Chibilyov A.A., Grosheva O.A.
STEPPE EURASIA AT THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM IN ORENBURG ^{[№ 6 ' 2015]}
On May 27—31 2015 in Orenburg took place the International Steppe Forum of the Russian Geographical Society organized by the Institute of Steppe of the Ural branch of RAS and supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and by the UNDP/MNR/GEF project Improving the Coverage and Management Efficiency of Protected Areas in the Steppe Biome of Russia. The main goal of this forum is the solution topical problems in steppe land use, in conservation and restoration landscape and biological diversity of steppe landscapes of Eurasia. About 300 scientists from 9 countries (Austria, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine) and also 24 regions of Russia participated in this International Steppe Forum.

Kuksanov V.F., Groshev I.V., Grigorieva O.V.
ECOLOGICAL-HYGIENIC CHARACTERISTIC OF HEAVY METALS INFLUENCE ON COMPONENTS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF MEDNOGORSK TOWN ^{[№ 5 ' 2006]}
The problems connected with intensive influence of technogenesis on ambient air, soil and surface water are considered in this article. Worsening of ecological situation promotes increase of population morbidity and mortality. A number of specific peculiarities of natural environment components pollution with heavy metals are distinguished in Mednogorsk town.

Levykin S.V., Akhmetov R.Sh., Petrischev V.P., Zhdanov S.I., Groshev I.V.
ABOUT APPLICATION OF INNOVATION TECHNIQUES INTO THE SYSTEM OF ESTIMATE AND LAND-SURVEY OF AGRICULTURAL FUNCTION ^{[№ 7 ' 2004]}
Methodological approaches of complex estimate of the steppe zone ecological land resources economical potential under the conditions of crop market formation in Russia. Special attention is paid to the possibility of geoinformational technologies use and validation of conditioned profitable method of land price formation with defining of agrarian land use basic parameters, miniokhot use and preservation of biovariety of steppe.