AGRO-ECONOMIC ASSESMENT OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF PASTURES IN THE DESERT ZONE OF KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

In our example, natural pastures were taken as a source of pasture for livestock during grazing and haymaking, and the regulating one was regulation of air quality due to natural vegetation, i.e. carbohydrate sequestration by green herbs. Calculations show that the annual harvest from natural pastures with a total area of 272,725 hectares is within 88860 tons of hay and the grass cover of the natural reserve for a year can absorb 77202.6 tons of carbon dioxide, at a cost of 1 ton of СО2-36 US dollars or 13320 tenge (at the dollar exchange rate for 2017).