Economic Evaluation of Kamchatka Specially Protected Natural Territories: Practical Results and Their Importance for Biodiversity Conservation (by Example of Natural park “Bystrinsky”)

In this report theoretical approaches are presented to give an economic evaluation of natural resources and ecosystem services offered to protected areas as a basis of biodiversity conservation; the role and value of these assessments are shown in order to integrate protected areas into social and economic progress of the country and regions; practical results of their application are demonstrated by the pilot object — the Natural park “Bystrinsky.” It is shown that the mechanism of economic evaluation of common benefit and ecosystem services can be used to find out the ways of all protected territories progress in the Kamchatka region, the development of appropriate methods of management, optimization of land utilization and budget expenses. This report is of interest to experts in the field of nature protection management, economy of nature management, tourism, experts of territorial forms of government and all people interested in the problems of environmental protection.

Key words: Kamchatka, National Park “Bystrinsky”, biodiversity, biodiversity conservation, specially protected natural areas, ecosystem services, ecological and economic assessment