The field of nature conservation is regulated by the Law on Nature Protection and other legal acts and by-laws that directly or indirectly pertain to nature and natural resources. In addition to the adoption and application of the Law on Nature Protection (Official Gazette of RS, no. 36/2009, 88/2010, 91/2010-correction, 14/2016 and 95/2018-state law), which regulates the protection and conservation of nature, biological, geological and landscape diversity, and is of great importance, a number of by-laws are also important for the normative regulation of this field. Within the ongoing process of harmonizing the legal regulations in the field of environmental protection and nature conservation with the regulations of the European Union, the European and global standards are taken into account and applied in this field.
The Strategies and Programs:
- National Strategy for Sustainable Development Resources (Official Gazette of RS No. 57/2008) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/strategija/2008/57/1/reg
- National Strategy for Sustainable Use of Natural Assets and Resources (Official Gazette of RS No. 33/2012) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/strategija/2012/33/1/reg
- Biodiversity Strategy of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2011- 2018 (Official Gazette of RS No. 13/2011) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/strategija/2011/13/1/reg
- National Program of Environmental Protection (Official Gazette of RS No. 12/2010) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/odluka/2010/12/3/reg
- National Strategy of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2014–2024 (Official Gazette of RS No. 85/2014) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/strategija/2014/8
- National Strategy of Water Management on the territory of the Republic of Serbia until 2034, (Official Gazette of RS No. 3/2017) – http://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/strategija/2017/3/1/reg
- National Strategy for Forestry Development of the Republic of Serbia (Official Gazette of RS No. 59/2006) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/strategija/2006/59/1
- National Strategy for Energy Development of the Republic of Serbia until 2025 with projections until 2030 (Official Gazette of RS No. 101/2015) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/skupstina/ostalo/2015/101/1/reg
Laws:
- Law on Nature Protection (Official Gazette of RS No. 36/2009, 88/2010, 91/2010-correction, 14/2016 and 95/2018-state law) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/skupstina/zakon/2009/36/9/reg
- Law on National Parks (Official Gazette of RS No. 84/2015 and 95/2018-state law) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/skupstina/zakon/2015/84/2/reg
- Law on Environmental Protection (Official Gazette of RS No. 135/2004, 36 /2009, 36/2009-state law, 72/2009-state law, 43/2011- The Constitutional Court, 14/2016, 76/2018 and 95/2018-state law) – https://www.paragraf.rs/propisi/zakon_o_zastiti_zivotne_sredine.html
- Law on the protection and sustainable use of fish stocks (Official Gazette of RS No. 128/2014 and 95/2018-state law) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/skupstina/zakon/2014/128/2/reg
By-laws:
- Regulation on Ecological Network (Official Gazette of RS No. 102/2010) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/uredba/2010/102/3/reg
- Regulation on the protection regimes (Official Gazette of RS No.31/2012) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/uredba/2012/31/1/reg
- Rulebook on the content and manner of holding the register of protected natural areas (Official Gazette of RS No. 81/2010) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/ministarstva/pravilnik/2010/81/1/reg
- Rulebook on the categorization of protected natural areas (Official Gazette of RS No. 97/2015) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/ministarstva/pravilnik/2015/97/6/reg
- Regulation on control of the use and trade in wild flora and fauna (Official Gazette of RS No. 31/2005, 45/2005, 22/2007, 38/2008, 9/2009, 69/2011 and 95/2018 – state law) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/vlada/uredba/2008/38/1
- Rulebook on declaration and protection of strictly protected and protected wild species of plants, animals and fungi (Official Gazette of RS No. 5/2010, 47/2011, 32/2016 and 98/2016) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/ministarstva/pravilnik/2010/5/3/reg
- Rulebook on criteria for determining the habitat types, on habitat types, vulnerable, endangered, rare, and habitat types of priority for protection and safety measures for their conservation (Official Gazette of RS No. 35/2010) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/ministarstva/pravilnik/2010/35/5/reg
International conventions ratified by Serbia:
- Regulation on the Ratification of the International Plant Protection Convention (Official Gazette of the SFRY, International Agreements, No. 1/1985) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Uredba%20o%20ratifikaciji%20Revidiranog%20teksta%20medjunarodne%20konvencije%20o%20zastiti%20bilja.pdf
- Law on the Ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of Birds (Official Gazette of SFRY, No. 6/1973) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Zakon%20o%20ratifikaciji%20Medjun%20kon%20o%20zastiti%20ptica.pdf
- Regulation on the Ratification of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, particularly as the habitat of wading birds (Official Gazette of SFRY, International Agreements, No. 9/1977) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Uredba%20o%20ratifikaciji%20Konvencije%20o%20mocvarama%20od%20medjun%20zanacaja%20%20posebno%20za%20ptice%20mocvarice.pdf
- Law on the Ratification of the Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Danube River (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, International Agreements, No. 2/2003) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Zakon%20o%20potvr%20Konvencije%20o%20sarad%20na%20zast%20i%20odz%20kors%20reke%20Dunav.pdf
- Law on the Ratification of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Official Gazette of RS, International Agreements, No. 102/2007) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Zakon%20o%20potvr%20Konvencije%20o%20ocuv%20migratorskih%20vrsta%20divljih%20zivotinja.pdf
- Law on Ratification of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wild Flora and Fauna and Natural Habitats (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, International Agreements, No. 11/2001) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Zakon%20o%20potv%20Konvencije%20o%20ocuvanju%20evr%20divlj%20flore%20i%20faune%20u%20prirodnih%20stanista.pdf
- Law on the Ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Official Gazette of RS, International Agreements, No. 102/2007) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Zakon%20o%20potvrdjivanju%20Konvencije%20o%20bioloskoj%20raznovrsnosti.pdf
- Law on Ratification of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, International Agreements, No. 11/2001) – https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/viewdoc?regactid=412594&doctype=reg&findpdfurl=true
- Law on the Ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Official Gazette of SFRY, International Agreements, No. 56/1974) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Zakon%20o%20ratifikaciji%20Konvencija%20o%20zastiti%20svetske%20kulturne%20i%20prirodne%20bastine.pdf
- Law on the Ratification of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Official Gazette of SFRY, International Agreements, No. 38/2009) – http://www.zzps.rs/wp/pdf/Arhuska%20konvencija.pdf