Chibilyov A.A., Chibilyova V.P.
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND PRINCIPALS TO FORM REGIONAL SYSTEMS OF SPECIAL PROTECTED NATURAL TERRITORIES IN THE URAL ^{[№ 10 ' 2015]}
Approaches developed to form a network of special protected natural areas in Ural (SPNA) and criteria to select valuable areas going to a united interregional ecological network are considered. Principal aspects for the further development of the network of SPNA in Ural as federal so regional significance are suggested. In the course of complex scientific expeditions we developed approaches for ecological zoning of Ural and an integral assessment of biological diversity for key types of ecosystems in Ural. A number of key landscapes and geological natural monuments which have been revealed in the course of the expeditions, allowsto arrange a representative network of preserves including natural heritage and natural diversity of the Ural natural country.

Filimonova I.U., Chibileva V.P., Sviatokha N.U.
KOUMISS TREATMENT AS A PROMISING DIRECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATIONAL USE OF NATURE IN THE ORENBURG REGION ^{[№ 7 ' 2015]}
Recreational nature managementin this article is considered as a part of sustainable territory development system. Recently great attention is paid to problems of sustainable territory development.According to the authors kumiss therapy,which is the traditional form of treatment of the Orenburg region, must be considered as a promising direction of development of recreational nature management in the steppe and forest-steppe zones. The article analyzes the history of the development koumiss treatmentbased on medical institutions of Russia and the USSR. It is noted that with the collapse of the Soviet Union ceased to exist organized in the early XX century network of health centers, practicing kumiss therapy. Also schematic mapswere made,they show the accommodationof koumiss treatment institutions in the Soviet period and at the present stage. The article also noted reduction of a livestock of horses in Russia from 1991 to 2009. The authors have shown increased production of koumiss in Russia from 2010 to 2013, for a several years a leader in this indicator is Volga Federal District. The article also provides an overview of three existing koumiss treatment institutions of Orenburg region — summer camp "Dzhanetovka" and sanatoriums "Red glade" and "Steppe lighthouse". To regardcompetitive advantages of the region (steppe climate, unique opportunities landscape therapy, horse breeding as a traditional form of management and others)andalso a high incidence of tuberculosis, authors concluded, that it isadvisable to revive the traditions of koumiss treatment and to modernizethe networkof koumiss treatmentinstitutions in the Orenburg region. The most promising areas for development of koumiss treatment included: Kuvandykskskii, Saraktashskii, Belyaevskii, Pervomaiskii, Sol-Iletsky, Akbulaksky regions.