Krasnodar GRES Project Volume I11 Environmental Assessment

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The average annual increase of plantations on 1 ha area covered with forest is 2.6
m3.
No
1
2
Administrative
Region
Mostovskoy
Labinsky
4.5.1 .2 Animal Kingdom
Table 4.42
Forestation Extent in Administrative Regions
Total Area in
Land Balance,
Thou. ha
359.9
189.3
Forest Covered Area in Land Users, in
Thou. ha
State- State Collective Total
Owned Reserve and State
Forest and 0th. Farms
109.3 41.7 20.7 71.7
13.1 --- 3.9 22.0
Forestation
%
46.5
12.0
The Mostovskoy hunting grounds (84.5 thousand ha), Solakovsky hunting grounds
( 49 thousand ha) and Psebai sanctuary (37.4 thousand ha) are located in the
region of the Krasnodar GRES on the territory belonging to the logging and
sawmill operation.
The forests of this zone are good habitats for many types of game animals: deer,
European bison, wild hog, roe deer, chamois, marten, Altai squirrel, raccoon dog,
European hare, bear, otter, mink, European wildcat, badger, and others.
4.5.1.2.1 Fish Breeding Characteristics of Natural Water Streams
The Laba river is identified as a valuable fish breeding first-grade water body,
while the Khodz and Gubs rivers as valuable fish breeding second-grade water
streams. After the Kuban river had been dammed the fish-breeding importance of
the Laba river and its tributaries decreased, because only a small part of migratory
spawning fish shoals can now reach this part of the Laba river.
The Laba river is a permanent habitat of Alburnoides, barbel, chub, white bream,
gudgeon, pike, catfish, trout, carp, bream, silver carp, perchpike, while true
sturgeons, vimba and royal fish come here for spawning.
In the section of the Laba river upstream of Mostovskoy, two tributaries flow into
the river - the Bolshaya and Malaya rivers with glacier feed and rapid flow. The
most valuable representative of the ichthyofauna here is trout, it is also inhabited
by Alburnoides, chub and gudgeon.
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