Almost everyone is aware of what the reserve is. But few people know what a reserve is and how exactly it differs from a reserve. Well, it is time to broaden your horizons and sort out this issue in more detail.
Nature reserves
Once upon a time, the old Russian word "order" did not have the same meaning as it does now. It meant making something inaccessible or forbidden. That is, to "order" meant to "prohibit". A nature reserve is a territory that is of particular importance for the restoration or preservation of various natural complexes or their individual components, as well as for maintaining the ecological balance.
Within this area, certain species of flora or fauna of forest, meadow, steppe or water areas are protected: cliffs, valleys, caves, lakes, rivers, etc. In order to have a more accurate idea of what a nature reserve is, imagine the state allocates any land or water area within which certain types of human activity are strictly prohibited or limited. For the official declaration of the territory as a reserve, it is not necessary to withdraw it from the owners and users. Nature reserves are always under state protection and have federal or regional status.
How is the reserve different from the reserve
We will continue to further study the question of what a nature reserve is and how it differs from a nature reserve. As mentioned above, the goal of any reserve is the preservation and development of certain species of animals, birds and plants, in contrast to nature reserves, the purpose of which is to protect all living creatures that inhabit the protected area, and plants on it. That is why any types of economic and industrial activities, as well as hunting and fishing, are prohibited in nature reserves. But in the reserves, the restrictions are not so large-scale and strict. They relate only to certain types of human activities or carry a time frame. For example, if any types of plants are protected on the territory of the reserve, then hunting and fishing may be allowed.
Under adverse weather conditions (winters that are too cold, drought, etc.), animal feeding is usually organized in the reserves. In nature reserves, such events are not provided for by the rules, as human intervention is minimized. State reserves are hunting, botanical or hydrological, and nature reserves - natural, historical, landscape, archaeological. There are even museum reserves, which include a park, part of the city or a manor that has historical value.
Types of reserves and security activities carried out in their territories
In order to better understand what a wildlife sanctuary is, you need to look more closely at their different types. Hunting reserves are created in order to preserve animal populations. As you know, in our time, many species of fauna are endangered and are listed in the Red Book. On the territory of such an economy, bans on land reclamation, deforestation, road construction and construction are banned. All these restrictions are aimed at preventing the impact on the living environment of protected living objects. Bans on hunting and hunting are also introduced - both temporary and permanent.
For birds and animals, feeders and special feeding platforms are arranged. In areas prone to flooding, for example, during floods, restrictive dams are built to prevent flooding of the mink of meadow rodents, and to preserve bird masonry, anthills and bumblebee nests.
In landscape, botanical or hydrological reserves, conservation functions and prohibitions are closely related to the research work carried out on their territory.
The most famous nature reserves of Russia
On the territory of the Russian Federation there are more than 70 federal reserves. Of these, one of the oldest is Priazovsky, Voronezh, Tyumen and Tseysky nature reserves. All of them were founded in 1958.
But the youngest can be considered “Leopard Sanctuary” (founded in 2011) and “Dzeren Valley” (founded in 2008). The largest ones are Franz Josef Land (its area of 42,000 km 2 is comparable in size to the territory of the Netherlands), Burkalsky (19 570 km 2 ) and Purinsky (7 875 km 2 ).