Law on protected areas.

This Law regulates relations in the sphere of management, protection and use of protected areas of particular environmental protection, scientific, cultural, aesthetic, recreational and healthcare value. Basic principles of state policy in the sphere of protected areas shall be: (a) promotion of network of protected areas; (b) state management and supervision; (c) sustainable management of protected areas; (d) payment for the use of protected areas; (e) compensation for damages caused to protected areas; (f) participation of citizens and social associations in decision-making related to protection and management of protected areas; (g) access to information on protected areas; and (h) international cooperation. Land of protected areas shall be exclusive property of the state. Any activity contrasting the scope of protected areas shall be prohibited within protected areas. Protected areas shall be classified as follows: (a) state nature reserves; (b) state biosphere reserves; (c) national natural parks; (d) state nature sanctuaries; (e) state nature monuments; (f) natural recreational areas; (g) state botanical gardens; and (h) state zoological parks. Protected areas shall be instituted as open-ended or for a limited period of time. Protected areas shall be subject to registration for the following purposes: (a) assessment of their state; (b) evaluation of the perspectives of development; (c) organization of protection; (d) planning of scientific research; and (e) provision of local executive bodies and local self-government with information related to protected areas.