Khromov O. Recreational forest use in reserve forests of the South bank of Crimea

The object is recreation use of forests in Yalta mountain-forest conservation area. The purpose is optimization and adaptation of recreational forest use technology in mountain forests of Southern Crimea. Methods of comparative ecology, standard methods in forest selection, sylviculture and taxation are used. The results. The main consistent patterns of forest biogeocenoses degradation in relation with intensivity of recreation activity. Main directions of forest biogeocenoses demutation were determined. Regulation of ordinary and utilizational recreational activity was proposed. The Crimean forests zoning were proposed for conservation and regeneration. The application of proposed zoning of forests of conservation area and valuable natural complexes creates the conditions for moving of recreational activity in buffer and conservation zones. The application degree. The results of investigations are applied in forestry and recreational practice of Yalta mountain-forest conservation area. The branch of use is forestry.