Article 15. Measures for protection of the animal world

Protection of the animal world shall be carried out through:

establishing rules, norms and standards in the field of protection and use of the animal world;

introducing restrictions and prohibitions on the use of animal world objects;

suspending, terminating or revoking the right of special use of animal world objects;

preventing unauthorized use of animal world objects and other violations of the established procedure for their use;

organizing protection of habitats, breeding sites and migration routes of wild animals;

including rare and endangered species of wild animals in the Red Book of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

preventing the death of wild animals in the course of economic and other activities and during the use of vehicles;

establishing and developing protected natural areas;

breeding rare and endangered species of wild animals in captivity;

assisting wild animals when they fall ill or face the risk of death as a result of natural disasters and other causes;

maintaining state accounting of animal world objects and records of the volumes of their use;

maintaining the state cadastre of animal world objects and implementing monitoring of the animal world;

exercising control in the field of protection and use of the animal world;

regulating the import into and export from the Republic of Uzbekistan of animal world objects;

organizing and conducting scientific research in the field of protection and use of the animal world;

conducting state environmental expertise in the field of protection and use of the animal world;

implementing biotechnical and other measures for protection and rational use of the animal world.