Against bill No. 8-597 on the seizure of Russia’s nature reserves.

The issue has been successfully resolved. The initiative is closed!

The Ministry of Natural Resources published draft No. 8-597 on the regulation.gov.ru portal in early July 2024—amendments to the Federal Law “On Specially Protected Natural Areas” that would allow altering the boundaries of, or even abolishing, nature reserves, national parks and other protected areas for “significant socio-economic projects.” In practice, this mechanism would open the door to commercial development of protected lands and destabilize Russia’s entire reserve system.

We launched a public initiative against the draft: prepared a technical opinion, collected signatures, organized mass demands to government bodies, and consolidated the position of the country’s environmental community. Under the pressure of public resonance, draft No. 8-597 was rejected on 26 July 2024, thereby preserving the inviolability of the reserves.

This initiative has been successfully closed.

Closed on 25 July, 2024

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