Denis Dobrynin, WWF Anna Kuhmonen, SYKE Regional pilot project coordinators. Pilot projects on HCV areas in Northwest Russia

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1 Denis Dobrynin, WWF Anna Kuhmonen, SYKE Regional pilot project coordinators Pilot projects on HCV areas in Northwest Russia

2 Locations of pilot projects

3 Regional pilot projects in Northwest Russia Pilot project activities include field studies and environmental monitoring preparing official justification documents for establishing PAs conducting public consultations providing information and raising awareness High conservation value (HCV) areas under threat identified in previous studies, such as Gap analysis in Northwest Russia Three projects support establishment of planned PAs threatened by human impacts, leased for logging companies Developing the monitoring of established protected areas One new proposal for protection Implemented by regional experts regional authorities, scientific organizations, nature conservation NGOs

4 Regional pilot projects in Northwest Russia All the areas are extremely valuable internationally All pilot projects support the goal of BPAN - to establish a representative and effectively managed network of protected areas in the Barents Region

5 Murmansk Region, Planned Jonn-Njygojaiv nature reserve (zakaznik), Old-growth pine forest between Laplandsky Strict Nature Reserve (zapovednik) and Laplandsky Les nature reserve (zakaznik) in Russia, and Urho Kekkonen National Park in Finland Kola Biodiversity Center, Directorate of PAs Leased for the forestry company Activities: field inventories, negotiations with forestry company, justification documents, which are needed to establish the PA, public hearings

6 The Komi Republic, 2012 New proposed Tsilemsky nature reserve (zakaznik), the most important habitat of wild reindeer in the Tsilma River basin implemented by the Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre Ural Division, RAS in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Komi Republic

7 The Komi Republic, 2012 Field studies have shown that the territory is characterized by undisturbed, or slightly disturbed, lichen pine forests that provide food for reindeers during snowy winters mires where the animals find refuge from midges in summer virgin spruce forests along small streams as refuge Komi Science Center has made protection proposal for the Ministry of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Komi Republic, basing on the field inventories Priority area for future co-operation between Arkhangelsk Region and the Komi Republic

8 Arkhangelsk Region, Planned Dvinsky Forest nature reserve (zakaznik) Europe s largest area of old-growth (mainly spruce) forests diverse landscapes and habitats for rare species leased for forestry companies Main threats: clearcuttings and fragmentation FSC main tool for negotiation and protection Implemented by the Centre of Nature Management and Environmental Monitoring of Arkhangelsk Region and WWF Russia

9 Arkhangelsk Region, Completion of the ecologic-economic justification required for establishment the protected area (zakaznik) Public hearings, discussion and harmonization of ecologiceconomic justification with municipalities State ecological expertise of the ecologic-economic justification (to establish the Dvinsky Forest nature reserve, zakaznik) Communication support

10 Nenets Autonomus Okrug, 2012 Monitoring biological diversity in the Nizhnepechorsky nature reserve (zakaznik) Area is rich with habitats and other conservation values: e.g. rivers, lakes, floodplains, herb-rich and Carex meadows, lichen tundras, mire complexes and rare fish Internationally important area for migration birds Threats: gas industry, poaching, building, reindeer herding

11 Nenets Autonomus Okrug Monitoring biological diversity in the Nizhnepechorsky nature reserve (zakaznik) Aim of the study was to evaluate and predict changes of the environment effected by natural and anthropogenic factors. Work included investigations of landscapes, flora and ornithology. Study produced new information on the state of nature reserve, and gives recommendations to improve protected area management. Protection regulations should be strengthened, borders should be extended, recultivation after gas activity should be organized.

12 Republic of Karelia, 2013 Studying and protecting rare habitats and species of Zaonezhye Peninsula Aim of the project is to organize joint expedition of Karelian and external experts and conservation of the unique natural and cultural heritage of Zaonezhye Peninsula Unique rich fens, cultural landscapes, old-growth forests, red listed species Directorate of regional protected areas with experts of Karelian Research Center and external experts

13 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! We celebrate the establishment of Onezhskoye Pomorye National Park