Protected areas

	The Nalychevo valley The Blue lakes The Valley of Geysers The Uzon caldera The Commander Islands Kurilskoye Lake

Kamchatka is the land of majestic volcanoes and health-given springs.
The romance of the paths, where the human has never stepped before, attracts the travelers.

182 natural objects are classified as unique natural monuments on the territory of the peninsula, the aim of the creation of the protected areas system is urgent not only for the inhabitants of the region, but for all world community.

Specially all protected land of the Kamchatskaya Oblast cover more than 27% of its territory. Here is created 2 state nature preserves: the Kronotsky and the Commandorsky, 5 nature parks: Nalychevo, Yuzhno- Kamchatsky, Bystrinsky, Klyuchevskoy, Golubiye Ozera; 1 federal wildlife refuge; 23 regional wildlife refuges, mostly including the water-fowl nestling places; 105 natural monuments; 3 recreation zones; the restricted areas along the spawning rivers; the genetic preservations; and the restricted water reservoirs.

On the territory of the Koryaksky Autonomous Okrug there are 66 specially protected nature territories including Koryaksky nature preserve, 7 federal wildlife refuges, and 58 natural monuments.

5 protected territories of the peninsula are included into the List of the World-Wide Cultural and Natural Heritage in the nomination “Kamchatka’s volcanoes”. This list made by WWF (World Wild-Life Fund) comprises 200 Unique eco-areas of the world.

They are: Kronotsky state biospheric Reserve, Yuzhno-Kamchatsky Federal wildlife refuga, and the regional nature parks: “Nalychevo”, “Yuzhno-Kamchatsky”, “Bystrinsky”. In the Bystrinsky nature park the traditional nature use of the indigenous people (Koryaks, Itelmeny, Evens) is kept. The reindeer breeding and folk trades are being developed.