Abstract
The hunting fauna is an important component of the biological diversity of the southern regions of Kazakhstan. Being a part of natural resources, hunting animals are, on the one hand, an object of hunting and have recreational and economic value, and on the other hand, they are fully exposed to a complex of anthropogenic factors, of which agricultural production is especially relevant for the steppe zone. Today, the problem of preserving and objectively assessing the natural resource potential of individual regions of Kazakhstan is becoming especially relevant. In this regard, it is necessary to foresee all the environmental and economic costs associated with turnover of agricultural land and to identify contradictions associated with usage of hunting resources on agricultural land. Hunting resources, as part of the natural resource potential of the developed regions, are an objective indicator of the systemic ecological crisis of the steppe zone. In Kazakhstan, the steppe zone is an agrarian region, where the problems of biodiversity conservation, socio-economic and environmental optimization of land use and management of hunting use are especially acute. The purpose of this research work is to analyze regional hunting and resource potential, develop principles for optimizing the management of hunting activities in the southern region of Kazakhstan. The article presents the results of the hunting activities analysis of Kyzylorda and Turkestan regions, which are part of South Kazakhstan. The data on fixed hunting grounds, the relative number of predatory mammals as potential hunting objects - wolves, foxes, corsacs, jackals, badgers and mustelids as hunting objects are given.