On the draft decision

The Vitebsk Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection has prepared a draft decision of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies "On the approval of the scheme for the rational placement of specially protected natural areas of local significance of the Vitebsk region for 2024-2033". This draft decision has been prepared in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Belarus of November 15, 2018 No. 150-Z "On Specially Protected Natural Areas" (hereinafter referred to as the Law).

The purpose of adopting this decision is to optimize the network of specially protected natural areas. The scheme for the rational placement of specially protected natural areas of local significance of the Vitebsk region for 2024-2033 plans to declare 6 reserves and 16 natural monuments of local significance, and to terminate the operation and transformation of specially protected natural areas of the region.

Article 11 of the Law establishes that individuals and legal entities have the right to participate in public discussions of draft environmentally significant decisions, including draft regional schemes for the rational placement of specially protected natural areas of local significance. To participate in public discussions, please contact: 26a Pravdy St., 210029, Vitebsk (Vitebsk Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection), or by e-mail flora-fauna@priroda-vitebsk.gov.by (contact person Gorlanov Gennady Khristoforovich, tel. 8-0212-24-74-58).

Public discussions will be held in February-March 2024.