Order No. 15 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on Federal Nature Monuments. Pays/Territoire Fédération de Russie Type du document Règlement Date 1993 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Aire protégée Patrimoine culturel Classement/déclassement Éducation Monitorage Aire géographique Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Mer Noire, Mer Caspienne, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Résumé Federal Nature Monuments shall be proclaimed unique nature objects and complexes precious from the ecological, scientific, historical and cultural, aesthetic, ecological and educational points of view that require particular state protection. The purpose of proclamation of nature monuments has as its purpose conservation in the natural state thereof. The nature monuments shall be classified as follows: 1) parts of dry land and water surface and single natural objects; 2) objects of landscape cultural heritage; 3) growing grounds of rare and endangered plants; 4) forest massifs and plots of forests of particular value. The proclamation of nature objects and complexes nature monuments shall not entail expropriation of the plots of land from land owners, landlords and land tenants. The use of nature monuments shall be authorized for the following purposes: 1) scientific, environmental monitoring; 2) educational; 3) recreational; 4) conservation of natural habitats of rare and endangered species. Texte intégral Russe Site web www.vcom.ru