Ecological assessment of the Moscow regionin the year of the Environment of Russia

Abstract

The paper presents the characteristics of the environmental situation in the Moscow region and its individual areas. Measures to lessen the environmental load are proposed. Opportunities and prospects for the creation and improvement of recreational areas are discussed. Special attention is paid to the experience of the teaching stuff of the Department of Ecology and Nature Management of the MRST on increasing the level of students' ecological culture. The authors' participation in the preparation of the annual information bulletins of the Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region "On the state of natural resources and the environment of the Moscow Region" has made it possible to acquaint the scientific community with the state of ecology in urban and rural settlements of the region.