This Law establishes legal grounds for setting up and functioning of reserve of protected areas, principles, mechanism of conservation thereof, and also competence and plenary powers of central and local authority, non-governmental organizations and citizens in the aforesaid sphere. The Act consists of 11 Sections divided into 107 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) competence and plenary powers; (3) management of protected areas; (4) protection areas within protected areas; (5) scientific res