Ecological monitoring of economic activity in the South Taiga region

As is known, the conservation of biological diversity is the maintenance of the regulatory mechanisms of nature that ensure the smooth functioning and sustainable development of biogeocenoses and the biosphere as a whole. Forest ecosystems are among the most productive types of ecosystems on planet Earth, and possess some of the greatest degrees of biological diversity, including woody, shrubby, herbaceous plants, microorganisms, and elements of the animal world. The high productivity of forest ecosystems is largely due to the rich biological diversity of the elements of wildlife forming the biogeocenosis. That is, the conservation of the biological diversity of the forest environment is a necessary element of the conservation of the forest environment. This is evidenced by a number of regulatory documents, including the Federal Laws "On Environmental Protection" and "On Wildlife", the Forest Code of the Russian Federation and other regulatory legal acts. This article examines the expediency of allocating and preserving key biotopes in the issue of forestry activities in the rental bases of logging enterprises in the South Taiga region. The research was carried out on forest plots in the rental bases of logging enterprises in logging areas after continuous logging with measures taken to preserve key biotopes and elements of biological diversity. The methodological approaches included 4 consecutive stages: preparatory, desk, field and analytical. As a result of the conducted surveys, based on the data obtained (assessment of forest growing conditions, sanitary and living condition of the stand), the expediency of isolating and preserving key biotopes and elements of biological diversity in the process of logging operations was determined, which is confirmed by the sufficiently high stability of key biotopes in such areas.