TERRITORIES OF GREEN DEVELOPMENT
P.YA. Baklanov1, A.V. Moshkov1, Yu.P. Badenkov2, V.N. Bocharnikov1, E.G. Egidarev1
1Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
2Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Keywords: sustainable development, green economy, natural and economic areas, specially protected natural areas, wildlife, Primorskii krai
Abstract
We examine the basic prerequisites for the formation of green development and green economy embedded in the documents of the Club of Rome in the 1970s as well as in a number of publications of Russian and foreign authors. The various aspects of the green economy and green development identified by them, including geographical, economic, social, and environmental ones and their interconnections, are given. Green development is considered as such an economic development or development of a certain territory, in which the technogenic and anthropogenic impacts on the environment are minimized, and the biodiversity of its landscapes and, in general, its green vegetation is preserved. It is suggested that green development should be treated as the first stages in achieving the sustainable development. In order to implement certain incentives and governance, it is proposed to identify territories for green development. It is thought that one of their most important components is the existence of specially protected natural areas and their combinations, such as nature reserves, wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, protected areas as well as significant areas of wildlife. A green economy should become predominant, which ensures a rise in production with a reduction in energy consumption, and an improvement of the standard of living with a reduction in resources used and in technogenic pressure on ecosystems and biodiversity. Taking into consideration these criteria as well as approaches to the natural and economic zoning on the territory of Primorskii krai, five territories (zones) were identified, which hold promise for green development. The characteristic of the natural resource potential of the selected territories and of their existing specialization is provided, and the priority types of economic activities are determined, which are compatible with green development. The establishment of a special status - “the territory of green development” - is suggested.
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