Abstract
The development of ecotourism involving wild animals in Russia is overlooked despite the fact that the country’s territory is significant not only in terms of area but also in terms of the diversity of its flora and fauna. A significant part of Russia’s territory has a low population density, especially beyond the Ural ridge. It retains its natural primeval nature, which can contribute to the development of ecotourism. Initial attempts have been made to develop this, mainly in the European part (Tatarstan, Murmansk Region, the Baltic Sea, Baikal, Altai), but the commercial use of wild animals within ecotourism programs, including the ones in Siberia and the Far East, has not been discussed. This work focuses on the basics of launching ecotourism in the industrial region of Siberia (Kuzbass, Russia) as part of the Alcesalces conservation program.
Highlights
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) notes that ecotourism is traveling through natural territories to get positive emotions and impressions from the untouched nature as well as the cultural and ethnographic peculiarities of these territories [3]
This study focuses on the basics of the concept of organization and analysis of the possibility of launching ecotourism in the industrial region of Siberia (Kuzbass, Russia) within the conservation of moose population
The problems that limit the development of ecotourism include ties with traditional forms of tourism as part of a large mass tourism industry, the inability of the local population to control the scale of development of their own territories, the motivation for profit, and politicized and institutionalized barriers that have not been solved so far [45]
Summary
Everywhere in the world, people begin to feel an increasing desire to escape to nature from urbanized industrial megacities, even the acute life danger dictated by the global pandemic situation has just slightly reduced this need and the possibilities of its implementation. The mortality of large animals, both carnivores and herbivores, that inhabit protected areas is strongly influenced by poaching and trophy hunting on the borders of nature reserves [20,21]. This problem can affect migratory animals that seasonally change habitats in search of food and water. Hunting in protected areas or their buffer zones can significantly change the behavior of animals in terms of their vital activity and can lead to a decrease in the population, which will negatively affect both the natural balance and the tourist attractiveness of the territories as a whole [40]. This study focuses on the basics of the concept of organization and analysis of the possibility of launching ecotourism in the industrial region of Siberia (Kuzbass, Russia) within the conservation of moose population
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