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«CURRENT EVENTS»
DEMONSTRATING SUSTAINABLE BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF FOUR PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS
IN THE KAMCHATKA REGION: A UNDP/GEF PROJECT
The development of management plans for four protected natural areas in
Kamchatka region – Kronotsky state nature biosphere reserve, Yuzhno-Kamchatsky
state nature federal protected area (zakaznik), Nalychevo and Bystrinsky national parks
– was recently completed. The development of management plans for these
PNAs was a part of a larger model project Demonstrating Sustainable Biodiversity
Conservation on the Example of Four Protected Natural Areas in the Kamchatka
Region, a UN Development Program project with the financial support of the
Global Environmental Facility.
The key objective of the Management Plans is to provide PNA directors with
management tools, such as medium-term management programs to ensure conservation
and development of their natural, historical and cultural heritage. Requirements
to implement the system of compulsory 5-year management plans for all Russian
state nature reserves are stipulated in “Key directions of development of
the system of state nature reserves and national parks in Russian through
2015”, adopted by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources in 2003.
The main results of management plans development are as follows:
- Description of concrete objectives, strategies to achieve them and
required resources;
- Coordination of management and scientific research goals;
- Identification of needs in additional education and training and infrastructure
development;
- Providing basic long-term material resources to sustain PNAs, and access
to additional financial resources.
The management plans were developed by special planning teams consisting
of staffers from Kamchatka national parks and the Kronotsky reserve
as well as representatives from the Kamchatka Branch of the Pacific Geography
Institute (Russian Academy of Sciences), the Kamchatka Region Administration
and other regional organizations.
The Biodiversity Conservation Center provided relevant expertise, particularly
by Doctor of Biology Y. A. Buivolov, BCC Senior Expert, and Y.V.
Dobrushin, Rosgiproles Planning Expert under the management of A.R.
Grigorian.
The project team also made substantial use of relevant international experience.
The staffers from Kronotsky reserve and national parks visited Canadian
parks on a study tour. They also participated in a special PNA management
tools workshop conducted by BCC specialists and Dr. Stephan Fuller
of Canada.
The parties involved met frequently and were always in touch. In April
2003, we held special meetings to discuss management aims and objectives
for the given protected natural areas till 2008. Participants included representatives
from the Kamchatka Regional Administration, municipal authorities, conservation,
and scientific and educational organizations as well as the representatives
of NGOs and citizens interested in PNA management. We finalized the results
of our work in August 2003 when relevant amendments were made to the management
plans. Between meetings we arranged a number of workshops and provided expertise
to the parties involved: Kamchatka Region Administration, local municipal
authorities, national communities of native peoples of the North, non-commercial
and commercial organizations.
Y. A. Buivolov,
BCC Senior Expert
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