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Raptors Conservation ПЕРНАТЫЕ ХИЩНИКИ И ИХ ОХРАНА 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.

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