Modern threats to preservation of basic elements of natural-ecological framework of the Usinsk region of the Komi Republic

The results of studying and mapping of the modern territorial and sectoral structure of nature management in the Usinsk region of the Komi Republic are given. Territories of intensive, extensive, mainly environment protection and other kinds of use are identified. It is established that the basic loading on the environment falls on the eastern part of the region along the river Kolva where the most part of developed deposits is located and the basic objects of industrial and transport infrastructure connected with oil extracting are concentrated. Characteristics of functional structure of the natural-ecological framework of the Usinsk region were analyzed and the corresponding map created on the basis of the nature management map and the map of natural-territorial complexes of the area of research is presented. The basic, key, transit, buffer, and also local elements of ecological framework of the territory are mapped, for each of which the basic ecological functions of the territory and the nature conservation status are specified.The results of the analysis of spatial correlation of the territorial organizationof nature management and elements of the identified framework, and also the results of calculation of the area of basic, key and transit framework elementsgetting to the zone of intensive modern and perspective economic development are given. These territories gradually lose ability to carry out ecological func-tions and to provide ecological stability in the region. It is shown that their pos-sible degradation will also cause loss of large areas of winter reindeer pastures and runs and will disrupt the main basis for development of traditional natureuse in the region - reindeer breeding.The necessity of regulation of nature management based on consideration of re-gional structural- functional peculiarities of natural-ecological framework issubstantiated. This will give a chance to take into account not only economic, but also ecological and social functions of the territory that will allow to limitthe area of development and to provide safety of the biosphere-significant areas of the territory, including within developed hydrocarbon raw materials.