Evolution of state environmental policy in the Baikal region in the late XIX - early XX centuries in the context of the transformation of the traditional economy
The article deals with the history of the formation of environmental legislation in the Baikal region at the turn of the XIX - XX centuries in the context of the transformation of the traditional economy and the global processes of development of capitalist relations. The features of the traditional economy system are highlighted, including a set of ecological traditions, the prerequisites and features of the state regulation of environmental management in the region are identified. The state environmental policy is characterized in relation to the traditional economy of the indigenous population of the Baikal region in three areas: forest protection, regulation of hunting and fishing. The paper concludes that the system of traditional economy of the indigenous population of the Baikal region was transformed under the influence of capitalism. The transformation of one of the most important features of a traditional economy such as ecological traditions leads to the spread of the practice of predatory use of natural resources. In order to rationalize environmental management, the state intervenes in the processes of transformation of traditional economy through environmental legislation, thereby it corrects these processes. In general, the state environmental policy in the Baikal region is a manifestation of itself localization in Russian version.