The article considers the ecological situation of the Altai Mountains, The growing impact of tourism on the environment can affect the flora, fauna and various ecosystems of the Altai Mountains. Other important aspects of environmental problems, such as waste accumulation and improper disposal. The air pollution in re region is determined not only by exhaust fumes, coal and wood boilers and furnaces, but also by its proximity to the Semipalatinsk test site and Baikonur cosmodrome. Therefore, all these issues make it necessary to study environmental education at schools and universities. It is important to raise the environmental awareness of the local population by informing them about the problems of their native land, i.e. environmental pollution and extinction of ecosystems, rare animals and plants. If ordinary people are not worried about the future of the land they call « the center of the Earth», very soon the future will be lost to them.