Information support for the assessment of the state and protection of the «Yalta Mountain-Forest» state nature reserve of the republic of Crimea based on the application of remote sensing methods and GIS technologies

This work investigates the problems of creating an information base of a specially protected area for the operational management of the territory, its protection and spatial development. By example of the “Yalta Mountain-Forest” State Nature Reserve of the Republic of Crimea in the Russian Federation, the natural resources of the Reserve, its landscapes and soils, as well as the current use of the Reserve’s territory were studied in this work. The investigation widely used materials received from multispectral space surveys Landsat 8 and the tools of the Qgis geoinformation system. When developing and implementing the information database, the main goal was to analyze the problems of the impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on unique natural complexes and their biological diversity. In the course of the work, the natural conditions and factors that have a negative impact on the Reserve, including the impact of human activity were identified. The authors developed a methodology for forming a database based on an original approach to using data on the state and use of the Reserve’s territory. Moreover, using multispectral space photography Landsat 8 and the Qgis geoinformation system, the most environmentally vulnerable areas and their boundaries were established. Also, the authors carried out environmental zoning and compiled the corresponding maps, after that made the proposals for the prevention and elimination of negative consequences, as well as proposals for the spatial development of this territory in the future.