Passive protection of the mammalian fauna in frames of existing conceptions on nature conservation territories

Abstract

The concepts of protected areas currently implemented worldwide are discussed in a Ukrainian context. The influence of passive protection on populations of rare animal and plant species was studied. The positive effect for some species and the negative for others were shown. This situation has a simple decision: to use the Krasnytsky-Dyrenkov principle which proclaims the need to distinguish passive and active protection in various types of protected areas. The passive protection should be realized in nature reserves and absolutely protected zones of national and regional landscape parks, while the active protection within other zones of parks and small objects such as zakazniks, natural monuments etc. Other necessary steps to make the passive protection’s position stronger in the protected areas of Ukraine are also discussed. The world experience in creation IUCN Category Ia protected areas in Europe and worldwide is also analyzed.

Keywords

• protected areas
• fauna protection
• Krasnytsky-Dyrenkov principle
• mammals