Model Regulation on state nature reserves.

State nature reserves shall be considered a type of protected area the main purposeful use of which shall be to impose use restrictions on land tenants (water users). State nature reserves shall be set up by the Cabinet of Ministers with a view of conservation, reproduction and restoration of typical and unique natural complexes for a definite period of time. State nature reserves shall be set up without expropriation of land plots (waterbodies) from land tenants (water users). All legal and natural persons on whose territory state nature reserves were set up must comply with rules and regulations governing state nature reserves. State nature reserves shall carry out the following functions: (a) conservation and reproduction of precious natural landscapes and complexes; (b) conservation and reproduction of endangered and protected animal and plant species; (c) conservation of rare minerals; and (d) conservation of precious waterbodies (wetlands, lakes, rivers and seas). The following activities can be restricted in state nature reserves: (a) ploughing up; (b) allotment of land plots for housing construction; (c) land reclamation, hunting and fisheries; (d) grazing, haymaking, some types of forest management, collection of berries, fruits and flowers; (e) recreation and tourism; (f) irrigation; (g) and (h) exploration and mining.