ACTUAL PRIORITIES OF NATURE PROTECTION IN THE MOSCOW REGION

Abstract

The paper considers the current environmental priorities that require priority attention for the territory of the Moscow region: the development of the system of protected natural areas, environmental rehabilitation of urban rivers and waste management system. For the territory of the Moscow suburbs, it is proposed to develop local forms of protected natural areas at the hierarchical level of landscape tracts aimed at maintaining the ecological balance and quality of life in dense building. The necessity of ecological rehabilitation of rivers and floodplain landscapes is shown, and the most important geoecological consequences of this restoration are considered also. On the example of rehabilitation of the Yauza river the main drawbacks of the ongoing works from the standpoint of landscape hydrology and geoecology are shown. The main ecological consequences associated with the work of landfills for waste storage are identified. Within the framework of the current waste management concept, the issue of the need for the development of engineering and geoecological studies to find optimal places for waste disposal and processing is raised.