Governmental Decree No. 541validating the Regulation on constitution, modification of category, validation of boundaries and cancellation of protected areas. | Land Portal

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This Governmental Decree regulates the issues of constitution, modification of category, validation of boundaries and cancellation of protected areas. Protected areas shall be classified as follows: (a) state nature reserves; (b) state natural parks; (c) state nature monuments; (d) state nature reserves; (e) state botanical gardens, dendrological and zoological parks; (f) biosphere reserves; and (g) transboundary protected areas. Protected areas shall be constituted with the consideration of ecological, scientific and economic substantiation, and also historical and cultural value. Initiators of constitution of a protected area can be: (a) authorized state body in the sphere of environmental protection; (b) ministries and departments; (c) National academy of sciences; (d) local government; (e) citizens of Kyrgyz Republic; and (f) non-governmental ecological organizations and associations.

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Vsevolod Gnetii (LEGN)

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A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, most of the territory of present-day Kyrgyzstan was formally annexed to the Russian Empire in 1876. The Kyrgyz staged a major revolt against the Tsarist Empire in 1916 in which almost one-sixth of the Kyrgyz population was killed. Kyrgyzstan became a Soviet republic in 1936 and achieved independence in 1991 when the USSR dissolved. Nationwide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the ouster of President Askar AKAEV, who had run the country since 1990.

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