Natural Recreation Research Articles

Этнокультурный туризм в системе рекреационного природопользования Северо-Восточного Кавказа

The aim of the work is to study the problems and prospects of ethno-cultural tourism development in the North-Eastern Caucasus and to assess its role in recreational nature management. Research methods: geographical, comparative-historical, demographic and ethno-cultural analysis of the territory, method of statistical processing of information and geo-system approach. Research results. The structure of ethno-cultural tourism potential including objects of natural and historical-cultural heritage, pilgrimages and unique intangible cultural heritage (art, culture, traditions and customs) was substantiated. The geographical pattern of distribution of historical and cultural heritage objects has been studied, which consists in the following: in the plain part these objects are represented mainly by houses of famous scientists, architects, artists and poets, obelisks, etc., and in the mountain zone–by tower complexes, above-ground crypts, bas-reliefs and other structures. The main types of traditional folk crafts and handicrafts (carpet weaving, felt making, jewelry, gun smithing, metal carving on wood, etc.) preserved up to nowadays as the most important resource of ethno-cultural tourism are shown. The significant share of creative potential has been identified in the mountainous part of the North-Eastern Caucasus. Conclusion. The results of the study show that the potential of ethno-cultural tourism in the North-Eastern Caucasus is not fully utilized. And this is reflected in its weak role in the system of recreational nature management. It is proved that for more effective utilization of this potential it is necessary to develop science-based approaches. The complex of problems that hinder the development of ethno-cultural tourism in the region of study is identified (shortage of highly qualified personnel, low level of service, poorly developed infrastructure, especially in mountainous areas, weak promotion of tourism products, etc.). It is shown that their decision will allow to bring this type of tourism to a higher level of economic development. It is recommended to emphasize the combination of traditional and innovative approaches in the system of recreational nature management, including ethno-cultural branding of recreation objects. The results of the study can be applied in the development of regional strategies for tourism development in the North-Eastern Caucasus, in the formation of regional and interregional tourism and recreation clusters.

Exploring resource-providing vacation activities and recovery experiences: a study in the context of Goa

ABSTRACT In our fast-paced world, work-related stress takes a toll on health and well-being. To address this, individuals seek respite through vacations. Employing a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from 422 participants through on-site and online surveys, analyzing engagement in activities and their influence on psychological detachment, relaxation, control, and mastery. Factor analysis revealed seven distinct vacation dimensions – outdoor activities, cultural activities, entertainment, social activity, nature recreation, shopping and light recreation. Findings revealed that engagement in entertainment, light recreation, social, and cultural activities positively affect psychological detachment. Outdoor activities, nature recreation, and entertainment enhance relaxation. Light recreation and shopping boost visitors’ sense of control, while social activities promote mastery. This research highlights the importance of tailored vacation activities for enhancing recovery and overall well-being. It offers insights for researchers and practitioners alike, emphasizing the need to meet tourists’ recovery needs for enriched vacation experiences and enhanced well-being.

Planning for Urban Sustainability through Residents’ Wellbeing: The Effects of Nature Interactions, Social Capital, and Socio-Demographic Factors

The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to examine how varied environmental and social factors in urban environments affect human wellbeing, which is an important dimension of urban sustainability. Past research has focused on individual dimensions of health and isolated nature interactions, limiting knowledge about how different environmental and social factors affect distinct aspects of residents’ wellbeing. Through quantitative analyses of social survey and environmental data in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona (USA), we explored how distinct nature recreation activities—along with nature satisfaction and social capital—affected residents’ subjective, mental, and physical wellbeing across diverse neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic, controlling for socio-demographics. Results reveal how distinct drivers shape different dimensions of wellbeing. Perceived social and environmental attributes of neighborhoods and proximity to nature preserves were associated with subjective wellbeing, while park visitation was linked to physical health. Nature interactions largely were unrelated to mental health. Changes in nature recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly impact any dimension of wellbeing. Our research suggests that multiple local environmental and social features should be considered when designing healthy communities for urban sustainability.

A Comparative Study on the Painting Forms of Western Oil Painting and Chinese Ink Painting

Since modern international students introduced oil painting on a large scale to China, oil painting has been developing in China for over a hundred years. In citing the process of progress, learning, integration, and improvement, the change in titles from “Western painting” and “Western painting” to “oil painting” and then to “Chinese oil painting” indicates that oil painting, as an art form, has deeply embodied the characteristics and connotations of traditional Chinese culture. During this period, its development is closely related to the historical background of the entire China, reflecting the continuation and evolution of traditional Chinese freehand brushwork spirit in the complex and changing context of the times. This article compares oil paintings imported from abroad with domestic ink painting, taking the artistic realm of painting in both the East and the West as the starting point. The main axis that runs through them is Chinese ink painting and Western oil painting landscapes. Showcasing the similarities and differences between Chinese ink wash landscape painting and Western oil painting landscapes, Chinese landscape painting emphasizes the expression of emotions and a sense of awe and emotion towards nature, with the main idea of “learning from nature”; The Western oil painting landscape emphasizes the realism of the scenery, which is a re-creation of nature, allowing people to have a realistic feeling of being there when watching the painting. The main reason there are these differences between Chinese ink painting and Western oil painting landscapes is due to different social and cultural backgrounds and fields of consciousness.

The Role And Impact Of Outdoor Walks, Combined With A Special Recreational Exercise Program, In Improving Lower Limb Strength And Motor Balance In 55-65 Year Olds

Sports participation is declining in most countries starting at age 12, with the tendency becoming considerably more noticeable as people get older. The most industrialized nations experience a demographic shift that leads to an older population due to declining birth rates and improvements in healthcare. The objective of this literature review is to analyse the existing data to discover the rates, current trends of sports participation, health problems and ways of preventing and improving it through exercise therapies of a recreational nature in the 55-65 age group in Albania and the world. 54 articles from Google Scholar, 16 articles from Crossref, 22 articles from PubMed, 14 papers from Research Gate, and 11 books (a total of 117 references) that were chosen for preliminary screening were evaluated using a methodical methodology. Upon through examination, 29 articles, or 25% of the total, satisfied the requirements to be regarded as legitimate for the subject at hand. The current condition of lower limb strength and balance in both the experimental and control groups will be determined through preliminary laboratory testing. Two instruments from the Sports University of Tirana biomechanics lab; the Leonardo Platform and the Isokinetic Dynamometer will be employed for the aforementioned measurements. We estimate that the study sample will consist of 60–90 working-age men and women who fall into the 55–65 age range. The systematic literature review and meta-analysis aims to define quantitative relationships of lower limb strength with balance improvement. Due to the accelerated aging process, the middle-aged population experiences a decline in strength, endurance, flexibility, and muscle mass (sarcopenia), which impairs coordination, stability, and balance. Keywords: outdoor walks, special recreational exercises, lower limb strength, age group 55-65, balance, quality of life.

The Gut Feeling of Rational Acting: Differentiation in Cognitive Strategies Within Commercial and Recreational Sellers in Hybrid Digital Social Media Markets

In the realm of cybercrime, technologies that facilitate illicit activities also produce uncertainties based on the hybridity between digital communication and offline presence. Social media platforms have blurred the lines between types of drug sellers, bringing the recreational and the commercial into the same marketplace. In the Nordic data used in this paper, 52 text-based qualitative interviews with recreational and commercial sellers are analyzed via process and variance analysis to identify the relationship between cognitive strategies and seller positions. We ask how sellers’ decision-making processes differ and intersect. Theoretically, we use cognitive sociology to enrich understanding of culture, trust, and rational decision-making in this context. Our findings reveal that recreational sellers often adopt a low-risk, low-gain strategy rooted in cognitive biases, reflecting the recreational nature of their engagement. In contrast, commercially competent sellers employ more complex cognitive strategies, including gut feelings, thus adjusting their decisions with less reliance on initial assessments, leading to a more calculated approach with higher risk tolerance. We conclude with a discussion of intervention strategies; here, we argue for the need for a dual strategy that targets and capitalizes on the differences in cognitive biases in an effective way that poses less harm to recreational sellers.

How urbanization is shifting the context of nature experiences from economic to recreational

Abstract With increasing global urbanization, the proportion of the world's population engaged in the primary sector of the economy continues to decrease, leading to significant changes in the experience of nature (EoN). As a result, not only are opportunities for EoN reduced, but they are shifting structurally because the proportion of nature experiences that take place in leisure time increases relative to that which takes place in a work and production context. In order to understand the implications of this structural change, a new typology is introduced that defines experiences of nature by considering their social context: economic and recreational EoN. Economic EoN is predominantly purpose‐oriented, while recreational EoN is primarily experience‐driven. Compared to economic EoN, recreational EoN often requires less skill and knowledge while relying on stereotypical constructs of nature, demonstrated, for example, by traditional land uses and tourism, respectively. As urbanization continues, the proportion of recreational nature experiences will continue to increase, raising an important question: How can the experience‐driven, recreational relation to nature contribute to long‐term engagement and responsible stewardship? Long‐term engagement is evident in leisurely behaviour where people pursue hobbies. In urban societies, many people invest a considerable amount of time and material resources in their hobbies, while developing specific skill sets and acquiring extensive knowledge in the process. Furthermore, nature‐related hobbies enable the transformation of irrelevant economic EoN into meaningful recreational EoN, allowing the emergence of an individual perspective on and a lasting relationship with nature, as well as creating a skill‐based sense of place. Policy implications: As traditional economic EoN diminish and becomes irrelevant during the urbanization process, hobbies can help preserve ecological knowledge and skills with recreational EoN. Protected areas and other organizations curating nature experiences should create and promote experiences that relate to nature‐based hobbies and focus on supporting skill development. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Сільський зелений туризм в Україні - стратегічна складова розвитку сільських територій

The article discloses theoretical issues related to rural green tourism. The concept of rural green tourism is revealed, as well as its types of purpose and the level of activity of tourists (active-sports, active-educational, passive). The main prerequisites for the development and functioning of rural green tourism within Ukraine are determined. A distinctive feature of rural green tourism has been determined, namely, the tourist's stay in an ecologically clean environment, located in a certain area far from the urbanized environment with the possibility of direct participation in agricultural processes. The types of rural green tourism that are presented on the Ukrainian tourist market are described. Namely, agrotourism, which is a type of rural green tourism of both an educational and recreational nature, associated with the use of household farms or lands of agricultural enterprises, which are temporarily not used in the agrarian sphere. Recreational tourism using the capital housing fund on the estates of the owners and the available natural, recreational, historical-architectural, cultural-domestic and other assets of one or another area. Ecotourism, which is a scientific and educational type of rural green tourism, characteristic of rural areas and villages located within the territories of national parks, protected areas, natural parks, etc., where appropriate restrictions on loads on the territory and regulated types of recreational recreation are provided. The positive impact of rural green tourism on the development and functioning of rural areas is singled out. The problems of the development of rural green tourism within the territory of Ukraine are highlighted. As well as the specified prospects and strategic goals of the development of rural green tourism.

Функціональна організація рекреаційного природокористування в межах Івано-Франківської області

Nature use (formally known as natural management) of recreational resources is a strategic direction of development for the regions in the modern world. It is especially important for those territories where there is a significant potential for recreational activities. Ivano-Frankivsk region is one of such territories in the context of Ukraine. This problem was examined using general scientific methods in the assessment of natural conditions and recreational potential of the studied region. In particular, this article proposes a new concept for modern natural-geographical studies – functional organization of recreational nature use. The framework around this term made it possible to create a new approach for identifying various types of recreational activities that are carried out on the territory of Ivano-Frankivsk region, including therapeutic recreation (from region’s numerous balneological and climatic resorts), natural and educational tourism (from region’s rich nature reserves), nautical or water tourism (from region’s unique river network), etc. However, it is also important to focus on the impact and risks of recreational nature use on the environment. The implications and results of this study could be used to contribute to the creation of regional strategies for the development of recreational natural resource management which would help to preserve the ecological sustainability of the region.

Sculptures of dogs licking their wounds in Roman period. A proposal for interpretation

The present work analyzes an iconographic model, relatively common during the Antiquity, used in various environments with divergent functions, such as the peristyles and gardens of private or residential spaces, tombs or buildings of a religious nature. This theme and morphological characteristics are repeated in an analogous way in very varied content and meaning places. This fact has led us to propose a series of reflections that help us to resolve the possibility that there was a general content, a symbolic value or a common original message in this typology that was adapted to different environments depending on the needs of each one. The figure of the dog licking a wound could go, in many cases, unnoticed or be interpreted as a piece of little relevance, with a pleasant and recreational nature, which gave a certain affable, funny and everyday meaning, recognizable and appreciated by a large part of Roman society. However, the preserved archaeological evidence of this model and the written sources lead us to think that it contained a transcendental and symbolic meaning that invited to meditation and turned the animal into a cathartic element.

Assessment of the impact of recreation load on the development of responsible community tourism

The concept of sustainable development is based on the interdependence of three key aspects of development – environmental, economic and social. Tourism and recreational nature use are seen as effective tools for achieving financial self-sufficiency of local communities, development of private entrepreneurship, positive impact on the social sphere and minimizing the exploitation of natural resource. However, excessive recreational activity can lead to the degradation of natural complexes. In order to preserve biodiversity and sustainable development of territories, it is necessary to monitor the condition of zones with intensive recreational innovation to prevent their degradation and develop responsible tourism. To monitor the environmental condition, there are used modern methods of remote sensing of the Earth, which should be combined with field ecological studies. In the course of the research, there was proved the existence of interrelationships between the enzymatic activity of soils, soil density and the vegetation condition according to NDVI. Currently, there is an urgent issue of maintaining a balance between the population’s requests for recreation and the ability of natural resources to satisfy them. The given research method is able to provide information to ensure the responsible attitude of the community to nature-protected zones, to influence ecological awareness and to ensure the effective use of the ecosystem. Calculations were carried out on the example of complex slope ecosystems of the Barmakivske tract, which are subjected to a strong recreational load.

Peranan Pemerintah Desa Dalam Pengembangan Desa Wisata Di Desa Tunjungan Kecamatan Tunjungan, Kabupaten Blora

The aim of this research is to describe the role of village government in developing tourist villages. The village government formulates policies for village development and facilitates the development of tourist villages by utilizing village potential, especially natural recreation, water tourism and fishing in the Ngreneng Reservoir, Cemara Pitu hill, Greneng Peak, Nglawungan Durian Garden, Pak Nari Fruit Farm, Asri Gardens and Fruit Gardens. and recreational activities such as outbound, gatherings, activities in the field, group exercise and culinary delights at tourist locations. The village government ratifies the plan to develop a tourist village, forms a tourism management and clean water facilities, toilets and parking lots and creates public order at tourist sites.

Transformative potential of nature-based values that influence the relationships between reported and intended pro-environmental behavior

Protected area landscapes embody multiple values of nature that can create meaning in everyday life. Though the values ascribed to these environments theoretically inspire changes in human behavior, surprisingly few studies have empirically evaluated how ‘specific values’ affect actions that benefit the environment. We used Public Participation in Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) methods to evaluate the relationships among four nature-based values and the patterns of both reported and intended behavior among visitors to Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA (n = 667). We found that wilderness, recreation, ecological integrity, and scientific qualities of places were particularly important for characterizing the Denali landscape and accounted for more variation in intended than reported pro-environmental behaviors. We provide new insights on how nature-based values underpin the decisions of visitors and lead to transformative changes after experiencing a high profile, charismatic protected area. Understanding the reasons why people forge connections with natural areas and modeling how these associations relate to different types of behavior advances knowledge of how to effectively build environmental stewardship and guide public land management decisions. Management implicationsFindings from this study provide public land management agencies with insight on what people value in protected areas, the locations they appreciate, and how their experiences may influence their behaviors after returning home. We contend that “nature-based values” that encompass recreation, ecological integrity, wilderness, and scientific qualities of nature are particularly important to visitors and can provide a basis for communication about high and low priority places, as well as spatially explicit guidance for management agencies. Also, we show that as nature-based values increase, so do the reported and intended actions of people who visit Denali National Park and Preserve. As such, these multiple values of nature should be harnessed to inspire and energize more environmentally friendly practices in the future.

Structure and composition of tree and shrub species and their invasiveness in conservation areas of West Timor, Indonesia

Abstract. Lumban-Gaol M, Mudita IW. 2023. Structure and composition of tree and shrub species and their invasiveness in conservation areas of West Timor, Indonesia. Asian J For 7: 132-144. This study aimed to investigate the composition of vegetation of tree and shrub species and their invasiveness in West Timor conservation forests, Indonesia. Three conservation zones were purposefully chosen to showcase Timor Island's conservation forest. Baumata Nature Recreation Park (Baumata NRP), Camplong Nature Recreation Park (Campong NRP), and Herman Yohannes Grand Forest Park (Herman Yohannes GFP) are three such parks. The point-centered quarter approach was used to collect data. The Important Value Index (IVI) was established for each existing species. Each plant was classed as either invasive or non-invasive. Approximately 59 tree and shrub species were found in these three conservation zones. Based on IVI, the forest was dominated by Cassia siamea Lam. (23.53%), Tectona grandis L.f. (21.97%), Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken (19.61%), and Syzygium aqueum (Burm.fil.) Alston (14.95%). More than 40% of the species present were potentially invasive. Based on the IVI, the potentially invasive species were dominated by C. siamea (23.53%), Tamarindus indica L. (11.69%), Gmelina arborea Roxb. ex Sm. (10.73%), Swietenia macrophylla G.King (10.30%), Ficus benjamina L. (7.45%), Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng. (7.40%), and Albizia Durazz. (7.31%). The presence of invasive trees and shrubs in the conservation area of West Timor was relatively high. Therefore, it requires management actions to prevent further spread and dominance.

Cadastral and landscape modeling of lakes as a prerequisite for protected and recreational nature resource management

The cadastral information about the lakes of the nature reserve fund (NRF) should be based on landscape-geographic principles using modern geo-information systems.Within the research, based on the instrumental field research and the use of software packages ArcGIS Desktop and ReefMaster Software, a bathymetric map of Lake Serednie (Nobel National Natural Park, Ukraine) and other spatial models were developed. The main hydrological and morphometric parameters of the lake basin were calculated, a landscape map of the natural aquatic complex was created and its landscape metric analysis was carried out at the level of aquatic tracts and facies. The research revealed changes in the level regime and shoreline of the lake caused by the long dry periods of 2016-2021 and life activity of beavers. The created integrated cadastral landscape model of the lake with limnology parameters should serve as a basis for the recreational nature use, monitoring and geo-ecological certification of the reservoirs of the NRF.

O.3.1-5 Peri-urban landscape as an environment for health enhancing physical activity

Abstract Purpose Peri-urban landscape is situated between the rural and the urban and encompasses diverse set of green space types, e.g. large semi-natural areas, woodlands, hills, country parks. Such spaces, suitable for nature recreation, can be rarely found in cities. Accordingly, peri-urban landscape is increasingly important for enabling population to become more physically active. However, previous research has shown that many cities struggle with divergences in the use of these spaces. While some of peri-urban green spaces are under high demand for outdoor recreation, which puts considerable pressure on the landscape and threatens its provisioning of landscape qualities such as tranquillity or biodiversity, others are underused despite their recognised potential for recreation. So far, little attention has been paid to this issue in planning and decision making. This study first assessed the extent to which peri-urban landscape provides possibility for outdoor recreation. Secondly, it explored how to provide support for spatial planners and local governments in the planning and management of peri-urban green spaces for promotion of outdoor recreation. Methods We conducted document analysis, literature review and stakeholders’ interviews in three case study cities in Slovenia: Ljubljana, Koper and Kranj. In the first step, we highlighted any formal recognition of peri-urban landscape use for outdoor recreation and identified spatial actions and their influence on the peri-urban land use. Then we carried out the evaluation of the level of importance given to peri-urban green spaces’ suitability for outdoor recreation by the stakeholders. The data was compiled and compared between the three cities. Results We identified policy gaps in all case studies, which pointed to the weak role of spatial planning in protection and management of peri-urban green spaces for outdoor recreation. We also identified the lack of methodologies, tools and inclusion of new approaches, such as ecosystem services framework or nature-based solutions, in the spatial planning and policy making. Conclusion Our findings provide a supporting material for local decision makers and spatial planners in their efforts to develop peri-urban green spaces as spaces for promoting health among all demographic groups of local population. Funding Slovenian Research Agency (grant numbers V5-2232 and Z5-4589).

Strategy for update of theory and practice of basketball teaching in institutions of higher education

The reform of basketball education in higher education institutions is an important part of modern curricular innovations for higher education students. Basketball is very popular among students in higher education institutions because of its strong teamwork, emotional, active, and recreational nature. Currently, there are still some problems in the basketball education system, both in the methodology and content of education and in the practice of evaluating the effectiveness of that education on students. The specifics of instruction, such as curriculum, sports facilities, and national policies regarding student sports, have a certain impact on certain components of reform of the basketball education system. The purpose of this study is to systematize the influencing factors and trends in the development of student basketball in order to formulate key provisions for strategies to update the theory and practice of basketball education in higher education institutions. Materials and methods of research. To determine the set research objectives, we used the following methods: analysis and generalization of data from special scientific and methodological literature, monitoring of Internet information resources, methods of systematization, content analysis. Results. The obtained data define the research strategy of the main provisions on updating the theory and practice of basketball coaching in higher education institutions, fill in the content and structure of the reform system of basketball coaching in higher education institutions, update system of theory and practice of basketball coaching in physical training practice The results of the study provided the theoretical basis for the conceptualization of the system of basketball coaching theory and practice in physical training practice. Conclusion. The obtained results made it possible to extract and present in the paper the characteristics of the first element of the theoretical basis of the strategy of updating the theory and practice of basketball coaching in institutions of higher education.

Tourists' Willingness to Pay for Recreation Services in Nyerere National Park, Tanzania: Are We Overvaluing or Undervaluing Our Nature Recreation Resources?

This study estimated tourists' Willingness to Pay (WTP) per day for recreation services in Nyerere National Park (NNP) and compared these values with daily travel costs that are incurred by tourists to visit NNP in order to inform whether recreation resources in the park are overvalued or undervalued. The study revealed that tourists' WTP per day for recreation services was estimated at $237.4 and $1521 for resident and non-resident tourists, respectively. The estimated tourists' WTP values exceed the daily travel costs currently incurred by tourists, which are $201.04 and $1517.97 for resident and non-resident tourists, respectively. This indicates that tourists are willing to spend more to enjoy recreation services in NNP, which signifies that recreation resources in NNP are slightly undervalued. In addition, the findings disclosed that the largest share of tourist daily travel expenses is allocated to transportation services, and very little is paid to the park as a conservation fee. It was revealed that out of the daily travel expenses incurred by non-resident and resident tourists, only 4.62% and 2.23% are respectively paid directly to NNP as conservation fees. This study considers that allocation is not very fair; thus, NNP, in collaboration with TANAPA, needs to adjust the current entrance or conservation fee and reduce the transportation costs charged by tourist companies. The travel costs incurred by tourists, age, education, monthly income, site visited, substitute site, and quality of park were identified as significant factors in influencing tourists' WTP for recreation services in NNP. Thus, policies oriented to reduce tourists' transportation costs and improve the quality of national parks would attract more tourists to NNP.

FROM THE HISTORY OF MODERN RESEARCH OF GEO-ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL RIVERS OF WESTERN PODILLIA

Systematization of the authors' research and publications on the river-basin systems of small rivers of Western Podillia has been carried out. Three main stages are distinguished. The analyzed basic scientific works of these stages proved the expansion of the spectrum of geoecological studies of small rivers by representatives of the Lviv Scientific School under the patronage of Prof. I. Kovalchuk. At the end of the first stage (2005, 2007, 2010, such studies were carried out by representatives of the Ternopil Scientific Center under the leadership of Prof. L. Tsaryk. The study of the geoecological problems of small rivers reached special relevance in the middle of the second stage with the study of the natural resource potential in river basins (natural recreational, environmental protection, integral resources in the dissertation studies of S. Novytska, O. Greskiv, I. Vitenko, L. Babiuk. During this period, four candidate theses on this issue, a number of bachelor's and master's theses (O. Burtak, V. Tsaryk) were defended ).At the third stage, the activity of expeditionary research in the basins of the rivers Kachava (L. Yankovska, A. Tsidylo), Gnizdechna (I. Kuzyk, I Branovskyi.), Gnizna (V. Tsaryk, P. Tsaryk), Nichlavka and Nichlava (Yu. Melnyk, I. Kuzyk, L. Tsaryk). Graduate students of the Faculty of Geography conduct complex hydroecological studies of the basins of small rivers of Western Podillia, as evidenced by the published collective monograph and a number of articles in specialized scientific journals.
 The article highlights the geoecological problems of small rivers, such as the reclamation of wetlands, which in the conditions of aridization of the climate leads to over-draining of reclaimed lands, disruption of the water balance within river basins, which have turned into ecologically unstable lands. Daily and seasonal changes in the heat balance are observed, which affects the daily and seasonal rhythms of the bioproductivity of soil microorganisms, and therefore the processes of soil formation, renewability and stability of soils. Changes in the heat balance in conditions of aridization of the climate do not contribute to the establishment of optimal ratios between heat and moisture. The problem of disturbance of mineral metabolism in soils as a result of agricultural cultivation, when mineral fertilizers, toxic chemicals are applied to them, and mineral substances are removed from the fields along with the harvest. Annually, with the harvest of one ton of grain, up to 65 kg of the main active substances are removed from the soil. The introduction of an excessive amount of mineral fertilizers leads to their accumulation in soil horizons, and therefore in plant organisms.
 The problem of changing the biogenic cycle of substances is related to the processes of soil and humus formation. Extraction of a significant part of organic substances with plant products from the geosystem in the process of agricultural production, lack of adequate introduction of organic fertilizers instead leads to dehumification of soils, reduction of the capacity of their humus layer, reduction of fertility, ultimately to their depletion and degradation. In river basins, the average application of organic fertilizers has decreased tenfold - from 14 t/ha in 1990 to 0.34 t/ha in 2020, and they are not applied at all on large areas of land.
 Residual soil contamination with radionuclides of cesium-137 and strontium-90 remains within the limits of Polivetska, Palashivska and Bazarska village councils, located in the middle part of the Djuryn river basin. Within the basin of the Nichlava River, radiation pollution is limited to the outskirts of the settlements of Shmankivchiki, Kolindani, Davidkivtsi, Mikhalkiv, Pylypche, Ustya. Radionuclides migrated deep into the soil profiles in the watershed areas and accumulated at a depth of 80-100 cm.
 The conducted studies proved that the development of degradation processes in the conditions of long-term anthropogenic loads is the cause of the loss of the basin system's stability.
 Optimization measures based on the principle of maintaining balance and parity development of the economy and nature protection are substantiated. This means that the use of land and other natural resources and the development of economic activity in the studied territory should not deteriorate the quality of the environment and the state of natural geosystems and their geocomponents. Optimization measures provide for the improvement of the quality of the environment and the formation of an ecologically safe system of nature management
 Key words: historical stages, geoecological problems, small rivers, Western Podillia.

PELATIHAN INSTALASI PENERANGAN SEL SURYA DI PEMANDIAN SUMBERWRINGIN

Wringinsongo Village is one of Polinema's partner villages. Wringinsongo Village is located in Tumpang District. There is a lot of potential in Wriginsongo Village, including potential, fishery plantations, agriculture, and water resources. The local government of Malang Regency through Wringin Songo Village reads the situation as an opportunity to improve the welfare of its citizens. So that currently the spring functions as water tourism called Sumberwringin Baths which is managed by the village government as an attractive natural recreation facility. Sumberwringin bathhouse is a potential bathhouse to be developed by Wringin Songo village, but this bath is still lacking in terms of lighting. The manager wants to install lighting around the baths by utilizing natural resources, namely sunlight. Therefore, training in the use of sunlight (PLTS) for lighting and training on the maintenance of solar power plant equipment is needed