Raptors Conservation ÐÐÐ ÐÐТЫРХÐЩÐÐÐÐ Ð ÐÐ¥ ÐХРÐÐÐ 2011 ...
Raptors Conservation ÐÐÐ ÐÐТЫРХÐЩÐÐÐÐ Ð ÐÐ¥ ÐХРÐÐÐ 2011 ...
Raptors Conservation ÐÐÐ ÐÐТЫРХÐЩÐÐÐÐ Ð ÐÐ¥ ÐХРÐÐÐ 2011 ...
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40 Ïåðíàòûå õèùíèêè è èõ îõðàíà <strong>2011</strong>, 23 Ïðîáëåìà íîìåðà<br />
íà 0,2–2,5 êì, íåâåëèêà, òàê êàê ïðîãíîçèðóåòñÿ<br />
ñèëüíîå âëèÿíèå ãàçîïðîâîäà íà<br />
óíè÷òîæåíèå êîðìîâûõ áèîòîïîâ è îáúåêòîâ<br />
ïèòàíèÿ õèùíèêîâ, à òàêæå ñóùåñòâåííîå<br />
óâåëè÷åíèå ôàêòîðà áåñïîêîéñòâà. Ê<br />
ñîæàëåíèþ, â óçêèõ ãîðíûõ äîëèíàõ Àëòàÿ,<br />
òàêèõ, êàê Ïåñ÷àíàÿ, õèùíèêàì íåêóäà óéòè<br />
îò ôàêòîðà áåñïîêîéñòâà. Îíè íå ìîãóò<br />
äèñòàíöèðîâàòüñÿ îò òðàññû ïðîåêòèðóåìîãî<br />
ãàçîïðîâîäà «Àëòàé», ïîòîìó ÷òî îí<br />
èä¸ò ÷åðåç åäèíñòâåííûå â äàííîé ìåñòíîñòè<br />
êîðìîâûå áèîòîïû. Ïîýòîìó, ñêîðåå<br />
âñåãî, áîëåå 80% ãíåçäîâûõ ó÷àñòêîâ êðóïíûõ<br />
õèùíèêîâ, ïîïàâøèõ â çîíó ñòðîèòåëüñòâà<br />
ãàçîïðîâîäà, áóäåò ïîêèíóòî ïòèöàìè.<br />
Åñòåñòâåííî, ïîñëå ââîäà ãàçîïðîâîäà â<br />
ýêñïëóàòàöèþ, ÷àñòü ó÷àñòêîâ íà÷í¸ò âîññòàíàâëèâàòüñÿ,<br />
òàê êàê «ñâÿòî ìåñòî ïóñòî<br />
íå áûâàåò», íî ýòî áóäóò îò÷àñòè óæå äðóãèå<br />
ïòèöû, êîòîðûå ñòîëêíóòñÿ óæå ñ äðóãèìè<br />
ïðîáëåìàìè, íàâÿçàííûìè èì Ãàçïðîìîì.<br />
Óíè÷òîæåíèå 47 ãíåçäîâûõ ó÷àñòêîâ ìîãèëüíèêîâ<br />
ïðè îöåíêå ÷èñëåííîñòè âèäà íà<br />
ãíåçäîâàíèè â Ðåñïóáëèêå Àëòàé â 424–506<br />
ïàð – ýòî ñîêðàùåíèå ïîïóëÿöèè íà 10%.<br />
Ìíîãî ýòî èëè ìàëî – ìîãóò áûòü ðàçíûå<br />
ìíåíèÿ. Îäíàêî íåãàòèâíûå ïðîöåññû,<br />
êîòîðûå ìîãóò ïðèâåñòè ê ãèáåëè ïîïóëÿöèè,<br />
íà÷èíàþòñÿ ñ ìàëîãî. È âîçìîæíî,<br />
ñòðîèòåëüñòâî ãàçîïðîâîäà «Àëòàé» ñòàíåò<br />
ïåðâûì «ãâîçä¸ì, çàáèòûì â êðûøêó ãðîáà»<br />
ïîïóëÿöèè ìîãèëüíèêà íà Àëòàå.<br />
×òî äåëàòü?<br />
Êàçàëîñü áû, âñòà¸ò âûáîð, ñòðîèòü ãàçîïðîâîä<br />
«Àëòàé» èëè ñïàñàòü îðëîâìîãèëüíèêîâ,<br />
äà è äðóãèõ ðåäêèõ õèùíûõ<br />
ïòèö, êîòîðûå òûñÿ÷åëåòèÿìè æèëè â äîëèíàõ<br />
Ïåñ÷àíîé, Óðñóëà, â Òåíüãèíñêîé ñòåïè?<br />
Íà ýòó ïðîáëåìó åñòü ìíîãî òî÷åê çðåíèÿ.<br />
Êòî-òî ñêàæåò, ÷òî îðëàìè ìîæíî ïðåíåáðå÷ü,<br />
êîãäà ðåøàþòñÿ ýêîíîìè÷åñêèå è<br />
ïîëèòè÷åñêèå èíòåðåñû ñòðàíû, ïóñòü äàæå<br />
What can be done?<br />
It may seem that we are faced with the<br />
choice of either building the Altai pipeline or<br />
saving the Eastern Imperial Eagle and other<br />
raptors that have lived for millennia in the<br />
Peschanaya and Ursul River valleys and the<br />
Tenginskaya Steppe. There are a number of<br />
viewpoints on this issue. Some will say that<br />
the eagles can be ignored when it comes to<br />
addressing the country’s economic and political<br />
issues, even those issues openly lobbied<br />
by specific shrewd businessmen hoping<br />
to plunder money from such mega-projects<br />
as the Altai pipeline. Some will say that it<br />
should not be built simply because Altai’s<br />
distinctive nature will be destroyed. That<br />
said, it is most likely that those who need<br />
the pipeline will win out, even if only thanks<br />
to the fact that they have a lot of money<br />
and can purchase the desired outcome. We<br />
suspect that Gazprom would prefer to pay<br />
the damages for those 20 Eastern Imperial<br />
Eagle nests destroyed during the pipeline’s<br />
construction than to muck about with the<br />
scientific community. The damage of destroying<br />
those 20 Eastern Imperial Eagle<br />
nests not including the costs of restoring<br />
the birds’ reproductive potential within the<br />
region’s current boundaries is estimated at<br />
only 10 million rubles ($33,333), using the<br />
“Methodology for calculating damages…”<br />
(2008). For Gazprom, that is an insignificant<br />
amount of money. However, there is<br />
an alternative.<br />
There are several alternative routes for the<br />
Altai gas pipeline that present no harm to<br />
Eastern Imperial Eagles and other rare species<br />
and that have similar costs.<br />
Alternative #1: The pipeline enters Altai<br />
Republic from Tourak via the upper Kazanda<br />
River and then continues along the Muguta<br />
and Bulukhta river valleys to Cherga Pass,<br />
then proceeding along Chuisky Tract. In this<br />
Äîëèíà ð. Ïåñ÷àíàÿ.<br />
Ôîòî È. Êàðÿêèíà.<br />
Peschanaya River valley.<br />
Photo by I. Karyakin.