THE CONCEPT OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES OF THE MAB PROGRAMME AND THE TASKS OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES 50 YEARS LATER

Abstract

The article presents a critical analysis of the development of the MAB program in the Russian Federation, its contribution to the development of the national network of protected areas, biosphere background monitoring and biodiversity conservation (implementation of the Convention on biological diversity, CBD). The role and participation of individual representatives of Russian geography, biology and ecology in the implementation of the MAB program in relation to the tasks of monitoring, conservation of biodiversity and territorial nature protection in Russia, as well as the concept of biosphere reserves, their zoning system and the purpose of allocated functional zones are considered. The problems of further development of Russian biosphere reserves against the background of the changing ideology of conservation and nature protection in the world and in Russia are outlined.