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THE IUCN PROGRAMME OFFICE
FOR THE SOUTHERN CAUCASUS
Activities and opportunities for collaboration
Tobias Garstecki, Programme Coordinator
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF
NATURE
• Founded 1946
IUCN Members
• Membership organisation and
expert network
Affiliates
International
NGOs
State
Gov. Agency
– 1,100 member organisations,
including 86 states
National
NGOs
– Six global Commissions with
11,000 members
• Global leader in conservation
knowledge
– International Red List of
Threatened Species
– Protected Areas Best Practice
Guidelines
– Environmental Law Centre
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IUCN IN GEORGIA
• Georgia is State Member of IUCN
since October 2008
• Three NGO Members
– Three more applications pending
• 17 Commision Members, mainly in
Species Survival Commission and
World Commission on Protected
Areas
• IUCN Programme Office for the
Southern Caucasus
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-Established 2006, partly supported by CIM
-Implements the IUCN 2009-2012 global Programme Shaping a
Sustainable Future in the Southern Caucasus
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PROJECTS I
• Halting the Loss of Biodiversity in
the Southern Caucasus
– 2007-2008; Geo, Aze, Arm
– EUR 150K, from Norwegian MFA
– Beneficiaries: MoEs, NGOs, tourism
sector
• Activities based on Message from
Gudauri, regional Countdown 2010
– Biodiversity monitoring
– Protected area system
strengthening
– International conventions
– Assessment of Ecotourism potential
– Communication
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PROJECTS II
• On the Final Straight to 2010
– 2008-2009; Geo, Aze, Arm
– EUR 206K, from Norwegian MFA
• Activities continue those of 2007-08
project, plus:
– Support to national Red List
development
– Business and Biodiversity
Roundtables
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PROJECTS III
• Management Plan for Ktsia-
Tabatskuri Managed Reserve
– 2006-2008
– USD 250K, from BP BTC (plus
funding to project partners)
– Beneficiary: MoE Georgia
– Baseline study and draft
management plan
development, public
consultation of plan
– Training of Georgian Protected
Area managers, based on PA
Best Practice Guidelines
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JOINT ACTIVITIES OF IUCN POSC AND WWF
• Protected Area Management
Effectiveness Assessment
– 12/2008, in Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia;
– based on RAPPAM
methodology
• Training in IUCN Red List
Methodology
– 03/2008, Armenia
• Forest Law Enforcement and
Governance
– New joint project (together with
World Bank) in inception phase
– Georgia to be included
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MEMBER SUPPORT AND NETWORKING
• Knowledge provision
• Policy platform/Convener
– IUCN online resources
– Conservation library at POSC
– Contacts to IUCN experts
– e.g. Countdown 2010 in the
Caucasus
• Joint project development
– e.g. KTMR, with GCCW
• International promotion of
conservation in Georgia
– e.g. World Conservation
Congress 2008
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FUTURE PLANS
• Implementation of 2009-2010 IUCN global Programme, in
collaboration with members and partners
– www.iucn.org/about/work/global_programme/index.cfm
• Thematic priorities
– Protected areas system and capacity development
– Sustainable natural resource use, particularly forestry
– Biodiversity conservation and livelihoods
– Species conservation in a changing climate
• Strengthening of the network character of IUCN in the Southern
Caucasus
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CONTACT INFORMATION
IUCN Programme Office for the Southern Caucasus
41, Vaja-Pshavela Ave. 6th floor. (near Metro Delisi)
0177 Tbilisi, Georgia
Telephone: +995-32-473 070/71
Fax : +995-32-395 705
E-mail: caucasus@iucn.org
Web: www.iucn.org/caucasus
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