Russian Federation - Support to the National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment

The objective of the NPA-Arctic Project is to develop and establish a sustainable framework to reduce environmental degradation of the Russian Arctic from land-based activities on a systemic basis by implementation of a Strategic Action Program (SAP) The SAP is being developed to comply with obligations of the Russian Federation under international conventions and agreements taking into account decisions and programmes of the Arctic Council. As such, it would create conditions, which will allow for capital investments to flow in the Russian Arctic in order to ensure long term protection of coastal and marine environment of the Arctic and to address main root causes of trans-boundary pollution in the Russian Arctic.

The project is implemented by UNEP and executed by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (Mineconomrazvitiya of Russia). The Project is also supported by bi-lateral donor participation from the governments of Canada, the United States, Italy, and Iceland. Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation (NEFCO) is Partner Agency.

The Project comprises four principal components:

• 1. Preparation and adoption of a Strategic Action Programme (SAP);
• 2. Completion of a set of Pre-Investment Studies (PINS);
• 3. Development and implementation of Environmental Protection System (EPS), embodying legislative, administrative, institutional and technical capacity improvements consistent with the SAP;
• 4. Three demonstrations projects on:

1. Indigenous Environmental Co-management;
2. Remediation of the Environment through the Use of Brown Algae; and
3. Environmental Remediation of Two Decommissioned Military Bases

Several minor pilot projects have been implemented also under the demo projects component.

• PhD Sergei Tambiev
  Deputy project Manager, Russia; State Committee on Environmental Protection,

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• Outreach materials
  • Diagnostic analysis of environmental problems of the Russian Arctic Booklet
  • Environmental Remediation of Decommissioned Military Bases on Franz Josef Land Archipelago Booklet
  • Hot spots of the Russian Arctic Booklet
  • Franz Josef Land: Environmental Remediation in the Area of Decommissioned Military Bases
• Evaluations Reports
  • 2011 Results Notes - Support to the National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
  • Mid-Term Review-Russian Federation
• Maps/Graphics
  • Hotspots
• Workshops
  • 1st Steering Committee Meeting
  • 2nd Steering Committee Meeting
  • 4th Steering Committee Meeting
  • 5th Steering Committee Meeting
• Project Documents
  • NPA Arctic-Project brief
  • Russian Federation - Project document
  • PIR
    • 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
    • Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 January 2009 to 30 June 2009
    • Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 July 2008 to 31 December 2008
    • Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 January 2008 to 30 June 2008
    • Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 July 2007 to 31 December 2007
    • Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 January 2007 to 30 June 2007
    • Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 July 2006 to 31 December 2006
    • Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Office Activities for the period from January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006
    • 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
    • 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007
  • Project Document (Russian)
• Technical Reports
  • Russian Federation - SAP
  • Diagonistic Analysis of the Environmental Status of the Russian Arctic (Advanced Summary)