The territory of the republic of Sakha (Yakutia): a review of the environmental resource

Abstract

The author has reviewed the indicators characterizing the environmental situation in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and its districts. The indicators include land management, areas of territories, population size and density, car density, the impact of economic activities on natural water bodies and atmosphere air, production and consumer waste management, areas of forest reserves and specially protected natural areas (PNA), investments into environmental protection and rational use of natural resources, and the operating costs of environmental protection. The author applied the system analysis of statistical information and textual methods of extracting knowledge from specialized literature. The author employed sampling and analysis of indicators comprising the index of the quality of urban environment in each city and town of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in 2018–2020. The information about the environment of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and its districts, if taken in aggregate, allows analyzing its environmental resource, the impact on natural constituents of the environment, as well as conducting a comparative analysis with other items, taking into account the availability of forest lands and protected natural areas.