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SAYANO-SHUSHENSKY BIOSPHERE RESERVE

The Coordination Committee of the Sayano-Shushensky State Wildlife Biosphere Reserve

Administrations of governmental regions

Administrations of Specially Protected Natural Areas of the Altai-Sayansk Ecoregion

Land users of adjacent territories

Projects for preservation and study of rare

species of animals are under the personal

control of the top officials of the state

government.

Its main objective is the achievement of a balance of interests between these entities and the goal of rational environmental management.

Besides natural processes in the reserve, the influence of man-made factors on the biogeocenoses of the

Western Sayan Mountains is being studied. The reserve's unique nature is also based on the fact that on

its eastern border lies the reservoir of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station,

and a vital subject for researchers is monitoring its influence on the interaction of living

and inert elements on the reservoir's shore.

Because of the Sayano-Shushensky State Wildlife Biosphere Reserve's relatively large area, clearly defined natural borders

and various climatic conditions, its natural states are fairly simple to monitor. It has a high degree of biological diversity and a

broad mixture of florae and faunae from different climate zones, as well as from various altitude zones.

The Reserve has also initiated a number of nature protection projects.

As a result, several protected nature areas have been organized:

“Grey-Haired Sayan Mountain Range” biosphere polygon (2000), within Ermakovsky

District of Krasnoyarsk Krai; “Shushensky Pine Forest” National Park (1995);

“Ergaki” Regional Nature Park (2005); and “Pozarym” National Wildlife Refuge (2012).

The Reserve also cooperates

in several projects with the

local communities of

Ermakovsky and Shushensky

regions of Krasnoyarsky Krai,

and Tuva, including

maintaining the environmental

management and national

traditions concerning the use

and preservation of sacred

places and mineral sources

(called “Arzhaans,” for the

local word from the Tuvan

language).