Sustainable Support for Biodiversity and Forestry in Tomsk Taiga, Siberia
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £163,200
WHERE Russian Federation
Summary
To help conserve the biodiversity of the taiga forest and to raise awareness of its social, economic and environmental value, by creating a model of sustainable forestry use involving local communities. This model will provide a detailed forest action plan as progress towards meeting Russian BAP targets.
Pricebatch (Altai-UK) LTS, Tomsk Ecological Student's Inspection, Tomsk State University - TSU, Tomsk State Forestry Agency, Tomsk Regional Environment Protection Agency - TEPA, IIES - Institute of International Environmental Safety
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT, INCENTIVES, SUSTAINABLE USE, ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION, IN SITU, SPECIES CONSERVATION
Specific Tools
NBSAP, CERTIFICATION, MONITORING, RESEARCH TRAINING
Countries
Russian Federation
Project Outputs
Establish FSC certification.
Ecological survey and monitoring.
Managed Forests:
Develop community-based harvesting of sustainable forest products
Raising awareness of the value of forests.
Development of Eco-tourism.
Darwin Initiative Round 32 is now open for applications! A new round of funding to support ambitious projects delivering impact for biodiversity and communities.
From scaling successful approaches to strengthening locally led conservation, explore key lessons shared by projects working on the front line of biodiversity action.
