The reserve is a territory protected by the state

A reserve is a territory that has been allocated for the restoration or conservation of wildlife and maintenance of ecological balance. They are organized in those places and when there is no need to withdraw from the economic use of the entire natural complex, and to ensure the conservation of fauna and flora, it is sufficient to restrict the use of individual resources.

Objectives of creation

The reserve is a zone that is protected by the state. The main purposes of the creation are:

• Protection of natural complexes and their preservation in their original form.
• Preservation of ecological balance and natural resources.

Depending on the purpose, there are different types of reserves. They can be recreational, landscape, geological, biological, hydrological and others. What is the meaning of the word "zakaznik"? According to the explanatory dictionary of Efremova, it means a site within which, under the state protection, there are separate or all kinds of flora, fauna and other objects.

Landscape sanctuaries

A landscape sanctuary is a protected area that is created to restore or preserve particularly valuable or reference natural complexes and landscapes. By goals and objectives, as well as by legal status, they are similar to reserves. However, there are differences. The reserve is not a closed zone. There are no strict restrictions on the presence of people and their use of the resources of the territory.

Recreational sanctuaries

Recreational reserve is a territory that is very close to national parks according to its regime . The main differences between them are in tasks and area. Recreational reserves, as a rule, do not occupy large areas. They are a place for tourism and recreation.

Biological reserves

The biological reserve is created with the aim of preserving or renewing exclusively the animal and plant world, the vanishing and simply rare fauna and flora. Often such territories are created for scientific purposes. These include hunting reserves.

Hydrological reserves

This type forms a large group. These are river, marsh, lake and other reserves. They are created in order to preserve the natural state of unique natural complexes and water bodies, as well as wetlands. In these areas it is forbidden to extract minerals and conduct other types of work that may affect the hydrological regime.

Paleontological reserves

This type is created in order to preserve and protect from vandals places where fossils of fossil flora and fauna were found, as well as other objects of this kind having great scientific value.

Geological reserves

These protected areas are created in order to preserve valuable complexes and objects of inanimate nature. It can be unique forms of relief, deposits of rare minerals, as well as other geological formations.

Permanent and temporary reserves

There are two types of sanctuaries. Some function on an ongoing basis, while others are established temporarily. Depending on the scientific and environmental value, these protected areas can have different statuses of public administration. As a rule, these are reserves of local and national importance. The main difference between these formations and reserves is that the territory is not subject to seizure from previous land users. It is only indicated by information and warning labels, signs that show its boundaries. In such a territory, plowing of lands, grazing of cattle, reclamation works, use of chemicals and other activities incompatible with the objectives of the reserve may be prohibited.