The object of research is public relations in the field of protection of the World Natural Heritage sites of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the work is to develop theoretical ideas about improving the legal mechanisms of regional policy aimed at ensuring the preservation of national natural sites that are recognized as world heritage. Due to the analysis of theoretical approaches to the definition of the concepts of «natural object», «natural monument», «natural heritage site» from a legal point of view, it has been established that at present there is an urgent need to clarify the substantive content of the term «world Natural Heritage site», taking into account the national interests of Russia. Through a comparative legal analysis of Russian regional legislation on four sites designated by the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Committee as «the greatest natural phenomena or places of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic value,» gaps and conflicts in legal mechanisms were identified, which led to the conclusion that changes should be made to the legal regulation of the status of such sites in Russia. to preserve them and use them as a driver of economic integration in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Annа V. Popova (Wed,) studied this question.