Senate approves law “On protection and use of wildlife”
25/08/2016 11:17
Senate approves law “On protection and use of wildlife”
25/08/2016 11:17
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Senate of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan approved the law “On protection and use of wildlife” in new addition on 24 August 2016.
The main goal of the law is to further improve legal framework for protection and use of fauna, increasing the effectiveness of the system of rational use and reproduction of objects of fauna, preservation of their habitat, as well as providing direct action of the law.
The amendments to the law consolidate the new legal regulations aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of law enforcement practices and gaps in legislation from the point of view of comprehensive protection of the gene pool of wild animals as an integral part of biological diversity, bringing the law in line with the newly adopted laws and other normative acts.
The document sets the powers of state bodies and local authorities, non-governmental organizations and citizens in the implementation of practical measures aimed at protection and rational use of fauna.
The law sets legal regime for importing and exporting wildlife and prohibits removal of animals, included to the Red Book, from nature, as well as order of conducting biotechnical actions for the rational use of objects of fauna, preservation of their habitat.
The law also pay attention to issues related to monitoring and control in the sphere of protection and rational use of wildlife, improvement of licensing procedures for special use of fauna objects.
Senator stated that adoption of the law will serve to increase the effectiveness of conservation of quantitative and qualitative indicators of wild animals in the natural environment, their rational use, timely detection and elimination of existing problems in this area.
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