Nature Protection Act.

This Act is a comprehensive framework for nature and environment protection. It prescribes planned actions of the ministries, enterprises, and organizations of citizens for ensure the maximum respect of nature, the proper use of natural resources and acting in the interest of the national economy and to prevent pollution and any form of destruction. Article 3 explicitly prescribes the protection of agricultural land. Users of agricultural land must periodically carry out agrotechnical, biological, melioration and antierosion works for the protection of the soil. Any practice causing soil erosion is prohibited. Article 4 deals with surface and groundwater resources. Forests are also to be protected and their exploitation must be regulated. Articles 9-11 set out protection principles of the flora and fauna. The management, use and preservation of the different types of natural resources shall be regulated in detail by separate acts. Articles 14-27 deal with natural sites which have a special scientific, historical or cultural relevance, places for recreation and tourism, and their protection. The general supervisor of nature protection is the Ministry of Environment. This Act contains also sanctions for offenders and rules for the statement of violation in articles 37-42.