Transcript Folie 1 - WWF

Partners for
Biodiversity
Protection in the
Caucasus
WWF Norway & WWF Caucasus
The Biological importance of Caucasus
Among the 30 most important biological hotspots worldwide (CI)
• 6,500 species of vascular
plants, - 25% endemic
• 632 species of
vertebrates, - 59 endemic
• 20% of the region is
covered by forest
ecosystems, incl. relict
forests
Caucasus has unique relict forests
- forests that survived the ice age
Need of Economic
Development
UNDP Human Development
Report 2005 (177 countries)
• Human
Development Index
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
Rank 83
Rank 101
Rank 100
• GDP per capita
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
Rank 111
Rank 113
Rank 121
Economic Development : Challenges & Prospects
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Iran
Russian Fed.
Turkey
Ecological
Reserve or Deficit
- 0.5
- 0.5
+ 0.5
- 1.6
+ 2.5
- 0.7
Water
Withdrawals (%)
28%
57%
6%
53%
2%
18%
Need for cooperation / environmental security
Our countries are committed to saving Earth’s biodiversity:
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UN Millennium target 7
UN Convention on Biodiversity
UN-ECE Kiev Declaration on Biodiversity
Halting the Loss of Biodiversity by 2010
Why?
Protection and sustainable use of ecosystems is the basis
for long term development, prosperity and security
(UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005)
Ecoregional
Conservation Plan
• Integration of ecological
and socio-economical
aspects
• Conservation across
borders
• A guiding document for
medium-term targets
• National governments,
NGOs and donors
• CBD implementation tool
Contributions of the Norwegian Government
to the Ecoregional Conservation Plan
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Support Caucasus Biodiversity Council
Assist local NGOs
Strengthen protected areas management
Promote cross-border cooperation
Establish regional monitoring network
Rehabilitate communal infrastructure
Raise public awareness
Establish Mtirala national park
Protect and restore threatened Iori tugai forest
Improve Iori river management
Protect Caucasian Leopard
Enabling
Conditions
ECP
Forests
Freshwater
Species
ECP
Caucasus Biodiversity Council
Regional Monitoring Network
• Evaluate the actual
status of biodiversity
in the Caucasus region
• Provide possibility to
improve the Ecoregional
Conservation Plan
according to up-coming
needs and priorities
Inception workshop, 6-7 December, 2005
Establishing Mtirala National Park
Restore and Protect Iori Floodplain Forest
Contributing to Saving the Caucasian Leopard
• Regional Conservation Strategy
• Protecting key habitats
Protected Areas and Community Development
Programme in Southern Armenia
Protected Areas Development
Khosrov Reserve
Development of tourist
program and infrastructure
Arpi SPNA
Assistance to establishment
Shikahogh Reserve
Upgrading basic infrastructure
Zangezur SPNA
Assistance to establishment
Arevik SPNA
Assistance to establishment
Community Development
Arpi SPNA area
Shatin community
Zangezur SPNA area
Kadjaran community
Arevik SPNA area
Aldara, Shvanidzor and
Nrnadzor communities
Shikahogh Reserve area
Shikahogh and Tsav
communities
Partners for
Biodiversity
Protection in the
Caucasus