The Baikal region as a unified socio-ecological and economic system in the strategy of territorial development of the Russian Federation

Evdokia Dugina,Elena Dorzhieva,Ouyna Bazarova,Nadezhda Bulatova,O Popova

doi:10.1051/shsconf/202110102014

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Abstract

The Baikal region, which includes 3 constituent entities in the territory of the Russian Federation - the Republic of Buryatia, the Irkutsk Region and the Trans-Baikal Territory - should be considered due to its location (in the territory of the Lake Baikal drainage basin) and from the point of view of the regional economy as a single socio-ecological and economic system, whose development should be aimed at preserving the unique ecosystem of the deepest lake on the planet. However, in the Territorial Development Strategy of the Russian Federation, the Baikal region is not included in the list of macroregions despite its compliance with the general principles of their formation. In our opinion, the Baikal region is united by a specific mission entrusted to its population - the need to preserve the unique Baikal ecosystem while ensuring a decent level and quality of life for people living in the Baikal natural territory. The article analyzes the need for a transition to an environmentally oriented innovation economy, which allows transforming the "Baikal factor" from a problem that hinders economic growth into a resource for territorial development.

Highlights

The transformation of the country's economic development model in recent years, characterized by the instability of the world economy, the devaluation of traditional doctrines and institutions of global governance, the increasing uncertainty of the international environment and the evolution of the role of international organizations in a changing multipolar world, requires the formation of new approaches to managing development and allocation of productive forces in the territorial social-economic system
The Baikal region, which includes 3 constituent entities in the territory of the Russian Federation - the Republic of Buryatia (RB), the Irkutsk Region (IR) and the Trans-Baikal Territory (TBT) - is considered due to its location and from the point of view of the regional economy as a single socio-ecological and economic system, whose development should be aimed at preserving the unique ecosystem of the deepest lake on the planet [4, 5]
The issues of the ecological development of the Baikal region are of interest to the world community, representatives of government structures both at the federal and regional levels, public organizations, science and business, and their priorities are set in different ways: if at the global level actors are concerned about strategic threats, at the regional and local levels, the current problems are being solved regarding the socio-economic development, improving the level and quality of life of the population, harmonizing stringent environmental requirements and restrictions with the need to conduct competitive economic activities and reduce migration outflow to central and southern regions of the country

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Introduction

The transformation of the country's economic development model in recent years, characterized by the instability of the world economy, the devaluation of traditional doctrines and institutions of global governance, the increasing uncertainty of the international environment and the evolution of the role of international organizations in a changing multipolar world, requires the formation of new approaches to managing development and allocation of productive forces in the territorial social-economic system. While being guided by such principles of allocation of macroregions as the neighboring position of constituent entities, similar natural, climatic and socio-economic conditions, the possibility of implementing large interregional infrastructure projects in their territory, a potential reduction in the transfer burden on the federal budget due to greater economic self-sufficiency (better developed regions will become centers for the development of the territory), the developers of the TDS did not take into account the underdeveloped system of interregional socio-economic ties, threats to regional identity that could lead to a conflict of regional elites, the possible reduction of growth centers as a result of the regional capitals losing their status, which will lead to further compaction of the country's economic space. It corresponds to the general principles of the formation of macroregions: the neighboring position of the constituent entities, similar natural, climatic and socio-economic conditions, the possibility of implementing large interregional infrastructure projects in the territory, but it is united by the specific mission entrusted to its population - the need to preserve the unique Baikal ecosystem while ensuring a decent level and quality of life of people living in the Baikal natural territory (BNT)

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Baikal Strategies