THE ROLE OF SPECIAL PROTESTED AREAS IN SOLVING OF NATURE CONSERVATION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL TOURISM
Presented in the paper are the results of the evaluation of current conditions of the natural complexes of special protected areas in Sverdlovsk Oblast: Regional Natural Parks «Olen'i Ruch'i», «Reka Chusovaya» and «Bazhovskiye Mesta», Mineralogical Preserve «Rzhevskiy», and State Natural Reserve «Visimskiy». Communities of plants and aqueous invertebrates and Formica rufa ants were used as bioindicators. Areas under recreation load and conditionally undisturbed areas were compared.