
On the territory of Belarus there are nearly 1,7 million hectares of natural swamps. Their preservation is one of the main aims of environmental departments. In the republic the events on prevention of fires on the swamps are being carried out, of underflooding of valuable forestlands, weediness of open meadows and sedgy lowland moors with bushes and rushes. Several projects on restoration of Belarusian swamps offer development of environmentally sound land-use management on these territories, establishment of optimal hydrological regime on them.
Today the Ministry of nature of Belarus carries out work on legislation improvement in the sphere of preservation and a rational use of water-swamp holdings. In the republic the following documents were approved: the National strategy of the system development of particular protected natural territories till 2015 and the scheme of their rational placement. Apart from this, the project of the National program for 2008–2012 was worked out. Realization of these documents will provide preservation of water-swamp holdings of Belarus, will reduce negative influence of anthropogenic factors on the environment.