Baltic Fund for Nature

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Baltic Fund for NatureOf St. Petersburg
Naturalists Society
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Baltic Fund for Naturewas established in
1995as a structural unit ofSt.Petersburg
Naturalists Society -one of the oldest
environmental and scientificNGOs in
Russia,founded in 1868at St.Petersburg
University.Partner to WWF Baltic Program since
1995Member of Coastal Union - EUCC since
1998Member of IUCN since 2000
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Baltic Fund for Nature

• Scientific and applied projects studying and
  preserving biodiversity, rare species and
  valuable biotopes
• Protected Areas network development
• Sustainable rural development nature tourism,
  nature friendly agriculture
• Environmental education, awareness
• Environmental information on North-west Russia
• Strengthening cooperation in the field of nature
  protection and sustainable development

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Baltic Fund for NatureRepresentative office of
Association of Zapovedniks (Strict Nature
Reserves) and National Parks in North-West
RussiaCenter of supplementary educational
programs at the Faculty of Biology and Soil
Science, St.Petersburg State UniversityMember
of SPSU - UC, Berkeley Center for cooperation in
sustainable development and environmental
management
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Baltic Fund for Nature
Main foreign partners and donors
WWF Sweden WWF Denmark WWF Finland WWF Russia WWF
International WWF Baltic Program
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Main partners in Russia
Baltic Fund for Nature

• Ministry for Natural Resources of Russian
  Federation
• Department for Natural Resources of North-West
  Federal District
• Committee for Natural Resources of Pskov Region
• Committee for Natural resources of Novgorod
  Region
• St. Petersburg city Administration
• Government of Leningrad region
• Government of Pskov region
• Government of Karelian Republic

• St.Petersburg State University
• Karelian Research Center of RAS
• Zoological Institute of RAS
• Botanical Institute of RAS
• Pskov State Pedagogical Institute
• Association of Zapovedniks and National Parks of
  NW Russia
• Club Ecology
• Green World
• Neva river clear waters
• Ecocenter Zapovedniks
• Biodiversity Conservation Center

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Baltic Fund for Nature
Terrestrial Ecosystems Program
Ladoga LakeProgram
Marine Ecosystems Program
Educational Program
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Terrestrial Ecosystems Program
DANCEE Project Protected area co-ordination,
networking and capacity building in European
Russia in co-operation with Association of
Zapovedniks and National Parks of North-West
Russia, Nordeco 2001 - 2003

• Investigations and long-term monitoring of
  biodiversity in Pskov and Leningrad regions

DANCEE project Towards sustainable development
of Sebezhsky National Park in co-operation with
Nordeco,Sebezh district administration 2000 -
2001
Management Plan for Sebezhsky NP
EU LIFE Project PAs for Life in co-operation
with IUCN, Metsahallitus and Government of
Leningrad region 2005-2007
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Educational Program

• Over 30 TV programs produced and broadcasted
  since 1998 in co-operation with local TV channels
  
• Informational resource centre is opened for
  public since 2000
• University students are involved into the projects

• NatureWatch Baltic
• Environmental education project for schools in
  The Baltic sea region
• The program is co-ordinated by WWF Sweden and
  supported by SIDA
• Since 1995

Centre for cooperation in sustainable
development and environmental management
Initiative of St.Petersburg State University and
UC, Berkeley Since 2004
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Marine Ecosystems Program
TACIS IBPP Project Promoting public
participation in environmental policy making
and implementation in the Baltic regions of
Russia Together with WWF Sweden and WWF
BEAP 2005-2007
Seals monitoring project in co-operation
withWWF, Swedish Museum of Natural
History,Finnish Game and Fisheries Research
Institute, Estonian Fund for Nature, Since 1993
Dutch PIN MATRA project Adopting of Integrated
Coastal Zone Management principles to Russia in
co-operation with EUCC, Kingisepp district
administration 1998 - 1999
Environmental Impact Assessmentsin the Baltic
and Arctic Seas
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Ladoga Lake Program
Karelian Research Centre of RAS, Baltic Fund for
Nature Long-term monitoring of the largest
European aggregations of geese during spring
migration Since 1995
Ladoga Lake Region Feasibility Study Together
with KRC RAS and WWF Denmark 1999-2000
Improvement of agricultural practices in Eastern
Ladoga in co-operation with WWF Sweden, Karelian
Research Centre of RAS,State Livestock Farm
Iljinsky Since 2000
Rural development in Olonets, Southern Karelia
in co-operation with WWF Sweden, Karelian
Research Centre of RAS, RK Ministry of
Agriculture,Olonets district administration
Since 2000
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Baltic Fund for Nature

• 400 000 EUR average annual operational budget
  is about
• Over 150 people are directly involved into
  project work about 300 schools participate in
  Naturewatch program
• 18 Projects were implemented in 2005

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Thank you!Baltic Fund for Nature
ofSt.Petersburg Naturalists SocietyUniveristets
kaya emb., 7/9St.Petersburg 19034
Russiawww.bfn.org.ru