Prielbrusye National Park Environmental Changes Due To Increasing Tourism Activity

Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Anna A. Cherkasova, A. Iurmanov, Pravin Kokane, A. Maslakov, Matija Petkovich, M. Petrushina, A. Tabelinova, Azamat Tolipov, Georgy Yakubov, Yulia Yushina
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Prielbrusye National Park is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Russia. In recent years internal tourism development, stimulated by restrictive measures (due to the COVID pandemic and geopolitical situation), resulted in significant growth of tourist flow to the national park’s territory. A surge in anthropogenic load on the park’s geosystems might degrade them and lead to environmental pollution. This research involved chemical studies of natural waters and snow from the south slope of the Elbrus and audit of the most popular tourist trails. The results have shown that in the snow alongside mountain hiking pistes to the Elbrus all the way up to 4,720 m above sea level (a.s.l.) oil stains concentration is up to 38 times higher than maximum acceptable concentration (MAC). Content analysis of heavy metals in snow cover on the Elbrus slopes and in the river Baksan has shown a significant rise in lead load over the period of 2015–2021 from the trace levels to 1.5 MAC, which is the result of increased anthropogenic load on the south slope of the Elbrus mountain. Ground observation of tourist trails has brought to light numerous patches of vegetation trampling, width extension and branching of the main trail, as well as campfire sites. The research results can be used as a rationale to take measures to reduce recreational load, to improve local geosystems’ condition and to develop a plan of action on nature conservation within the park’s territory.
由于旅游活动增加,Prielbrusye国家公园的环境发生了变化
Prielbrusye国家公园是俄罗斯最受欢迎的旅游目的地之一。近年来,在限制措施的刺激下(由于新冠疫情和地缘政治局势),国内旅游业的发展导致前往国家公园境内的游客流量显著增长。人为负荷的激增可能会使公园的地质系统退化并导致环境污染。这项研究包括对厄尔布鲁士南坡的天然水和雪的化学研究,以及对最受欢迎的旅游路线的审计。结果表明,在雪边登山雪道至厄尔布鲁士山脉海拔4720米(a.s.l)以上的路段,油渍浓度高达最高可接受浓度(MAC)的38倍。厄尔布鲁士雪坡和巴克山河积雪中重金属含量分析显示,2015-2021年期间铅负荷从微量水平显著上升至1.5 MAC,这是厄尔布鲁士山南坡人为负荷增加的结果。对旅游路线的地面观察揭示了许多植被被践踏的斑块,主要路线的宽度延伸和分支,以及营火点。研究结果可作为采取措施减少康乐负荷、改善当地地质系统状况和制定公园范围内自然保育行动计划的依据。
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Geography, Environment, Sustainability
Geography, Environment, Sustainability Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
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2.50
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37
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal “GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY” is founded by the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University, The Russian Geographical Society and by the Institute of Geography of RAS. It is the official journal of Russian Geographical Society, and a fully open access journal. Journal “GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY” publishes original, innovative, interdisciplinary and timely research letter articles and concise reviews on studies of the Earth and its environment scientific field. This goal covers a broad spectrum of scientific research areas (physical-, social-, economic-, cultural geography, environmental sciences and sustainable development) and also considers contemporary and widely used research methods, such as geoinformatics, cartography, remote sensing (including from space), geophysics, geochemistry, etc. “GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY” is the only original English-language journal in the field of geography and environmental sciences published in Russia. It is supposed to be an outlet from the Russian-speaking countries to Europe and an inlet from Europe to the Russian-speaking countries regarding environmental and Earth sciences, geography and sustainability. The main sections of the journal are the theory of geography and ecology, the theory of sustainable development, use of natural resources, natural resources assessment, global and regional changes of environment and climate, social-economical geography, ecological regional planning, sustainable regional development, applied aspects of geography and ecology, geoinformatics and ecological cartography, ecological problems of oil and gas sector, nature conservations, health and environment, and education for sustainable development. Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse.
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