Directions of modernization of the environmental management mechanism at the regional level

The article is devoted to the study of the directions of the efficiency growth of the functioning of specially protected natural areas under the conditions of a sustainable development. The sources of information for the preparation of the article are normative legal acts of the federal, regional and local levels regulating the use of natural resources in general, and the creation and operation of specially protected natural areas, in particular, as well as scientific research related to the development of ecological tourism. The subject of the study are the economic interrelations arising at the micro- and mesoeconomic level due to the establishment and functioning of protected natural areas. The aim of the research is to find a mechanism for balancing public and business interests in the sphere of nature management at the micro and mesoeconomic levels, taking into account both the requirements of economic development and the public’s request for an environment of appropriate quality...