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THE IUCN PROGRAMME OFFICE<br />
FOR THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS<br />
Activities and opportunities for collaboration<br />
Tobias Garstecki, Programme Coordinator<br />
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF<br />
NATURE<br />
• Founded 1946<br />
IUCN Members<br />
• Membership organisation and<br />
expert network<br />
Affiliates<br />
International<br />
NGOs<br />
State<br />
Gov. Agency<br />
– 1,100 member organisations,<br />
including 86 states<br />
National<br />
NGOs<br />
– Six global Commissions with<br />
11,000 members<br />
• Global leader in conservation<br />
knowledge<br />
– International Red List of<br />
Threatened Species<br />
– Protected Areas Best Practice<br />
Guidelines<br />
– Environmental Law Centre<br />
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IUCN IN GEORGIA<br />
• Georgia is State Member of IUCN<br />
since October 2008<br />
• Three NGO Members<br />
– Three more applications pending<br />
• 17 Commision Members, mainly in<br />
Species Survival Commission and<br />
World Commission on Protected<br />
Areas<br />
• IUCN Programme Office for the<br />
Southern Caucasus<br />
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-Established 2006, partly supported by CIM<br />
-Implements the IUCN 2009-2012 global Programme Shaping a<br />
Sustainable Future in the Southern Caucasus<br />
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PROJECTS I<br />
• Halting the Loss of Biodiversity in<br />
the Southern Caucasus<br />
– 2007-2008; Geo, Aze, Arm<br />
– EUR 150K, from Norwegian MFA<br />
– Beneficiaries: MoEs, NGOs, tourism<br />
sector<br />
• Activities based on Message from<br />
Gudauri, regional Countdown 2010<br />
– Biodiversity monitoring<br />
– Protected area system<br />
strengthening<br />
– International conventions<br />
– Assessment of Ecotourism potential<br />
– Communication<br />
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PROJECTS II<br />
• On the Final Straight to 2010<br />
– 2008-2009; Geo, Aze, Arm<br />
– EUR 206K, from Norwegian MFA<br />
• Activities continue those of 2007-08<br />
project, plus:<br />
– Support to national Red List<br />
development<br />
– Business and Biodiversity<br />
Roundtables<br />
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PROJECTS III<br />
• Management Plan for Ktsia-<br />
Tabatskuri Managed Reserve<br />
– 2006-2008<br />
– USD 250K, from BP BTC (plus<br />
funding to project partners)<br />
– Beneficiary: MoE Georgia<br />
– Baseline study and draft<br />
management plan<br />
development, public<br />
consultation of plan<br />
– Training of Georgian Protected<br />
Area managers, based on PA<br />
Best Practice Guidelines<br />
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JOINT ACTIVITIES OF IUCN POSC AND WWF<br />
• Protected Area Management<br />
Effectiveness Assessment<br />
– 12/2008, in Armenia,<br />
Azerbaijan, Georgia;<br />
– based on RAPPAM<br />
methodology<br />
• Training in IUCN Red List<br />
Methodology<br />
– 03/2008, Armenia<br />
• Forest Law Enforcement and<br />
Governance<br />
– New joint project (together with<br />
World Bank) in inception phase<br />
– Georgia to be included<br />
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MEMBER SUPPORT AND NETWORKING<br />
• Knowledge provision<br />
• Policy platform/Convener<br />
– IUCN online resources<br />
– Conservation library at POSC<br />
– Contacts to IUCN experts<br />
– e.g. Countdown 2010 in the<br />
Caucasus<br />
• Joint project development<br />
– e.g. KTMR, with GCCW<br />
• International promotion of<br />
conservation in Georgia<br />
– e.g. World Conservation<br />
Congress 2008<br />
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FUTURE PLANS<br />
• Implementation of 2009-2010 IUCN global Programme, in<br />
collaboration with members and partners<br />
– www.iucn.org/about/work/global_programme/index.cfm<br />
• Thematic priorities<br />
– Protected areas system and capacity development<br />
– Sustainable natural resource use, particularly forestry<br />
– Biodiversity conservation and livelihoods<br />
– Species conservation in a changing climate<br />
• Strengthening of the network character of IUCN in the Southern<br />
Caucasus<br />
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CONTACT INFORMATION<br />
IUCN Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus<br />
41, Vaja-Pshavela Ave. 6th floor. (near Metro Delisi)<br />
0177 Tbilisi, Georgia<br />
Telephone: +995-32-473 070/71<br />
Fax : +995-32-395 705<br />
E-mail: caucasus@iucn.org<br />
Web: www.iucn.org/caucasus<br />
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