Development strategy and Management of the World Natural Heritage Property Golden Mountains of Altai

Preface

The Strategy has been developed based on analysis of the state of conservation, management options and problems of functioning of protected areas – the component parts of "Golden Mountains of Altai" World Heritage property.

During the development of the Strategy positions of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention, recommendation of the joint UNESCO-IUCN Assessment Mission held in the Altai Republic in 2007 as well as other operational documents of the UNESCO World Heritage Center were used.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Altai Republic Strategy initiated the process of the Strategy development in the frameworks of regional program "Support of protected areas of the Altai Republic" (2007 - 2009). The Strategy has been developed by Katunskiy Biosphere Reserve in collaboration with Altaiskiy Nature Reserve and Natural Heritage Protection Fund. The draft of the Strategy was discussed during several regional meetings in the fall 2008 with participation of experts from protected areas designated as the component parts of the WH property, national World Heritage Committee, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Altai Republic, Division of Russian National Commission for UNESCO in the Altai Republic, local authorities, environmental NGOs and local communities, living nearby the WH site in the Altai Republic.

 

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