Cartographic assessment of pollution of forest ecosystems on the Baikal natural territory by technogenic emissions

The implementation of these authors' original approaches in generating maps of forest pollution and vital status of forest stands in a large region is outlined. The maps so far developed can be considered basic, reflecting the phenomena to be subsequently monitored in order to make justified forecasts of the state of forest vegetation on territories exposed to pollution, including under changes of the level and character of emission load.