Kyzyl: TUVIKOPR SB RAS, 2012. — 178 s. The monograph is devoted to a comprehensive assessment of the background state of the natural environment in the area of Kyzyl-Tashtygsky calcareous-polymetallic deposit and the ecological and economic consequences of its economic development. For the first time in Tuva, a reasonable assessment of the state of the environment was carried out, aimed at minimizing the negative environmental consequences of the activities of the mining and processing plant under construction . Comprehensive assessment of the background state of the environment in the area of the Kyzyl-Tashtygskoye field covers all components of the environment of the expected anthropogenic impact : lithosphere, atmosphere, surface and groundwater, soil cover, vegetation, animal life, radiation environment. The historical and cultural traditions and socio-economic features of the development of the territory are also analyzed .. The current ecological state of the atmosphere, soil, vegetation and wildlife is generally characterized as prosperous. At the same time, the state of the lithosphere in the area of the deposit in terms of zinc, copper, lead, cadmium, manganese, iron in secondary geochemical scattering halos and in surface water samples corresponds to class B - a catastrophically high degree of pollution .. Environmentally, the industrial development of the field, on the one hand, will eliminate the natural source of pollution of the basin p. Large Yenisei heavy metals, but, on the other hand, will cause a significant increase in the negative impact on all components of the natural environment According to the results of the research, the nature and scale of the impact of the mining and processing plant (GOK) on all components of the natural environment are predicted, negative and positive environmental and economic consequences of its functioning are indicated. The results of the research serve as a basic basis for further systematic monitoring of the state of the environment in the development of polymetallic ores at the Kyzyl-Tashtygskoye field and will allow for a long time to observe and assess the nature. the direction and specifics of the transformation of components of the natural environment , as well as the dynamics of economic indicators of the Todzhinsky district in the conditions of functioning of the GOK . The book is intended for specialists in the field of environmental management, researchers dealing with the problems of environmental transformation in the conditions of anthropogenic impact, teachers and students of universities of geographical and geoecological profile ; a wide range of readers interested in geo-environmental issues.