Current geoecological status of the specially protected natural area “Crane Homeland” (based on materials proposed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the Moscow Region)

Abstract

The article describes the current state of the geoecosystem of the reserve “Crane Homeland”. The authors take into consideration the consequences of improper drainage land-reclamation carried out in past decades in Apsarevskoe tract and Dubna water-swamp complex. Cutting down and uprooting the forest strip along the river Dubna in the vicinity of the Island village have led to the destruction of bird (Cyanistes cyanus) nests. In addition, the article points to poaching and spring fires occurred in a number of other places.