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The article reveals the enlightenment and environmental-educational functions of green routes and justifies the feasibility of laying them within urban protected areas (PA) using the example of the Regional Landscape Park (RLP) “Lysa Hora” in Kyiv. Urban PA perfectly fits the conditions of eco-friendly tourism, whose main goal is to protect the environment and educate city dwellers. Geoinformation methods were used for cartographic analysis of the landscape structure of the studied territory, design of potential routes, and assessment of landscape diversity. Satellite images with high spatial and temporal resolution were used to identify characteristic natural objects and detect anthropogenic transformations of landscapes. Field survey methods with photo documentation and georeferencing were used to verify the physical accessibility of facilities, the safety of routes, and the availability of supporting infrastructure. The results of the landscape analysis of the RLP “Lysa Hora” territory allow us to apply a landscape approach to the creation of environmental trails. The routes should pass through different functional zones of the PA with varying degrees of anthropogenic landscape transformation. Therefore, it is logical to call these routes landscape-ecological. It is proposed to lay two landscape-ecological routes designed for different target groups of visitors. One of them, historical and cultural, 5.2 km long, is suitable for students and other adults. The second route, educational (4.2 km), is intended mainly for the younger generation, i.e., schoolchildren. The purpose of its construction is to conduct educational excursions, practical work, and lessons in natural science, geography, biology, and ecology. Both routes should start from the same point, then diverge and converge closer to a single end point at the eastern exit of the park. Information boards and signs with dynamic QR codes installed at stopping points will play a leading role in meeting the needs of participants when walking along landscape-ecological trails. Landscape-ecological routes in urban PAs should become an important tool for environmental education and awareness-raising.
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