Movement on private land in protected areas

All roads and pathways within conservation zones and limited management zones of protected areas or within limited-conservation area or leading to protected natural monuments must be open for public use from sunrise until sunset, and if such roads or paths exist within the territory of an immovable where a protected natural monument is located, the possessor of the immovable will ensure public access to the monument during such time.

Other persons are allowed to stay in a yard where a protected natural monument is situated with the consent of the possessor of the immovable.

The possessor of an immovable situated within the area of a protected natural object, or of an immovable where a protected natural object is situated has no right to prohibit the following from staying within the immovable:

  • a representative of the manager of the protected natural object in connection with administration of the natural object;
  • a researcher who submits, at the possessor's request, a certified copy in accordance with the established form.