Year: 2018, Number: 4, Pages: 124-139
In 2018, in the southwestern part of Sevastopol, a new nature reserve was established, the regional landscape zakaznik "Laspi", with a total area of 1232.7 hectares. Despite significant indicators of the area of conservation, there are a number of disadvantages in the organization of its nature protection activity, which do not allow in full measure to solve the issues of nature protection of the region. Thus, the nature sanctuary of regional importance, the natural boundary "Rocks of Laspi", although it is located adjacent to “The Laspi”, but has a low nature conservation status and a small area (18.4 hectares). On the basis of complex studying of natural components and landscapes it was shown that the Laspinsky amphitheater with adjacent coastal area (the Laspi Bay) represents an integral of a unique territorial-aquatic complex which has high biological and landscape diversity. In order to optimize the nature protection activity of this territorial structure, it is necessary: to increase the nature protection status of the natural boundary "Rocks of Laspi" and include it in the nature reserve "Laspi; expand the boundaries of the natural reserve "Laspi" due to the inclusion of the seaside zone of the Laspi amphitheater and the water area of the Laspi Bay. This will allow to regulate economic activity, preserve bottom landscapes, taking into account that the coastal zone is differed by high conservation value, to develop a set of measures to stabilize the environmental situation. In the proposed boundaries of the natural reserve "Laspi" along with the adjacent objects of natural protected areas, such as the state natural landscape reserves of regional importance "Cape Aya" and "Baydarskiy", will contribute to the formation of an ecological center in the southwestern Mountain Crimea and optimize the ecological framework of the region of Sevastopol. On the basis of complex studying of natural components and landscapes it was shown that the Laspinsky amphitheater with its adjacent coastal area (the Laspi Bay) represents the unique territorial-aquatic complex having high biological and landscape diversity. Recommendations for environmental conservation were presented as well.