National Park "Yugyd Va" (translated from Komi "bright water") was established on April 23, 1994 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 377.
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 Kozhim River - the northern border of the NP Yugyd Va | |
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It is located in the Northern and Subpolar Urals in the southeast of the Komi Republic .
The total area of the park is 1,891,701 ha, including an area of 21,421 ha. According to 2006, it is the largest national park in Russia.
The territory of the park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “ Komi Virgin Forests ”.
In the south, the Yugyd VA National Park borders on the Pechoro-Ilychsky Nature Reserve .
Activities
The purpose of the park: the protection and organization of recreational use of mountain taiga ecosystems of the Subpolar and Northern Urals. The following main tasks are assigned to the National Park:
1) conservation of natural complexes, unique and reference natural sites and objects;
2) preservation of historical and cultural objects;
3) environmental education of the population;
4) the creation of conditions for regulated tourism and recreation;
5) development and implementation of scientific methods of nature conservation and environmental education;
6) environmental monitoring;
7) restoration of disturbed natural and historical-cultural complexes and objects.
Notes
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - 1981.
Links
- National Park "Yugyd va" (official site)
- National Park "Yugyd va" (Unavailable link) . Archived on September 27, 2007. (Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation)
- “Yugyd va” - National Park Directory “National Parks of Russia”. Moscow: Publishing House of the Wildlife Conservation Center, 1996
- The story of the expedition to "Yugyd va" (Inaccessible link) . Archived July 23, 2003.
- UNESCO World Heritage Site “Komi Virgin Forests” on the site of the Natural Heritage Protection Fund
- Greenpeace Russia: World Heritage Committee notes threat to Russian sites