Elaboration of a Joint Mongolian-Russian Federation Site Management Plan for the "Uvs Nuur Basin" World Heritage Site
Uvs Nuur Basin, Mongolian-Russian World Heritage Site
“Elaboration of a Joint Mongolian-Russian Federation Site Management Plan for the “Uvs Nuur Basin” World Heritage Site”
UNESCO Activity-Financing Contract No.: 876884.5
Final Report
Alexey Butorin, Natural Heritage Protection Fund
Within the frames of the project realization there have been organized two expert trips to Kysyl (Tyva Republic) and to the “Ubsunur Hollow” State nature biosphere reserve, which has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2003.
The aim of the first expert trip, which took place at 8-13 of August was collecting data on the modern state of conservation of the Russian part of the WH site, and also defining a list of administrative bodies, commercial structures, scientific and public organizations interested in cooperation with the reserve. The result of the trip was the report, which included description of the modern state of conservation of the WH site, its management problems and a list of organizations to a greater or lesser extent taking part in the activity of the reserve. During this trip negotiations with heads of these organizations have been carried on, and agreement of their participation in a national meeting concerning management problems of the Russian part of the WH site has been reached and its time constraints have been defined. The key event was the meeting with the First Vice-Chairman of the Tyva Government A.V.Brokert, during which the decision of giving the project the concernment of the republican level has been made. All the following activity within the frames of the project has been coordinated by the Administration of Tyva Republic.
During the trip a field excursion to “Tsugeer Els” and “Yamaalyg” clusters of the reserve has been made for modern WH site conservation state study.
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