Functional zoning and recreational load-bearing capacity of Dubysa regional park

Abstract

A particular importance to protected areas provides their exact functional zoning. It is division of the territory into sustainable, preservative, recreational, economic, living areas, where different modes of protection and usage exist. However, these zones are not identified and their boundaries are not consistently defined in all regional parks. The possibility of a complete separation of the zones from each other is theoretical, but in practice it is very difficult to perform. It is also difficult to apply in practice the minimization of forestry, farming and other economic activities, in order to enrich biological diversity. An analysis schows that the most valuable natural areas of Dubysa Regional Park do not fall into any of the protected areas. Recreational use of the territory is one of the most important functions of regional parks. They domesticated the landscape values of the priority objectives should be allocated to the cognitive tourism. Therefore, the establishment of regional parks is associated with the natural cultural and regional interest in the preservation of landscapes and valuable ecosystems. Commercial and recreational use areas should be kept under control. In recreation areas of Dubysa Regional Park dominated digression stages of slight and moderate damage.