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Outcome 5: PA systems and other stakeholders throughout Kamchatka and the Russian Federation systematically apply and utilize lessons learned and best practices generated by the project

Many project experiences and lessons learned will be made available for replication in other PAs throughout the Kamchatka Oblast, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Russian Federation. The project will support the compilation and distribution of best practices and lessons learned, and will pride opportunities for broad exposure to the foregoing to staff of other federal and regional PAs.

Output 5.1   Materials on best practices and lessons learned are prepared for distribution

To disseminate and publicize the best practices, lessons learned and achievements of the project, a compendium will be prepared and made available for wide distribution. It will be available in both hard copy and on CDs. A concise menu of the project’s knowledge products will be developed, regularly updated and disseminated through the project website and UNDP and GEF networks. The project’s web site will be upgraded and continuously maintained.

Output 5.2   Staff of other PAs and all stakeholders are exposed to best practices and lessons learned

The project will support the organization and holding of seminars illustrating the lessons learned and best practices. Representatives of other PAs in Kamchatka and the Russian Federation, and all stakeholders, including representatives of the governments, local communities, NGOs and the private sector, will be sensitized to the achievements of the project and the mechanisms to be employed to transfer the valuable practices and lessons to other areas in Kamchatka and the Russian Federation. The facilities of the Training Centre for PA management to be established in Phase II (see output 1.1) will be utilized . A prime focus will also be on the demonstration and replication of a new model of collaboration between federal and regional level PAs.

Output 5.3 Systemic nation-wide replication of project lessons and results through ministerial and NGO networks

The second project Phase will be focussed on providing a model demonstration for the Russian Federation of how regional and federal protected areas systems can be properly managed and sustained under the newly re-structured government responsibilities and policies. The dissemination and sustainability of project results will be ensured by integrating project recommendations into ministerial PA management methodologies and programmes. This component will also aim to develop better coordination and integration of activities between the federally-administered and the regionally-administered PAs. Efforts will be also made to strengthen  mechanisms for multi-sectoral coordination, promote dialogue among conservation and economic development authorities on the lessons generated by the project, and mainstream the integration of the conservation of global environmental values into Kamchatka sectoral policies.

End of Project Situation: The four protected areas’ management will be strengthened, and they will serve as models of approaches to sustainable biodiversity conservation in different socio-economic and institutional contexts. Measurable indicators, that are presented in Annex A, will show that the long-term conservation of their biodiversity values has been assured through the elimination of the threats confronting them, and clearly evident improvements in their management. Poaching and natural resource over-exploitation will have been significantly reduced, and the provision of alternative sources of livelihood for local communities will have negated the biodiversity exploitation pressure from these populations. The recreational potential of the areas will have been realized at a sustainable level through planned and well-managed tourism and visitation, activities that will also contribute to increasing the areas’ self-financing capability. The protected areas will enjoy strong support from local communities, decision-makers at all levels and the general public, and will serve as anchors for the continued raising of biodiversity awareness and recognition of the need to safeguard biodiversity values among future generations in Kamchatka and visitors alike. Moreover, the protected areas will provide managers and decision-makers a replicable model for improving the management of the entire system of PAs in Kamchatka and indeed the entire Russian Federation. Likewise, the project will provide a replicable model for the coordinated and effective management of federal and regional PAs under the new institutional structure governing PAs in the Russian Federation.

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