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The Boreal Forest Study: Finding Exceptional Protected Area Sites in the Boreal Ecozone That Could Merit World Heritage Status Boreal Forest Study - Table of Contents The Boreal Forest Study: Finding exceptional protected area sites in the boreal ecozone that could merit World Heritage Status Consultation Draft – February 2003 Compiled by Danielle Cantin, IUCN Temperate and Boreal Forest Programme Montréal, Canada In collaboration with Alexei Blagovidov IUCN Office for the Commonwealth of Independent State Moscow, Russia And Alexei Butorin Natural Heritage Protection Fund-Russia Edited by Clarisse Kehler Seibert Boreal Forest Study - Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgements ..................................................................................... 5 List of Acronyms Executive Summary Introduction ................................................................................................ 7 Process ..................................................................................................... 18 Methods .................................................................................................... 19 1. Expert Consultation ......................................................................................... 19 2. Database search ............................................................................................. 20 Overview of Results .................................................................................. 20 1. Expert Consultations ........................................................................................ 24 2. Database search ............................................................................................. 25 Chapter 1: North America ......................................................................... 45 Canada .............................................................................................................. 49 Clusters from database search: .......................................................................... 49 Clusters and sites from expert consultation (detailed proposals): ............................ 52 Muskwa-Kechika Management Area ...............................................................................53 Wood Buffalo National Park Satellites .............................................................................65 Labrador/Québec Cluster .............................................................................................77 Atikaki - woodland caribou Wilderness Area: Manitoba component .....................................83 Atikaki - woodland caribou Wilderness Area: Ontario Component ....................................... 91 Atikaki - woodland caribou Wilderness Area: First Nations Component ................................ 99 Natashquan River Valley ............................................................................................ 105 Alaska (United States) ........................................................................................ 113 Clusters from database search: ......................................................................... 113 Chapter 2: Russia .................................................................................... 117 Clusters and sites from expert consultation (priority and special mentions): ............ 118 «Paanajarvi-Oulanka» International Russian-Finnish Site ................................................ 121 Valdai – the Great Watershed ..................................................................................... 125 Pinezhsky State Nature Reserve .................................................................................. 133 Basegi Nature Reserve............................................................................................... 139 Malaya Sos’va Nature Reserve .................................................................................... 143 Tsentralno-Sibirsky Biosphere State Nature Reserve ...................................................... 149 Sayano-Shushensky State Nature Reserve ................................................................... 155 Putoransky State Nature Reserve ................................................................................ 161 Tungussky State Nature Reserve ................................................................................. 167 The Bikin River Valley ................................................................................................ 171 Magadansky Nature Reserve ....................................................................................... 177 The Kuril Islands ....................................................................................................... 185 Chapter 3: Scandinavia ........................................................................... 193 Norway ............................................................................................................ 193 Laponian Area Norwegian Extension ............................................................................ 197 Sweden ............................................................................................................ 203 Conclusion .............................................................................................. 207 Boreal Forest Study - Table of Contents Table 1. Current World Heritage Sites in the Boreal Ecozone ............................. 13 Table 2. Summary of Proposed and Mentioned Sites in Canada ......................... 27 Table 3. Summary of Proposed Sites in Alaska ................................................ 31 Table 4. Summary of Proposed and Mentioned Sites in Russia ........................... 33 Table 5. Summary of Proposed Site in Norway ................................................ 39 Table 6. Current Boreal Forest World Heritage Sites ......................................... 41 Map 1. Intact Boreal Forest Landscapes. .......................................................... 9 Map 2. Ecoregions of Canada ........................................................................ 59 Map 3. Protected Areas on Intact Boreal Forests in Canada ............................... 47 Map 4. Protected Areas on Intact Boreal Forests in Alaska .............................. 111 Map 5. Protected Areas on Intact Boreal Forests in Russia ............................. 1191 Map 6. Intact Boreal Forest Landscapes in Scandinavia .................................. 183 Map 7. Swedish Protected Areas ................................................................. 193 Figure 1. Map and pictures from Muskwa-Kechika Management Area ................. 55 Figure 2. Map and pictures from Wood Buffalo National Park Satellites ............... 67 Figure 3. Map and pictures from Québec-Labrador Cluster ................................ 71 Figure 4. Map and pictures from Atikaki Provincial Park .................................... 85 Figure 5. Map and pictures from woodland caribou Provincial Park ................... 935 Figure 6. Map of the First Nations Accord ..................................................... 101 Figure 7. Map and pictures of Natashquan River Valley ..................................... 99 Figure 8. Pictures from Alaska .................................................................... 107 Figure 9. Map and picture of Rago National Park ........................................... 187 Box 1. Advantages of World Heritage Status for Protecting Global Forest Ecosystems…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………19 9 Box 2 Box 3 Boreal Forest Study - Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Our thanks is extended to the many people who contributed to this study.1 Some provided inputs on the overall approach, while others provided country-specific information and exceptional boreal forest sites proposals. The contributions of these individuals are integrated throughout this report. Canada John Kristensen and Archie Landals, Alberta Parks & Protected Areas Dept. Fred Beek, Saskatchewan Environment Gord Jones and Ken Schykulski, Manitoba Conservation Ray Rabliauskas, Poplar River First Nation, Manitoba Barton Feilders and Doug Gilmore, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Alex Peters, Pikangikum First Nation, Ontario Léopold Gaudreau and Patrick Beauchesne, Ministère de l'Environnement du Québec Jean Gagnon and Alain Hébert, Société de la faune et des parcs du Québec Mike Cahill, and Siân French, Newfoundland Parks and Natural Areas Murray McComb, Stephen Woodley, Claude Mondor, Tom Lee and Patrick Nantel, Parks Canada Bruce Amos, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Kathleen O'Neill, Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board, British-Columbia Anne Jansen, John O’Driscoll and George Smith, Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society Peter Lee, Global Forest Watch Canada Jane Barr, Environmental Consultant Sweden Rolf Lofgren, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Norway 1 The following list is not extensive. Please notify Georgina Peard of omissions at [email protected] Boreal Forest Study - Acknowledgements Jan-Petter Huberth-Hansen and Gaute Sønstebø, Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management Russia Julia Kuleshova, Environmental Consultant and Editor Dmitry Aksenov, Socio-Ecological Union International Tatiana Yanitskaya, Biodiversity Conservation Center Ruslan Kiselev, Biodiversity Conservation Center The Unit of Protected Nature Areas at the Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation The Unit of Game Management at the Game Resources Conservation and Development Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation All people of
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