Law about Nature Reserves, 1991.

This Law concerns the formation, organization, preservation and use of nature reserves. There are four types of reserves: (i) state conservancies, where most human interference is prohibited; (ii) national parks, where activities are somewhat less restricted and which are intended for recreational, historical, cultural and scientific purposes; (iii) state reserves, the characteristics of which are not specified; and (iv) natural monuments, which are natural objects of special scientific and historical cultural value. To minimize outside effects on nature reserves, the Law contemplates the establishment of "protective belts", the size, condition and management of which are to be set forth in the statute setting up the particular reserve. Privatisation of land in the reserves is prohibited. It is not stated whether the decision to create a reserve is restricted to lands of a certain type or legal status. It is stated that upon determination by a local body of state administration to establish a reserve for conservancy purposes, the body will issue an act restricting, or if need be terminating, the economic activities of the users of the particular tract of land.