Reserve in Kazakhstan has introduced a nominal entrance fee

Log in Kazakhstan's Ili-Alatau national park was paid for. The innovation extends to hikers and those who move on the car. How to explain the park administration, funds are needed primarily for the maintenance of two hundred thousand hectares of the reserve, with its extraordinarily diverse flora and fauna. Ile-Alatau National Park is located to the south of Alma-Ata, on the northern slope of the Trans-Ili Alatau (Tien Shan). In addition to the unique nature of the (local flora includes 1000 species, and among the inhabitants of the park - snow leopards, and Tien-Shan bears), there are the remains of medieval settlements, burial mounds of the Early Iron Age, Saka burial. And under the cover of relict moss spruce forest at a depth of 30-40 inches are the islands of permafrost with ice thickness of 2-3 meters. All it needs is care, and funds allocated by the state, is not enough. Part of the money received from the tickets will also be directed to road repairs, benches and garbage remaining after the picnic. As written, the local press, the cost of entry is set at 200 tenge (40 rubles).