scientific substantiation in the field of protection and use of peatlands. Chapter III establishes participation of citizens, legal persons and individual entrepreneurs in management of peatlands, submittal and distribution of information in the field of protection and management of peatlands. Chapter IV classifies types of marshes, categories of peatlands and distribution of peatlands in accordance with the type of economic management thereof. Chapter V establishes requirements in the field of protection and use of peatlands, and ecological rehabilitation of peatlands. Chapter VI regards complex monitoring, registration and inventory of peatlands. Chapter VII regards control in the field of protection and use of peatlands, dispute settlement and liability for the infringement of the legislation in the field of protection and use of peatlands. Chapter VIII lays down final provisions.

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Références - Législation

Implementé par

Decree No. 313 of the Council of Ministers validating the procedure for developing and approving marsh management plans.

Législation | Bélarus | 2020

Mot clé: Zones humides, Préservation de l'écosystème, Planification territoriale, Planification environnementale, Collectivité locale, Recherche, Politique/planification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX