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Regulations for prohibited and regulated activities for protected areas

Cap. 215, s. 52 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Without limiting the generality of this section, regulations made under this Part may address– (a) prohibitions against destruction or alteration of natural systems; (b) prohibitions against the killing, capturing, taking away, damaging or disturbing of any resource, or other object for exploitation or any other purpose; National Protected Areas System [CAP. 215 41 (c) prohibition against damage of ecosystems or species from pollution; (d) prohibitions against introduction of alien or exotic species; (e) prohibiting the use of explosives or poisons in a protected area; (f) prohibiting or regulating access to the whole or part of an area; prohibiting or regulating activities in a protected area, including hunting, fishing, camping, the use of fire, carrying on trade or commerce, construction or alteration of buildings, roads, or any other works, or the use of vehicles, vessels, aircraft or other devices in, over, or through a (g) regulating all conduct of persons in a protected area; (h) providing for the impoundment, removal, or destruction and disposal of domestic animals found straying in the protected area; (i) use or occupation of any land and construction or alteration of buildings, roads, or other works in any protected areas for a specified purpose; (j) acquiring or exercising any mining or other natural resources exploitation or exploration right in any protected area; (k) hunting, fishing, or collecting any flora or fauna; 42 (l) use or manipulation of any waters within any (m) removal or alteration of any flora or fauna or other natural resource on the basis of a customary or other prior right of interest in any (n) conducting of any scientific research; (o) (p) establishment and carrying on of any activity in any protected area; (q) redistribution of visitors to less crowded areas; (r) requirement of advanced registration to visitors for certain uses in certain areas; (s) regulation of the rate at which persons enter a protected area or regulation of the duration of the stay; (t) direct limitations on the number of people allowed in each area (e.g. on a first-come first- serve basis); (u) contingency planning and coordination of emergency response between PAs and other authorities involved; (v) emergency management decisions to involve prior consultation with the PAs public managing entity, managing entity, and co- managing to help decide on the least damaging alternative to the PAs; (w) establishing new categories of protected areas; National Protected Areas System [CAP. 215 43 (x) declaring an Interim Protection Unit; (y) regulations for Interim Protection Units; and (z) preventing and regulating detrimental external CAP. 327.
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