The legal issues of investment activity in nature

This article considers the problems of legal regulation of investment activities in nature including the use of mineral resources and other natural resources. Moreover, environmental and investment laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan are compared in this research paper. Legislative issues of attracting investments in natural resources, problems of private property in the bowels of the earth, problems of the investment agreement and role of investment activity in usage of natural resources are discussed in this work. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.