Some aspects of the legal protection of Lake Baikal at the present stage

Abstract

Lake Baikal is a unique natural complex, an ecosystem, each element of which is inimitable and invaluable. The importance of the natural monument is recognized at the national and international levels. Legal standards have been developed and are in force, establishing a regime for the protection of the ecology of the reservoir and adjacent territories. They regulate the rules of the special regime of economic activity around the lake, the boundaries of the fish protection zone and the features of animal protection, the prohibitions on the chemical and biological pollution of the lake, as well as the prohibition of any type of activity that could damage the “holy see”. The debatable issues of the core provisions of” Baikal Law” have been considered in the article. The contradictions in the zoning of the lands of the Baikal National Park have been identified. The amendments to the standards of maximum permissible impacts on the ecological system of Lake Baikal proposed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation have been analyzed.