- Priority of such types of activities that do disturb the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal and natural landscapes in its water conservation area;

- Consideration of the complex character of impact exerted by economic and other activities on the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal;

- Balanced solution to socio-economic tasks and tasks aimed at protecting the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal on the basis of sustainable development principles;

- Mandatory state environmental impact assessment.

- Chemical pollution of Lake Baikal, its part, and its catchment area caused by discharge and emissions, use of pesticides, agrichemicals, and radioactive substances, by transport operation, and by dumping of production and consumption waste;

- Physical change in the state of Lake Baikal or its part (change of temperature conditions of water, fluctuation of water levels beyond admissible limits, change of inflows to Lake Baikal);

- Biological pollution of Lake Baikal caused by the use, breeding, or acclimatization, in Lake Baikal or water bodies permanently or temporarily joined to the lake, of water biological objects foreign to the ecological system of Lake Baikal.

- The regime for filling and operating of Lake Baikal shall be determined by a competent federal executive authority in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation;

(as amended by Federal Laws No. 122-FZ dd. 22.08.2004 and No. 118-FZ dd. 14.07.2008)

- Ban on raising the water level in Lake Baikal above the permissible maximum and lowering the level below the permissible minimum established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

1) clear cutting;

2) transfer of forest reserve lands with protective forests to other categories of land.