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Figure 2: Natural capital structure of the Tomsk Region (economical value of the natural resources)
(Tsibulnikova 2009)
3. Result
Current investigations change approaches to nature management. Economical information is an
instrument providing calculations necessary for substantiation managerial decisions. Tomsk
region administration directed official letters stating the necessity to organize better registration
of profit gained from forests to municipal regions.
Two municipal regions have rather well organized registration procedures providing relevant
information, and give preference to forest preservation rather than wood storage. One region
decided to direct funds for berry plantations quality improvement. Another region decided to
create natural recreation zone.
The necessity to preserve natural landscapes often conflict with the aims of social and economic
development of regions. Local authorities empowered to manage natural resources, often fail to
take into account that life of many people is dependent on natural resources (Tsibulnikova
2003).
Working out and adoption of Tomsk regional statute obliging mining companies to compensate
for losses of natural resources have become the practical application of natural resources
evaluation methods taking into account both social and ecological factors. The amount of
compensation is calculated from the cost of natural resources directly or indirectly involved in
the process of mining.
4. Discussion
1. Application of pecuniary valuation in natural resources evaluation methodology with the
frame of landscape and ecological investigations allows to consider full economic value of
nature at managerial decision making.
2. Economic evaluation taking into account social and ecological factors allow to define real
material and money flows in nature management.
3. Pecuniary valuation of natural resources taking into account social factor show economic and
geographical peculiarities of the territory, indicate nature management stability, and can be used
both for natural and anthropogenic landscape management.
4. Economic and geographical analysis of nature management in Tomsk region has shown that
in the effort to provide stable development of Tomsk region, preservation of natural ability of
forest to provide foodstuff, crude drug, and other forest resources, will contribute to better
economic efficiency
5. The analysis of money flows coming from nonwood forest resources gives the ground for
local authorities to make right choice in territories use and define such forest resources as
recreation, creation and further utilization of forest plantations, growing of forest fruit, berry,
ornamental plants, and medicinal herbs, as priority ones.
6. In the effort to provide stable development of Tomsk region, preservation of natural ability of
forest to provide foodstuff, crude drug, secondary forest resources, and accessory products of
forest exploitation without landscape deterioration, will contribute to better economic efficiency.
Such course can provide multiplicative effect from animal and fish natural habitat preservation,
and forest recreation development for amateur hunting and fishing.
7. Evaluation of money flows in nature management allows not only to plan arrangements for
natural resources preservation, but also to define volumes and mechanisms for compensation in
case of landscape deterioration.
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