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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 B: Ex situ conservation
B.1
IMPROVEMENT OF MECHANISMS FOR EX-SITU CONSERVATION
B.1.1
Develop guidelines for collection, maintenance and reintroduction of plants and animal species in ex-situ programmes
A.7.1
6
2000-2001
I
Guidelines
III
B.1.2
Strengthen the existing capacities for the use of new technologies in the regeneration of endemic and threatened species
A.7.1, D.3.5, C.5.4, G.2.1, G.2.2
8, 10
2001-2003
I
Strengthened capacity
II
B.2
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN NURSERIES AND PLANT COLLECTIONS
B.2.1
Establish nurseries for wild relatives of cultivated crops close to protected areas (such as Erebuni) for the purposes of
A.7.2, A.1.5
11, 12
2001-2003
II
Nurseries
II
B.2.2
Provide financial support and resources to maintain the collection of endemic and endangered Armenian plants within Yerevan Botanic Garden, and provide support for their eventual reintroduction
A.7.2, B.4.2, C.5.4, F.1.1, B.4.2, F.3.8, G.1.8, E.1.6
2
2001-2003
II
Improved support for collections
II
B.3
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN CAPTIVE BREEDING CENTRES
B.3.1
Re-establish centre for captive breeding and reintroduction of endemic and endangered species at the Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences
A.7.1
10, 12
2000-2002
II
Breeding centres re-established
II
B.3.2
Establish new centres for rehabilitation and reintroduction of key threatened species (Armenian mouflon, wild boar)
A.7.1
10, 12
2000-2002
II
Breeding centres re-established
II
B.3.3
Re-establish breeding centres for agricultural livestock, to maintain important native breeds of animals
D.2.1, D.3.2, D.3.5, C.2.4, K.1.1, K.1.4, C.2.2
12
2001-2003
III
Reintroduction centres established
I
B.3.4
Provide resources and equipment to fish hatcheries for the purpose of development and reintroduction of endemic species
A.7.1, C.4.1, C.4.3, C.6.1, C.6.2, C.6.4, C.6.5
2, 12, 13
2000-2002
II
Equipment and resources provided
I
B.4
MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SEED BANKS AND GENETIC BANKS
B.4.1
Develop and publish guidelines for the collection, maintenance and use of specimens in genetic collections
A.7.1, A.7.2, B.1.1
4, 6
2001
I
Guidelines
III
B.4.2
Re-establish seed bank based at the Institute of Botany and Agricultural Academy to maintain the genetic resources and provide measures for reintroduction
B.2.3, A.7.2, B.1.2, E.1.6
2, 12
2001
I
Seed bank re-established
II
B.4.3
Maintain, strengthen and extend existing collections of genetic resources (including bacteria, plasma and sperm banks) within the National Academy of Sciences
F.3.10, B.1.1, B.1.2
2, 12
2001-2003
II
Gene bank collections improved
I

 

 

 

 

 
 
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