INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE KHANGALASSKY ULUS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAKHA (YAKUTIA): ANALYSIS AND TRENDS

The article presents the results of a study of the problems of integrated nature management in the territory of one of the uluses (uluses) Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The regions of the Far North remain poorly explored, but they are important for the country's economy, the conservation of natural resources, the maintenance of the ethnic group and the sustainable development of the country as a whole. The study attempts to systematize the directions of environmental management, reveal its complex nature, formulate the main problems and ways to solve them. The complex nature management of the ulus is represented by the following types: forestry, agricultural, environmental, traditional, industrial. The largest share in the categories of lands is occupied by the lands of the forest fund – 73%. The agricultural type of environmental management occupies 2% of the territory of the district, but it is an economically and socially significant area of management. The nature conservation type of nature management is formed on the basis of existing nature conservation areas, which occupy more than 17% of the total area of the district. The most valuable object is the Lena Pillars Nature Park, which includes unique natural sites of outstanding geological and historical significance. The traditional type of environmental management is characteristic of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North for the implementation of their traditional way of life. A special feature is that the territories of the traditional nature use of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) are specially protected natural territories in which, in addition to environmental protection purposes, the activities of tribal communities of small indigenous peoples are provided. On the territory of the ulus, 8 Evenk tribal communities carry out their activities and lead a traditional way of life on an area of more than 600 thousand hectares. The industrial type of environmental management is revealed in the places of mining – deposits of clay, sand, limestone. Industry in the economy of the ulus is represented by the production of building materials, a milling plant, flour milling, and the production of animal feed. The study outlines the trends of integrated nature management for the Khangalassky ulus.