Article 12 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional executive bodies shall be responsible for decision-making related to land reservation for protected areas, with subsequent expropriation thereof and use restrictions imposed on economic activities”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 3361-OZ “On protected areas”. (2015-01-19)

Article 4 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Supreme regional state body in the sphere of protected areas shall make decisions related to setting up on land plots and delimited areas of waterbodies of special protection regime of regional significance with regulated economic activities”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 656-KZ “On protected areas”. (2007-07-25)

This Regional Law classifies regional protected areas as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; (e) protected landscapes; (f) protected nurseries; and (g) historical and natural complexes and areas. Cultural memorial parks and ecological parks can also be set up on the regional territory. The presence and location of protected areas shall be taken into consideration in the process of elaboration of land-use planning schemes.

The scope of this Regional Law shall be performance of regional plenary powers related to conservation, management, promotion and state protection of the objects of cultural heritage. Plenary powers of the regional state bodies shall include performance of regional state supervision over the state, keeping, conservation, management, promotion and state protection of the objects of cultural heritage of regional and local (municipal) significance and decision-making related to constitution of protected area containing objects of historical and cultural heritage.

This Act makes provision for the management and conservation of wildlife in Zambia. It also provides for trade in wild animals and meat of wild animals.

This Federal Law regulates the issues of the plots of land of protected areas of federal significance and establishes as follows: (a) plots of land under edifices and constructions of federal significance, allotted to federal executive bodies on condition of lease and open-ended land tenancy shall be considered federal property; (b) plots of land under edifices and constructions of regional significance, allotted to regional executive bodies shall be considered regional property; and (c) plots of land under edifices and constructions of municipal units, allotted to local self-government sha

The Act, consisting of 35 sections divided into six Parts and completed by three Schedules as follows: Preliminary (1); Appointment and functions of Commissioner (2); Soil conservation notices (2A); Areas of erosion hazard (3); Proclaimed works and catchment areas (Declaration of proclaimed works and constitution of catchment areas, Preservation of proclaimed works and catchment areas) (4); Advances for works of soil conservation and erosion mitigation (4A); General (Advisory committees, Soil conservation catchment committees and the Catchment Areas Protection Board) (V); Regulations (VI);

This Regional Law regulates some issues in the sphere of organization, conservation and management of protected areas with a view of conservation of unique and typical ecosystems, wild fauna and wild flora species, genetic fund thereof, and ecological education. Regional Government shall reserve land intended for institution of protected areas, also through expropriation and imposition of use restrictions for economic activities. Grounds for land reservation shall be land-use planning project envisaging institution of protected areas. Land reservation period shall not exceed 7 years.

Article 23 (1) shall be amended to add the following wording: “On the territory of regional protected areas managed by regional state institutions state supervision in the sphere of protection and management of the regional protected areas shall be performed by the officials of the aforesaid institutions”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 12 “On protected areas”. (2012-10-05)

This Act, consisting of 69 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by one Schedule, continues the Aboriginal Lands Trust; to enable the Trust to acquire, hold and deal with land for the continuing benefit of Aboriginal South Australians.

Regional state nature reserve “Nizhnepechorsky” shall be considered protected area constituted for the purpose of conservation of natural complexes, landscapes and components thereof. Constitution of the aforesaid regional state nature reserve does not envisage land expropriation. The territory of regional state nature reserve “Nizhnepechorsky” shall be taken into consideration in the process of elaboration of land-use planning schemes.

This Regional Act abolishes the Regional Agency for Parks and the Regional Agency for Soil Protection and provides for the rearrangement of administrative functions in this field. Subsequent amendments are laid down to regional provisions concerning the management of protected areas.

Amends: Regional Act No. 29 on regional protected areas. (1997-10-06)