The project’s objective is to spearhead integrated natural resource management of Baikal Lake Basin and Hövsgöl Lake ensuring ecosystem resilience, reduced water quality threats in the context of sustainable economic development. The project has three primary components: elaborating a strategic policy and planning framework; strengthening institutional capacity for IWRM; and demonstrating water quality and biodiversity mainstreaming practice, including groundwater monitoring and protection.
Other (not set)
Mongolia, Russian Federation, Regional
Lake
Budget
USD 14,568,000
Total Cost of the project
USD 3,898,000
GEF Allocation to project
Demonstration sites
Cattle mortuary in Barguzinsky district, Buryatia, Russia Cattle mortuary in Kurumkansky district, Buryatia, Russia Clean-up of Riparian zone of Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia Complex eco-tour for Baikal State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Tankhoi, Buryatia, Russia Eco-trail “Cedar Alley” in Baikal State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Tankhoi, Buryatia, Russia Eco-trail Yanzhima, Buryatia, Russia Holbinsky mine, Buryatia, Russia Inoperative mining enterprise “Dzhidinsky”, Buryatia, Russia Integration of Baikal Reserves into EUROPARC association, Hortobágy National Park, Debrecen, Hungary Kholodninsky polymetal deposit, Buryatia, Russia Shoreline clean-up of Lake Baikal and Selenga, Buryatia, Russia Ushkanyi Islands, Zabaikalski National Park, Buryatia, RussiaPartners
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Contacts
Project manager
Project Administration and Logistics Officer
UNDP/GEF Regional Technical Advisor for International Waters for Europe, CIS and Arab States
Rural Development Specialist
Head of UNDP Project Office