dc.description.abstract | “The system of a complex assessment of objects of natural, historical and cultural heritage in the forest fund” (further – the system) which includes the classification of objects by categories, criteria, indicators, the scheme, the method of an assessment of objects and the software has been developed. The criteria of a complex assessment are as follows: the qualitative value, the contents and the func-tional value, the informative value, the popularity, the specificity, the singularity and the expressiveness, the safety, the reliability, the location, the temporary restriction of display, the orientation on a type of tourists. The mark assessment is put at the basis of the method of the assessment of objects of natural, historical and cultural heritage in the forest fund. According to each of the 12 criteria of the assessment estimated points on the basis of scales are established. On the basis of the use of the system the complex assessment of the excursion value of 602 objects in the forest fund of 35 forestries of Brest and Gomel SPFA has been made, the database on the objects of natural, historical and cultural heritage in the system of ecotourism in the region of Polesia which contains data on the location, the name of the object, the areas, safety, permissible recreational load, optimum time of survey by tourists and the general point of an assessment has been made. As a result of the conducted research “Recommendations about the use of objects of natural, historical and cultural heritage in the system of ecotourism”, whose application in forestry will allow involving the objects of natural, historical and cultural heritage in the system of ecotourism, have been developed to increase to 70% their use in the forest fund and increase the level of income of forestries from tourism for 50%. | |