of February 2, 2024 No. ZRU-903
About protection of soils and increase in their fertility
Accepted by Legislative house on August 15, 2023
Approved by the Senate on November 24, 2023
The purpose of this Law is regulation of the relations in the field of protection of soils and increase in their fertility.
The legislation on protection of soils and increase in their fertility consists of this Law and other acts of the legislation.
In this Law the following basic concepts are applied:
recultivation of lands - recovery of the destroyed soil cover, its reduction in the condition suitable for use;
the soil - the upper part of the land surface which is consisting of several layers which are created as a result of impact of natural or anthropogenous factors, having necessary properties of fertility for life of plants;
destruction of the soil - physical damage, partial or elimination of soil cover in the course of mining, carrying out exploration, geodetic, construction and other works;
degradation of soils - set of the processes leading to decrease in fertility of soils, deterioration in ekologo-meliorative condition, and also to negative changes in the quantitative and high-quality relation of the soil as a result of impact of natural or anthropogenous factors;
pollution of the soil - loss and accumulating of hazardous chemical and radioactive materials, oils, oil products and microorganisms worsening quality of the soil and exerting negative impact on the environment;
protection of soils - complex of the legal, organizational, economic and other actions directed to rational use of soils and their preserving, prevention of pollution, destruction and degradation, and also protection against natural and technogenic impacts;
quality of the soil - the properties determining fertility of the soil;
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