This Regional Decree regulates management and protection of unique lakes, pertaining to protected areas and are national treasure of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Specially protected regional lakes include unique in their origin water reservoirs and waterbodies or their parts, having a special environmental, scientific, cultural, aesthetic, recreational and health-improving value, representing a special economic, social and historical value for present and future generations. Protected lakes depending on economic and other values may be of regional or local significance. In order to prevent contamination, clogging, siltation and depletion of waters, as well as preservation of the habitat of aquatic biological resources and other species of flora and fauna is established water protection zone with a width of fifty meters, on which special regime for the implementation of economic and other activities. Coastal protective zones are established within the boundaries of water protection zones, strips with a width of thirty to forty meters and up to two hundred meters for lakes, having a particularly valuable fishery value (spawning, feeding, wintering of fish and other aquatic biological resources), in the territories of which are applicable additional restrictions on economic and other activities. The waters of specially protected unique lakes are provided in use primarily for the satisfaction of drinking and domestic needs of the population. Water is provided for use on the basis of a special water use permits (licenses). On the territory of protected areas – unique lakes shall be authorized the following activities: (a) scientific research; (b) performance, if necessary, fire, sanitary and epidemiological prevention measures; (c) carrying out recovery measures in the areas damaged by natural disasters or disturbed by unauthorized human activities, as well as activities aimed at prevention of changes in natural complexes as a result of economic activity in certain territories; (d) collection of collectible and other materials required to complete research plan; (e) recreational and sport fishing, recreational and sport hunting (charged) under one-time permits issued by authorized body; (f) licensed shooting (catch) of animals, birds, licensed fishing within the quota, strictly limited collection of medicinal plants; (g) commercial fishing by special authorization (license) issued by the authorized body; (h) regulated tourism; and (i) hydrotechnical amelioration and drainage, dredging works aimed at improvement of the water and oxygen regime of the lake, carried out in the presence of an appropriate scientific substantiation.
Russian Federation · 2008-01-26