Ecological trails in the specially protected natural areas of Altai Krai

N G Prudnikova,M N Ignatenko,A V Dudnik

doi:10.15421/2019_820

Abstract

The present paper provides results of studying the dynamics of ecological trails development in specially protected natural areas of Altai Krai. The study revealed the average number of the trails visitors, trail length, information content for educating students. Recommendations are given on the further development of this focus area and regular effective work on ecological trails. The authors identified the most attended ecological trails, studied the activities for schoolchildren and tourists on specially equipped trails in the wild. The article also examines the impact of the trails development on the environmental education of schoolchildren and the research work of students of the Department of Recreational Geography, Tourism and Regional Marketing of Altai State University (Geography Department) while developing the environmental routes.

Highlights

Now-a-days, much attention is paid to the environmental education of schoolchildren; it is most effective to put these activities into practice in nature on specially equipped trails
In the general site plan of the density of protected areas in Russia three years ago, the region was in the lower category, and the proportion of the protected area to the total area of the region was less than 5%
There are many ecological trails in the region and their number is increasing, ecological tourism is actively developing in Altai Krai in plenty of districts, such as Zmeinogorsky, Sovetsky, Shipunovsky, Soloneshensky, Charyshsky, Krasnoshchekovsky, Altaisky and others

Summary

Introduction

Now-a-days, much attention is paid to the environmental education of schoolchildren; it is most effective to put these activities into practice in nature on specially equipped trails. More and more schoolchildren and student volunteers are participating in the development of ecological trails in the protected areas of the region. In the framework of the implementation of the Scheme for the development and deployment of Altai Krai protected areas for the period until 2025, the expanding work of protected areas in total has been carrying out and is ongoing concerning the arrangement of ecological trails. In 2015-2019, the share of protected areas in the total area of the region increased from 4.76 to 5.3%. Altai Krai still takes the 10th place out of 12 in the share of protected areas of the total area in the Siberian Federal District. There are many ecological trails in the region and their number is increasing, ecological tourism is actively developing in Altai Krai in plenty of districts, such as Zmeinogorsky, Sovetsky, Shipunovsky, Soloneshensky, Charyshsky, Krasnoshchekovsky, Altaisky and others.

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusion