ACTUAL PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVE DIRECTION IN THE CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF DAGESTAN IN THE EXPLORATION OF OFFSHORE HYDROCARBON FIELDS OF THE CASPIAN SEA

The article describes the main provisions of the environmental and conservation policy of the LLC "CentralCaspianOil& Gas" It is proposed provided for the development of the "Central" compensation expense to direct on the implementation of specific environmental projects

TO QUESTION ABOUT THE AGE OF THE ISLANDS OF NORTHERN CASPIAN AND THEIR BIOTA

The article summarizes the different approaches to the explanation of fluctuations in the level of the Caspian Sea and the mechanisms of formation of the islands and the accumulative banks of the Northern Caspian. Also in the article presents data on the taxonomic composition of the biota which indicate the possibility of the existence of islands even in the periods of highest level during the Holocene

FORECASTING OF DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT OF OIL SLICK ACCIDENTAL EMISSIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE MIDDLE CASPIAN SEA

The article analyzes developed by the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Republic of Dagestan forecast maps simulate possible scenarios of oil slick movement after 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 days after the accidental spill with two initial conditions: volley emission 1,500 tons of crude oil on the sea surface and th e release of 1,500 tons of oil during the first day on the surface

GEOINFORMATION METHODS IN THE MAPPING OF THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE CASPIAN SEA

The article dealt with the possibilities of the methods of geoinformation mapping to study peculiarities of the Islands Chechen and Tuleny. Also in the article presents a technique of drawing up of digital base maps and the creation of the base of thematic layers to create a geinformation system