Altai Sayan Ecoregion: Connectivity in a changing climate (UNDP presentation)
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Connectivity, CBD COP 10, Nagoya, 21 st October 2010 Adriana Dinu, UNDP, Regional Environment and Energy Practice Leader, Europe and CIS © 2010 UNDP. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Proprietary and Confidential. Not For Distribution Without Prior Written Permission. CONNECTIVITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: THE ALTAI SAYAN ECOREGION
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The Altai-Sayan Ecoregion is one of the last-remaining untouched areas of the world. It covers over 1 million square km and is shared by Russia (62%), Mongolia (29%), Kazakhstan (5%) and China (4%). It’s globally significant biodiversity is recognized by the 2 World Natural Heritage Sites – “Altai Golden Mountains” in Russia and transboundary “Uvs Lake basin” in Mongolia and Russia.
Transcript of Altai Sayan Ecoregion: Connectivity in a changing climate (UNDP presentation)
Connectivity, CBD COP 10, Nagoya, 21st October 2010
Adriana Dinu, UNDP, Regional Environment and Energy Practice Leader, Europe and CIS
© 2010 UNDP. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.Proprietary and Confidential. Not For Distribution Without Prior Written Permission.
CONNECTIVITY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: THE ALTAI SAYAN ECOREGION
Connectivity, CBD COP 10, Nagoya, 21st October 2010
Overview
Altai Sayan Ecoregion:- Globally significant biodiversity- Carbon sequestration- Climate Change
Improve Connectivity - Within national borders- Across the national borders- Across ecoregions
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Altay Sayan Ecoregion
62%
29% 4%
5%
1,065,000 km2
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Mosaic of woodlands, meadows, mountain tundra, steppes and deserts in the center of Asia
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4000 species of vascular plants ….. 12% endemic
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700 vertebrate species
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Home for 5 million people speaking more than 20 languages
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Carbon storage: 3.21 billion tones of Carbon
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Western Altai Zapovednik Katon Karagai NP
Markakoli Zapovednik Tarbagatai NP
2.8C increase in mean annual temperature – 50 years
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The most vulnerable ecosystems to climate change
nival (glaciers, permafrost
Alpine and tundra
Water ecosystems
Forest ecosytems
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лесные
Climate Change Impacts in Altai: Changes in forest composition
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1999 – 2003:
700,000 m3 wood burned on 60,000 ha: emissions of 3,600,000 t C
Climate Change Impacts in Altai: Intensification of forest fire
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Climate Change Impacts in Altai: Shifting ecosystem ranges
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UNDP, GEF and ICI partnership: to improve connectivity in Altai Sayan as an adaptation measure to Climate Change
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Connectivity within national borders: establishing new PAs (Russia: 0.5 million ha) and improve effectiveness of existing ones
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Connectivity within national borders: Green Corridors and buffer areas in Kazakhstan
348,400 ha
Protecting carbon pools:725,000 ha of natural
forests
- 52.4 million t of carbon –
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Work within and beyond boundaries of protected areas: Fire Management
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Connectivity across borders: transboundary Protected Areas
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Country Protected area Territory, km2
Kazakhstan 2 7,184
China 1 4,377Mongolia 2 7,015Russia 7 9.533
Total 12 28,109
Altai Transboundary PA network
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Connectivity across borders: Transboundary agreements for collaboration
Altai Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina BR
Uvs Nuur Reserve
Ubsunur NP transboundary
Katusnky BR
Katun Karagai NP
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Altai ArgaliConnectivity for migratory species – Altai Argali
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Snow LeopardConnectivity for migratory species – Snow Leopard
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Connectivity across ecoregions: Altay - Baikal Megaconnectivity Conservation Corridor: proposed
Altai-Sayan eco-region
Altai – Baikal CC mega-corridor
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Challenges in designing and implementing connectivity:
Scale: institutional, across administrative boundaries, national boundaries.
Improving management effectiveness of existing areas is a more urgent priority for governments
Creating PAs areas automatically excludes any form of economic use – bias towards Category I in CIS
Assumptions that all proposed PAs will be created immediately - Expansion Plans difficult to negotiate
Funding for existing vs planned
Timeframes - gazettment takes much longer than a project lifetime
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Thank you!
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