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SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REPORT 6563 The process of creating Biosphere Reserves tion and development go hand in hand, are activities that are prioritised by the Biosphere Office. An example of this is the work in creating a multifunctional golf course by Åhus, and preparing a publication on the multifunctionality of the landscape with grants and assistance from the Nordic Council of Ministers. The activities of the Biosphere Reserve in Kristianstad Wetland, have a clear position in the “conservation function” and have, to a limited extent, involved stakeholders from the local business community. However there are plans to expand the collaboration with local entrepreneurs in order to also strengthen the development section of the Biosphere concept. Collaboration and anchoring occurred primarily among the municipality’s politicians, and a prioritised goal has been to keep local politicians updated on how the work is progressing. The integration of research in the Biosphere Reserve has not developed as hoped, but it has been resolved somewhat in recent years. Today Kristianstad University is involved in several projects, and there are a number of projects that are run by the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Through the Stockholm Resilience Centre’s activities in the area, knowledge about Kristianstad Wetland and what is being achieved there also exists in settings outwith both the Municipality and Biosphere circles. However the hope is that in future there will be more research on ecological and above all limnological issues. Much of the Biosphere work in Kristianstad Wetland has been about establishing concrete credibility-building operations, which are for the main part carried out through initiation of, and partaking in different projects with stakeholders in nonprofit making nature conservation, and with schools. Through the years the Biosphere work has become more and more institutionalised and is now something that people in the Municipality are familiar with, and something that many relate to. The important informative and communicative work has existed as a strategy in the different projects from the start, and driven the Biosphere work forward. The preparation of an annual report that is available to the public for example, and the use of social media to reach and interact with the public, constituted at an early stage, an important part of the operation. Our view is that the work is driven by results and goal orientation, and that there is a will to achieve something concrete. This concrete and result-orientated work, which is often carried out in project form, has meant among other things, that it has been relatively unproblematic to communicate the work to, for example, the media. 19
SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REPORT 6563 The process of creating Biosphere Reserves Multifunctional golf course at Åhus. Photo: Patrik Olofsson. 3.1.3 Financing Since the beginning of the Biosphere work, it has been possible to finance 2-3 employees at the Biosphere Office. The development of Eco Museum and the Wetland have, for the most part been financed by the Municipality, which has until now contributed a basic sum of around 2 million Swedish kronor per year. Since 2001 the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency have financed about 1.5 million Swedish kronor per year (including a grant to establish a Visitor Centre [Naturum]). Since the establishment of the Naturum the Municipality has further invested approximately 3 million Swedish kronor in running costs and 7 million Swedish kronor in rental costs. In conjunction with any special project, the Municipality provides additional funding. Money is also solicited annually from various external financiers for special projects. In 2011 for example about 1.8 million Swedish kronor was used for twelve different externally funded projects. Several national companies have also been involved in sponsorship of different projects within the area over the years: e.g. SE Bank Mortgages who sponsored the Nature Reserve for the stork’s feeding grounds, the crisp company OLW sponsored 2.5 million Swedish kronor for operations alongside, and in the river Vrams in connection with the cultivation of potatoes for crisps, along with arable land adjacent to the river. There are also collaborative funding solutions with non-profit making and public sector sources e.g. the project for restocking cat-fish and restoration work on shoreline meadows for ducks and waders, which was undertaken in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management etc. 20
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