RECREATIONAL TAIGA NATURE MANAGEMENT: CONCEPT, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS
At present, the taiga is increasingly exposed to anthropogenic and technogenic impacts (industrial logging, mining, oil and gas production, forest fires caused by man). This article explores options for the sustainable use of the forest potential of biological and recreational resources of the taiga nature management. The development of schemes and algorithms for increasing the efficiency of the use of these resources in the economic system - taiga nature management focused on integrated sustainable forest management, taking into account the ecological functions of the forest, is becoming increasingly relevant. The problem-conceptual field of research is described on the basis of domestic and foreign sources. In terms of reflecting the results of the study, prospects for the development of recreational taiga nature management are being developed on the basis of the integrating position of taiga tourism. It seems possible to create a regional network of taiga ecological villages for the year-round reception of tourists, which would be of great help in the revival of endangered taiga settlements. The reasons hindering the development of taiga ecological tourism are indicated. Two main options (intensive and extensive) of the combination of types of natural tourism and recreational taiga nature management, which can serve as recreational zoning of forests of Irkutsk region, are presented. It is fundamentally possible to create five clusters for the development of active nature-oriented tourism in forest areas in the region. It is necessary to initiate the reconstruction of the taiga nature management system based on the principles of sustainable use and reproduction of non-timber forest potential.