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Sustainable livelihoods and boreal forest conservation in Central Siberia

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Ref:: EIDPR086
Type:: Scoping Award
Project leader:: Dr Jenny Wong
Host institutions:: Friends of the Siberian Forests, IUCN Moscow
Start date:: 2007-07-22
UK institutions:: Wild Resources Ltd
Finish date:: 2007-07-31
Website:
Region:: Europe & Central Asia
Status:: Completed
Countries:: Russian Federation

Project description

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Purpose

to support local economic development based on sustainable exploitation of the boreal forests of Central Siberia, in order to encourage conservation rather than destruction.

Activities

Scoping trip: -learn from the IUCN-CIDA project on NTFP development in Kamchatka (IUCN 2006) and the ongoing Tree Council Darwin project in Tomsk; identify skill-gaps that could be filled from the UK; examine project logistics, match funding etc; prepare a draft project logframe.

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