Nature Protection Act defines objectives and tasks of nature protection which are the following: to preserve and/or restore biodiversity, landscape diversity and geo-diversity in a state of natural balance and harmonized relations with human activities, to identify and monitor the state of nature, to provide a system of nature protection due to its permanent preservation, to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources without significantly damaging natural areas and with the least disturbance to the balance of its components, to contribute to the conservation of the natural soil, safeguarding the quality, quantity and availability of water, preserving the atmosphere and producing oxygen and reducing climate change and to prevent or mitigate adverse human activities and disturbances in nature as a consequence of technological development and activities.

Articles 88 to 98 which are relevant to genetic diversity and access and utilization of genetic resources are based on the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol. Following ABS elements are included in these articles: National Focal Point, Competent National Authority, Scope, Access to the genetic resources, Request to access and utilize genetic resources, Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure, Muttually Agreed Terms (MATs), Non-commercial utilization of genetic resources, Commercial utilization of genetic resources, Scientific opinion of the advisory body (State Institute for Nature Protection), Transfer to third parties (legal or natural person has to inform the CNA that issued the permit), Gene banks and other ex situ sources of genetic material, Gene banks (legal person needs a permit from the CNA), Gene banks and conditions of work, Access and utilization of genetic resources from ex situ sources/collections (user needs a permit from the CNA), Records/Database of permits (obligation of the CNA).