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Information system on protected areas of Russia

Information system on protected areas of Russia. Ekaterina Tsybikova¹, Maxim Dubinin² ¹ Transparent World, Russia; ² University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA ESRI International User Conference, San-Diego, 2007.

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Information system on protected areas of Russia

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  1. Information systemon protected areas of Russia Ekaterina Tsybikova¹, Maxim Dubinin² ¹ Transparent World, Russia; ² University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA ESRI International User Conference, San-Diego, 2007

  2. Russia: 17070949 km2Forest zone: 57.1% country areaNatural forest area, 2000: 8340520 km2

  3. International acknowledgement of Russia’s protected areas (PA) system: • - 9 UNESCO Natural World Heritage sites • - 36 biosphere reserves • - 35 Ramsar sites • - 4 strict nature reserves have Diplomas of European Council • - 4 transboundary PA • More than 85% of Russia’s animals and plants are protected by existing system of country’s PA

  4. Problem Lack of adequate accessible spatial and descriptive information about protected areas of Russia, results in poor decision making and low public awareness

  5. Information system (ISEU, BCC, WRI, Transparent World) Attributive (descriptive) data Spatial (geographic) data Web GIS

  6. History: Atlas of Russia’s Intact Forest Landscapes (http://www.forest.ru/eng/publications/intact/)

  7. Data sources • primary legislation • (governmental acts, bills and other papers) • - protected areas official documents • additional information(spatial and attributive)

  8. Mapping. Strict Nature Reserves, National Parks and Federal-Level Wildlife Refuges of Russia (2005)

  9. Mapping

  10. Zapovedniks Total zapovedniks’ area = 70% of federal-level PA area

  11. Biosphere reserves

  12. Ramsar sites

  13. Guide to national parks of Russia

  14. Application - create protected area GIS - presentation and education materials - include in decision support system to help deal with conflicts occurring on protected area

  15. “map in action” – examples of effective land-use decision-making - Megatron-NVK - PetroResource - The Kovikta Project

  16. Monitoring of state-issued license permits: Megatron-NVK, North Caspian region, 2005

  17. Socio-ecological mapping:Kovikta gas pipeline

  18. Web-based Information system • Contents: • - news • history of nature protection • publications • conferences proceedings • descriptions of PA • descriptions of Ramsar sites http://oopt.info

  19. Description of each protected area: • - general information • history • geographic features • flora and fauna • research activities

  20. Data now available and planned - biosphere reserves zoning (core, buffer, transition zone, biosphere polygon) - zapovedniks’ and national parks’ buffers - Ramsar sites - Birdlife International sites - regional protected areas

  21. Conclusion - Spatial data can be used for decision support and conflict solving - GIS is an effective tool, but lots of efforts should be spent to make data really work - in case of inactivity of state authorities, environmental NGOs using GIS can facilitate proper decision making

  22. Thank you! Ekaterina Tsybikova Transparent World, Russia, e-mail: tsybikova@biodiversity.ru Maxim Dubinin University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA sim@biodiversity.ru

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