Legal Regulation of the National Ecological Network Development in Russia: Issues and Prospects

Abstract

Abstract The main aim of the present article is to justify the requisite nature of a fundamental reform of Russian environmental legislation regulating the procedure for the creation and functioning of specially protected natural areas (spna s). It advances arguments for the conclusion about the need to switch to an ecological network approach when creating spna s, taking into account the condition of adjacent lands. It also examines the research results of natural scientists, as well as the legislative experience of a number of former Soviet republics that have implemented an advanced concept of conservation of natural objects and complexes. The article substantiates the reasonableness of a number of amendments to the Russian legislation, as well as of the regulation of the procedure for creating private spna s. An ecological network is expected to include all the categories of protected areas, water protection zones, wetlands, land plots listed in the Red Book of Soils of the Russian Federation, resorts, etc.