Commissioning Unit: | Russian Federation |
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Evaluation Plan: | 2011-2017 |
Evaluation Type: | Project |
Completion Date: | 02/2015 |
Unit Responsible for providing Management Response: | Russian Federation
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Key Action Update History
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Fair comment, this experience will be observed in planning for the remaining UNDP PSO Portfolio with focus on ownership and selection of personnel.
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
The Project team delivered the message to MNRE. In response, MNRE informed that Commander islands reserve has recently announced the vacancy of the warding and enforcement inspector, specifically for vessels monitoring in reserve waters. Additional systemic work is required from MNRE.
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Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Highlight the importance of action needed from MNRE.
[Added: 2016/01/12] |
Federal Ministry of Natural Resources and environment, project team | 2015/06 | Completed |
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Project works toward successful completion of the work plan 2015. Education materials and mobile application on the Baltic Sea and the nature of the Gulf of Finland targeting high school students and general public have been released in June 2015. Illustrated Atlas of semi-anadromous fish of Kamchatka has been published and sent to the key target MCPAs in the region.
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Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Atlas of semi-anadromous fish of Kamchatka has been published.Education materials and mobile application on the Baltic Sea and the nature of the Gulf of Finland targeting high school students and general public have been published.
[Added: 2016/01/12] |
Baltic Fund for Nature Protection, Association for Pas of Kamchatka, Project team | 2015/06 | Completed |
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Invasive species management plans have been elaborated for the Far Eastern Marine Reserve, and Russian Arctic national park, including Franz-Josef Land refuge. The threat of invasive species for the Commander islands reserve was exaggerated in the Project Document, but still exists. Project highlighted the importance of invasive species control for the Commander islands reserve again prior to Project operations shut down, but it is now up to the reserve management to employ the corrective actions.
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Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Concern regarding invasive species management was delivered to the Commander islands management
[Added: 2016/01/12] |
Project Steering Committee, Project team | 2015/06 | Completed |
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Project promoted interagency cooperation through involvement of sectoral stakeholders into concrete actions in the pilot regions. In cooperation with FAF, Project elaborated Proposals to amend the Fishing Rules for the Western Fishery basin. In addition to that, FAF facilitated approval of materials justifying establishment of the Solovetsky islands refuge during the State Environmental Appraisal. At the closing Project Steering Committee meeting in June 2015, FAF highlighted the role of the MCPAs for fish stocks protection and indicated the showcase with resolution of conflict over fishing sites in Onezhskoye Pomorye national park fostered by the Project as a mutually beneficial practice for FAF and MNRE.
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Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Importance of enhanced interagency cooperation was emphasized by UNDP PSO and Project team at the Project Steering Committee meeting.
[Added: 2016/01/12] |
2015/06 | Completed |
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Project team agrees that initial goal on area of MCPAs established was too ambitious and unrealistic. It was impossible to reach the target set for PA expansion without changing the federal sectoral legislation. With no incentive for FAF limited capacity for legislation amendment both at FAF and MNRE, the Project objective could not have been met. This experience should be taken into account for future project designs involving ?difficult? sectoral stakeholders.
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
In accordance with decision of the Project Steering Committee, Project team will consider possible impact evaluation of the Project undertakings in the field of environmental education in Leningrad region. In case such evaluation is considered feasible, assessment will be conducted with the methodology based on best international practices.
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Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Feasibility assessment for evaluation and monitoring of environmental education undertakings in the Leningrad region.
[Added: 2016/01/12] |
Project team | 2015/09 | Completed |
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
In accordance with decision of the project Steering Committee, Project will consider conduct of follow-up survey on the small grants program to measure its effect on the participating households of Nikolskoye village at the Commander islands.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Feasibility assessment and consultations, follow-up survey.
[Added: 2016/01/12] [Last Updated: 2018/11/05] |
Project team, Commander Islands reserve | 2015/09 | Completed | History |
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Climate change is important issue for all protected areas of Russia. Many of them are located in the Arctic region that is especially vulnerable to climate change. This issue is observed in management plans of the reserves and is addressed in the process of new PA planning
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Guidelines elaborated by the Komi project are published in 2014 and should be duly distributed by MNRE of Russia.
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Project coordinates proactively the process of creation of Ingermanland reserve in the Gulf of Finland. In 2015 Project prepared and submitted additional set of documents required to obtain approval of the order on establishment of the reserve by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The Ministry of Defense announced no major objections. As per MNRE PA establishment plan and Project team expectations, Ingermanland reserve will be gazetted by the end of 2015.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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The key stakeholder in the Baltic region will provide full support to overcome remaining impediments in the process of establishment of Ingermanland reserve.
[Added: 2016/01/12] [Last Updated: 2018/11/05] |
Baltic Fund for Nature | 2015/12 | Completed | Stakeholders extended support to the establishment of the Ingermanlandsky Reserve after the completion of the UNDP/GEF MCPAs project. Finally in 2017 the Reserve has been formally established under the new name of "Vostok Finskogo Zaliva" (East of the Gulf of Finland). History |
Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
The conflict existed from the moment of reserve establishment back in 1994. The whole Aleut region was included in the reserve, thus setting different regimens of resource use which was not approved by the local authorities and local population. The reserve will obtain the status of national park in 2016, with zonation changed to tailor the existing allowed resource use to the local community needs. Project facilitated cooperation between the reserve and the local administration and population; however it is now up to reserve management to take the suggested corrective actions.
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
CIZ management secured funding for completion of the boat from the federal budget in addition to equipment purchased from the Project funds.
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
This concern was translated to the MNRE. According to them, the budget and the number of staff will not be decreased after obtaining the status of the national park
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
During the course of Project implementation, 4 368 072 ha of new MCPAs have been created. As per Concept 2020 by MNRE, the figure will further increase in the next 5 years.
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
The Law on PAs of Russia is being continuously amended to adhere to the changing approaches to the PA management. However, the overall approach is still much less flexible than the international practice in general. Changing this approach is beyond a single project capacity.
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Management Response: [Added: 2016/01/12]
Ecosystem service tools have not yet found practical application in Russia. One of the remaining Biodiversity portfolio projects overseen by UNDP PSO in Russia will tackle the issue as a part of a biodiversity offset pilot planning.
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