- What does the Direction of specially protected natural territories of Republic Tyva, that you are the head of, do, Chaizu Suvan-oolovna?
We protect the natural complexes of the prohibited territories, and monitor the condition of their resources. We do that by patrolling those territories, performing raids, and make sure that the laws are observed. Each of the protected territories has its own regime of protection. Here in Tuva we have fifteen protected territories and one natural park. We have 19 inspectors protecting them in the field. The territories have different areas, but the way it works out is that whether it is 100 thousand hectares or 30 thousand, one person has to do the work. If you put together the total area of all the protected territories - 700 thousand hectares - and average it out, each inspector is responsible for more than 35 thousand hectares on the average. That is very much.
