THE SYSTEM OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS IN THE USSR AND PROSPECTS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT |
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| Authors: | Yu A Isakov V V Krinitskiy |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Geography , Moscow;2. Main Administration for the Conservation of Nature, Nature Reserves and Forest and Game Management, Ministry of Agriculture USSR |
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| Abstract: | The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources has developed a 10-category system for classifying the world's protected natural areas. The present article by two Soviet biogeographers, presented at Unesco's “Man and the Biosphere” conference in Minsk in 1983, analyzes the way in which the Soviet Union's protected areas fall into the classification system devised by the International Union. The article also discusses the types of protected areas found in the USSR, and the functions assigned to each. (The translation is by Philip R. Pryde, San Diego State University.) |
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