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Country Study of Biodiversity in The Republic of Armenia

Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

 

 
 
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No. Action/activity Related activities Related objectives Duration Estimated budget Outputs Priority
Strategic component A: In situ conservation
A.1
IMPROVEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
A.1.1 Review current protected areas management, and from this develop and implement an integrated government policy on protected areas management.
D.1.1, C.7.2, C.7.3, A.4.1
5, 11
2000-2001
I
Review; improved management
I
A.1.2
Develop and strengthen co-ordinating management mechanisms to improve integrated management of the protected areas system
D.1.2, C.7.3, C.7.2, D.3.1
5, 11
2000-2001
I
Co-ordinated management systems
II
A.1.3
Establish an integrated database for biological and management information from protected areas
F.3.3, G.1.7, F.3.2, F.3.5
5, 11
2000-2002
III
Information database
II
A.1.4
Review and develop appropriate management structures and mechanisms for different types of protected areas
A.5.1, D.1.3, C.7.2, C.7.3
5, 11
2000-2004
III
Revised management structures
II
A.1.5
Develop and implement an inter-sectoral management plan for buffer zones
C.6.1, B.2.1, C.6.2, C.9.3, C.2.7, C.6.5, C.7.1
5, 11
2001-2002
II
Management plan
III
A.2
CLARIFICATION OF THE PROTECTED AREAS NETWORK
A.2.1
Inventory of natural monuments and registration by the Government
A.5.1, A.4.10
5, 11
2001-2003
II
Inventory
II
A.2.2
Review the delineation of protected areas
A.5.1, A.5.7, G.1.7
11
2000-2001
I
Review
II
A.3
BUILD CAPACITY OF PROTECTED AREAS STAFF
A.3.1
Conduct skills assessment and deliver vocational training courses for protected areas staff
A.1.1, A.1.2, D.3.1, F.3.4
5, 11
2000-2001
I
Training course
II
A.3.2
Conduct joint workshops involving protected areas staff, local authorities and enforcement agencies
E.2.11, C.6.4
7
2001
I
Workshops
II
A.4
DIRECTLY SUPPORT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN PROTECTED AREAS
A.4.1
Review existing financial mechanisms to support protected areas management and conservation
A.1.1, M.1.1, M.1.2
2
2001
I
Finance review
II
A.4.2
Provide technical assistance and equipment for Erebuni reserve and to support a monitoring and research station
F.3.2-F.3.9
2, 5, 11
2001
I
Technical assistance
II
A4.3
Provide technical assistance and equipment for Dilijan reserve
F.2.1, F.3.2-F.3.9
2,5,11
2001
II
Technical assistance
I
A4.4
Provide technical assistance and equipment for Shikahogh reserve
F.3.2-F.3.9
2,5,11
2001
I
Technical assistance
II
A4.5
Provide technical assistance and equipment for Khosrov reserve
F.3.2-F.3.9
2,5,11
2001
II
Technical assistance
I
A4.6
Provide technical assistance and equipment for Sevan National Park
F.3.2-F.3.9
2,5,11
2001
II
Technical assistance
I
A4.7
Provide transport, communications and other equipment to strengthen enforcement in protected areas
C.1.7, D.3.3, K.2.2, J.2.1
2,5,11
2001-2002
I
Equipment
I
A4.8
Provide resource material for libraries in reserves and the National Parks
E.1.6
2, 4, 7
2000-2003
I
Resource materials
II
A4.9
Redevelop museums in Dilijan and Khosrov reserves as ecological education and awareness centres
E.1.6
2, 4, 7
2001-2002
II
Interpretative centres
III
A4.10
Promote targeted research in protected areas aimed at improving conservation management practices
F.2.1, F.3.9, G.2.2, G.1.3, G.1.7, G.1.8
7,5
2000-2004
II
Research programme
I
A5
EXTEND THE PROTECTED AREAS NETWORK
A5.1
Develop and use criteria for the selection and expansion of protected areas
A.1.4, D.3.4, C.9.5, F.2.1, F.3.8, F.3.9
11, 4
2001
I
Criteria
II
A.5.2
Establish a series of new protected areas incorporating representative areas of all landscape classes, including alpine meadows, steppes, semi-deserts, wetlands habitats and saline swamps
A.5.4-A.5.6, G.1.3, G.1.2
10, 11
2001-2004
II
New protected areas
II
A.5.3
Develop corridors to facilitate migration of animals between protected areas
J.1.1, L.1.8
10, 11
2001
II
Ecological corridors
II
A.5.4
Establish a network of micro-reserves for endangered species of fauna and flora
G.1.1, G.1.7, G.1.8
10, 11
2001-2002
II
Micro-reservations network
II
A.5.5
Establish a new National Park in Jermuk, incorporating two existing reservations
G.1.1, G.1.7, G.1.8
10, 11
2001-2002
II
New national park
I
A.5.6
Establish a new National Park at Arpi to protect gorge and cave systems
G.1.1, G.1.7, G.1.8
10, 11
2000-2001
II
New national park
I
A.5.7
Extend the boundaries of Vordan Karmir reservation, in line with the distribution of this species
A.2.2, G.1.7
11
2000-2001
I
Extended reservation
II
A.6
CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF LANDSCAPES AND ECOSYSTEMS
A.6.1
Conserve and rehabilitate key wetland ecosystems (including Lake Sevan, Lake Gilly, and Lake Arpi)
G.1.2, G.1.3, C.9.5
10
2000-2003
III
Wetland rehabilitation
I
A.6.2
Conserve and rehabilitate key forest ecosystems, particularly forest areas damaged between 1990 and 1995
C.3.1-C.3.8, C.5.4, C.8.3, C.8.4, C.8.5
3,10
2000-2004
III
Forest rehabilitation
I
A.6.3
Restore natural regeneration of forests dominated by rare and economically valuable species
B.1.2, C.8.2, C.8.4, C.5.4
3, 10
2000-2003
II
Forest regeneration
II
A.6.4
Establish a series of sparse growth trees sites where natural regeneration of trees and shrubs can be enhanced within arid zone
C.8.2, F.2.2, F.3.8, G.1.1
3, 10
2001-2003
I
Dendroparks
II
A.7
CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF SPECIES AND ASSEMBLAGES
A.7.1
Develop and implement individual action plans for conservation of key endangered species (including Armenian mouflon, leopard, Vordon Karmir, Sevan trout, etc.)
B.1.1, B.1.2, B.3.1, B.3.2, B.3.4, C.1.4
10
2000-2004
II
Action plans
I
A.7.2
Develop and implement an action plan for the protection of wild relatives of crop plants, in line with the agrobiodiversity project
B.2.1, C.2.4, C.6.2
10, 12
2000-2003
II
Action plan
II
A.7.3
Build measures for the control of invasive species into institutional plans and species conservation action plans
D.2.3, D.3.6, G.1.9, K.1.1, C.4.2
12
2001-2003
I
Invasive species control incorporated
II
A.7.4
Rehabilitate degraded landscapes and biodiversity of areas damaged by industrial activities
F.3.7, G.1.3, C.1.4, C.2.3, C.2.6, G.1.6.1, C.6.6, F.1.2, F.2.2, J.1.7
2, 10, 3
2000-2004
III
Rehabilitation
I

 

 
 
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