Legislation of Ukraine on environmental protection
As the main activity within the framework of the UNEP-GEF project concerns the problems of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, protection of the environment and biological diversity, the legislation base of the project consists of the following regulations:
Law of Ukraine ‘On the legal regime of the territory that was exposed to radioactive contamination as a result of the Chornobyl catastrophe’ dated 27 Fabruary 1991, No.791а-XII
Law of Ukraine ‘On the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine’ dated 16 June 1992, No. 2456-XII
Decree of the President of Ukraine ‘On the Announcement of the Natural Territory as the General Zoological Reserve of the National Significance ‘Chornobyl Special’ dated 13 August 2007 No. 700/2007
Decree of the President of Ukraine ‘On Creation of the Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve’ dated 26 April 2016 No. 174/2016
Law of Ukraine ‘On the Environmental Network of Ukraine’ dated 24 June 2004 No. 1864-IV
Law of Ukraine ‘On the Basic Principles (Strategy) of the State Environmental Policy of Ukraine for the Period until 2020’ dated 21 December 2010 No. 2818-VI
Law of Ukraine ‘On Scientific and Scientific and Technical Activity’ dated 26 November 2015 No. 848-VIII
Law of Ukraine ‘On the Fauna’ dated 13 December 2001 No. 2894-III
Law of Ukraine ‘On the Flora’ dated 9 April 1999 No. 591-XIV
Law of Ukraine ‘On the Red Data Book of Ukraine’ dated 7 February 2002 No. 3055-III
Law of Ukraine ‘On Fishery, Industrial Fishery and Protection of Water Bioresources’ dated 8 July 2011 No. 3677-VI
‘Water Code of Ukraine’ dated 6 June 1995 No. 213/95-VR
‘Forest Code of Ukraine’ dated 21 January 1994 No. 3852-XII
Decree of the President of Ukraine ‘On Additional Measures for the Development of Nature Conservation in Ukraine’ dated 14 August 2009 No. 611/2009
Decree of the President of Ukraine ‘On Measures for the Further Development of the Nature Conservation in Ukraine’ dated 23 May 2005 No. 838/2005
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ‘On the State Protection Service of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine’ dated 14 July 2000 No. 112
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ‘On Approval of the Procedure for State Accounting and Cadastre of Plant World’ dated 22 February 2006 No. 195
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ‘On Approval of Taxes to Calculate the Amount of Damage Caused by Violation of the Law on the Nature Reserve Fund’ dated 24 July 2013 No. 541
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ‘On the Amount of Compensation for the Illegal Catch, Kill or Damage of Flora and Fauna Species Included in the Red Data Book of Ukraine, as well as for the Destruction or Deterioration of their Habitat (Growth)’ dated 7 November 2012 No. 1030
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ‘On Approval of the Procedure for the Implementation of Amateur and Sports Fishery’ dated 18 July 1998 No. 1126