A comparative analysis of Russian and foreign methodological approaches to assessing recreational digression of forest ecosystems was carried out. Classical domestic scales (N.S. Kazanskaya, L.P. Rysin) and foreign management systems (ROS, LAC, VIM, VERP) are considered. Methodological differences are identified and the prospects for the synthesis of two scientific schools based on modern digital technologies (GIS, remote sensing) are substantiated.
recreational digression, forest ecosystems, bioindication, limits of acceptable change, LAC, ROS, VERP, GIS monitoring
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