Nature Protection in the Caucasus

Promoting Transboundary Cooperation for CBD Implementation

9-11 March 2006, Berlin - Germany

Documentation

A summarising documentation of the conference [pdf, 413 KB, English] is available for download.

Thursday, 9 March 2006 – Plenary Session

Welcome [pdf, 141 KB, English] Ingrid Matthaus-Maier, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, KfW Bankengruppe
Welcome [pdf, 120 KB, English] Dr. Peter Prokosch, CEO, WWF Germany

Opening Speech [pdf, 57 KB, German] Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development – Germany
Convention on Biological Diversity: Implications for the Caucasus [pdf, 750 KB, English] Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Former Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
The Eco-regional Conservation Plan (ECP) and the Implementation Instruments [pdf, 4.1 MB, English] Dr. Giorgi Sanadiradze, Director WWF Caucasus Programme Office and Dr. Claudia Loy, Vice President Europe, KfW Entwicklungsbank
Promoting Transboundary Cooperation for CBD Implementation in Armenia [pdf, 658 KB, English and Russian] Vardan Ayvazyan, Minister of Nature Protection – Armenia
Conservation of Biodiversity in the Republic of Azerbaijan [pdf, 1.5 MB, English] Huseyngulu Baghirov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources – Azerbaijan
Biodiversity Protection in Georgia [pdf, 280 KB, English] George Papuashvili, Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources – Georgia
Overview of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Investment in the Caucasus Hotspot [pdf, 5.9 MB, English] Dan Martin, Senior Managing Director, Conservation International - Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Activities of the Council of Europe in the framework of biodiversity and landscape conservation [pdf, 247 KB, English] Jan Willem Sneep, Chair of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts

Friday, 10 March 2006 – Workshops

Workshop A: Financing Instruments for Biodiversity Conservation

Sustainable financing of protected areas – a short overview [pdf, 704 KB, English] Hans Friederich, Head Conservation Finance and Donor Relations, IUCN

Trust Funds, example from a different region [pdf, 376 KB, English] Kristina McNeff, Conservation International / Global Conservation Fund

The “Caucasus Protected Areas Trust Fund” and how it works [pdf, 600 KB, English] Michael Evers, WWF - Germany and Dr. Marcus Stewen, KfW
Report from Workshop A [pdf, 201 KB, English] Tim Christophersen, Regional Program Coordinator, IUCN - The World Conservation Union

Workshop B: Transboundary Cooperation for Nature Reserves and Biodiversity Monitoring

Institutional framework and policy challenges for Transboundary cooperation in the Caucasus [pdf, 1.2 MB, English] Dr. Thomas Petermann, InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany) and Ivan Vashakmadze, Director of Sustainable Tourism Center - Georgia

Transboundary cooperation in protected areas: The case of the trilateral “East Carpathians” Biosphere Reserve [pdf, 1 MB, English] Dr. Zbigniew Niewiadomski, Chair UNESCO International Advisory Committee for Biosphere Reserves, Paris / Head of Representative Office in Poland for the Foundation for the Eastern Carpathians Biodiversity Conservation (ECBC), Ustrzyki Gorne

Biodiversity Monitoring and CBD [pdf, 281 KB, English] Hamdallah Zedan, Former Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Overview of biological monitoring schemes - problems and perspectives [pdf, 1.1 MB, English] Dr. Klaus Riede, Alexander Koenig Research Institute and Museum of Zoology

A proposal for a potential institutional structure for a regional monitoring system in the Caucasus [pdf, 555 KB, English] Dr. Nugzar Zazanashvili, WWF Caucasus Programme Office

Priorities for conservation of birds in Azerbaijan from the point of view of transboundary cooperation [pdf, 506 KB, English] Elchin Sultanov, Chairman, Ornithological Society - Azerbaijan
Report from Workshop B [pdf, 183 KB, English] Dr. Hartmut Jungius, Chairman, Regional Council for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use in the Caucasus Ecoregion

Outcomes of the Workshop on Sharing the Experience: Capacity Building on Legal Instruments for the Protection and Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions in the Caucasus [pdf, 187 KB, English] Additional information provided by Marika Palosaari, Coordination Officer, UNEP - Regional Office for Europe

Workshop C: Biodiversity and Economy - from Buffer Zone Development to Regional Planning

Sustainable harvesting and economic potential of medicinal plants and herbs in the Southern Caucasus [pdf, 190 KB, English] Udo Hirsch, CUNA Georgia

Sustainable tourism in the Caucasus - overview and case study Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park (Georgia) [pdf, 1.1 MB, English] Dr. Karin Steinmetzer, Advisor to the Georgian Department of Tourism

Protected Areas and economy – Case study Sochinsky Nationalpark (Russia) [pdf, 347 KB, Russian] Dr. Andrey Stetsenko, LOMONOSOV Moscow State University - Russia

Landscape Planning as an Instrument for Ecosystem Management [pdf, 1.3 MB, English] Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, University of Hannover

The Use of Landscape Planning for the Establishment of Biosphere Reserves: The Example of Issyk-Kul Reserve in Kyrgyzstan [pdf, 353 KB, English] Adrian Hoppenstedt, POU GmbH (Planning Group for Ecology and Environment), Hannover
Report from Workshop C [pdf, 206 KB, English] Dr. Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst, Head of Division, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation - Germany

The High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF) Concept as a landscape planning tool [pdf, 296 KB, English and Russian] Dr. Ruth Nussbaum, ProForest - United Kingdom

Poster Session

Center for International Migration and Development - Germany [jpg, 918 KB, English]

CUNA Georgica [jpg, 848 KB, English]

Department for Tourism - Georgia [jpg, 1162 KB, English]

Federal Agency for Nature Conservation – Germany:

Activities in the Caucasus Region and Iran [jpg, 1005 KB, English]

International Activities [jpg, 1217 KB, English]

Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit – Germany:

Beni – Abbes, Algerien [jpg, 1156 KB, English]

Pendjari National Park, Benin [jpg, 1176 KB, English]

Institute for Botany and Landscape, Ecology University Greifswald - Germany [jpg, 1169 KB, English]

IUCN - The World Conservation Union [jpg, 1218 KB, English]

Michael Succow Stiftung - Germany [jpg, 1152 KB, English]

Naturschutzbund – Germany:

Strengthening Environmental NGOs [jpg, 1046 KB, English]
Projects and visions in the Caucasus [jpg, 1251 KB, English]

Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus - Georgia [jpg, 1061 KB, English]

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde – Germany [jpg, 1268 KB, English]

State Commission for Threatened Species - Georgia [jpg, 1112 KB, English]

Sustainable Tourism Centre – Georgia [jpg, 1144 KB, English]
Tema Foundation - Turkey [jpg, 939 KB, English]

WWF Caucasus Programme Office:

Conservation of Leopard in the Caucasus [jpg, 969 KB, English]

CEPF Coordination in the Caucasus [jpg, 1167 KB, English]

Tugai Forest in the Caucasus [jpg, 1144 KB, English]

Saturday, 11 March 2006 – Excursion

The Nature Park "Uckermaerkische Seen" [pdf, 119 KB, English] Astrid Paschkowski, Regional Manager, WWF – Germany

Flyer: Leader+ activities for the region [pdf, 881 KB, English]

Under the auspices of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Organised by Ecologic - Institute for International and European Environmental Policy.