Protected areas of Russia

Protected areas of Russia, (official Russian title: Russian: Особо охраняемые природные территории, literally "Specially Protected Natural Areas"), is governed by the corresponding 1995 law of the Russian Federation. [1]

Categories

The law establishes the following categories of protected areas:

  1. State nature zapovedniks, including Biosphere reserves (biosphere zapovedniks)
  2. National Parks
  3. Nature parks
  4. State nature zakazniks
  5. Natural Monuments
  6. Dendrological parks and botanical gardens
  7. Health recuperation areas and health resorts

Other areas

Other areas that are protected in Russia include:

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Protected areas of Russia.
  1. "About Special Protected Nature Areas". The Russian Federation federal law of March 14, 1995.(Russian)


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 09, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.