Predictive assessment of damage to vegetation at the Krapivinsky reservoir and directions for its minimisation

Abstract

The Krapivinsky hydroelectric complex is a project that was a complex of more than 40 events. Their full-scale implementation could prevent those environmental problems that are especially acute for Kuzbass today. The production of electricity at the Krapivinsky HPS was supposed to be an incidental process accompanying the environmental project to a greater extent. However, in order to make a decision on the future fate of this object, it is necessary to assess the impact on the environment, including flora within the territorial boundaries of the Krapivinsky reservoir, assessing the possible damage to vegetation in the water protection zone and in the flood zone. This is especially true for rare plant species listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation and the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass. For this purpose, an analysis of the vegetation on the territory of the object under consideration was carried out, the species of the presented plants were studied and examined, it was determined whether they were classified as rare species, and ways were also proposed to minimize possible harmful or irreversible damage to the flora in the zone of the Krapivinsky HPS.