Law No. 175-3 on protected areas.

This Law shall regulate the issues related to setting up, expansion, protection, renewal, sustainable management and administration of protected areas and nature reserves of big ecological, scientific, historical, cultural and recreational value that are the components of the national, regional and global ecological network. The Act consists of 18 Chapters divided into 85 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) state management of protected areas; (3) the rights and the duties of natural and legal persons in the sphere of protected areas; (4) setting up of protected areas; (5) protection and conservation of protected areas, legal status of the state inspectors of protected areas; (6) financing; (7) state biosphere reserves; (8) national parks; (9) state nature reserves; (10) state wildlife reserves; (11) state botanical gardens; (12) state dendrological parks; (13) state nature monuments; (14) state game reserves; (15) state reserved areas; (16) classification of protected plants, trees, game, waterfowl and endangered and rare plant and wildlife species; (17) ecosystems; (18) final provisions. The basic principles of the organization of protected areas shall be: (a) preservation of unique ecosystems and biological diversity; (b) state management and administration; (c) use of the protected areas for research, education and tourism; (d) charged use of protected areas ; (e) liability for the infringement of the legislation on protected areas; (f) access to information; (g) international cooperation. The state protected areas shall be classified as: (a) state biosphere reserves; (b) national parks; (c) state nature reserves; (d) state wildlife reserves; (e) state botanical gardens; (f) state dendrological parks; (g) state nature monuments; (h) state game reserves; (i) state reserved areas. Plots of land destined for setting up protected areas shall be expropriated from landowners and land tenants. The following economic activities can be carried out in the protected areas on condition that they do not have negative environmental impact: (a) forestry arrangements; (b) traditional land tenure, grazing and haymaking; (c) tourism and recreation; (d) use of mineral water; (e) industrial and non-commercial (sport) fishing; (f) forest fire extinguishing; (g) land reclamation of disturbed land; (h) restocking of forest and plant communities; (g) restoration of natural habitats and restocking of wildlife species.