Ministerial Decree No. 847 validating Federal specific program “Protection of Baikal lake and socio-economic development of Transbaikal ecosystem for the period of 2012-2020”.
This Ministerial Decree establishes that the scope of the Federal program shall be protection of Baikal lake and Baikal ecosystem against negative impact of anthropogenic, technogenic and natural factors. Federal program shall perform the following functions: (a) reduction of emission of pollutants; (b) rehabilitation of the territory subject to high and extremely high pollution; (c) utilization of recreational potential of protected areas; (d) conservation and reproduction of biological diversity; and (e) state ecological monitoring.