PLANNED PROTECTED AREAS IN THE ARKHANGELSK Mezen REGION 23 atlantic salmon 8 whooper swan 13 16 14 Leshukonskoe 17 1 wild forest reindeer ARKHANGELSK 9 Новодвинск 12 Kholmogory freshwater 3 pearl mussel вrandt's nature reserve bat Karpogory Onega botanical garden nature park 11 2 nature monument tree lungwort 24 wild forest reindeer white-tailed eagle Bereznik Plesetsk 4 4 22 atlantic salmon Verkhnyaya Toyma Yarensk 10 15 Shenkursk 18 5 common lady’s slipper crane 19 orchid Nyandoma Kargopol Krasnoborsk 7 6 Koryazhma 21 20 Котлас Velsk Konosha Oktyabrsky 1 Verkhnechelassky 14 Sebboloto 2 15 Dvina-Pinega (Verkhneyulovsky) Lekshmokh At the moment the ecological assessments 3 Puchkomsky (expansion) 16 Dendrological (botanical) garden 4 Uftyuga-Ilesha “SevNIILH” of the Dvina-Pinega and Uftyuga-Ilesha 5 Atleka 17 Solzinsky Landscape Reserves have passed the state 6 Voloshsky 18 Shilovsky (expansion) environmental impact assessment. Also 7 Ustiansky (expansion) 19 Lake Churozero (correction the proposal to expand the Zelezhnye Vorota 8 Kuloysky (expansion) of borders) 20 Landscape Reserve has been approved. These 9 Onega coast Turovsky Les 21 10 Nature reserve in the Lensky district Kovzhinsky documents determine, among other things, 22 11 Zvozsky Soyginsky the borders, protection regimes and 23 12 Chugsky (expansion) Timansky conservation zones of the nature reserves. 24 13 Zheleznye Vorota (expansion) Klonovsky (expansion) Intact forest landscapes are Arkhangelsk Region has been shaped by optimal habitats for such coniferous forests, covering most of its animals as bears, pine martens, elks and territory. Its virgin forests, which have not capercaillies. been disturbed by human activities, play a key role in protecting populations of rare and threatened species. Therefore, it is important to protect not only 2000 2013 unique, but also typical ecosystems in the 10% region. Protected areas are the most DECREASE IN THE AREA effective way to conserve valuable natural OF INTACT FOREST LANDSCAPES habitats. Creating new protected areas, as well as expanding existing ones, allows us to preserve natural ecosystems and landscapes that have not been disturbed by human activities. Thus, protected areas EXTENSIVE FORESTRY 30% ensure effective ecosystem function as well THREATENS THE EXISTENCE OF THE FOREST LAND as ecological balance in the region. OF THE LAST IN THE ARKHANGELSK OLD-GROWTH REGION IS COVERED BY FORESTS INTACT FOREST LANDSCAPES (WHICH IFL — Intact Forest Landscape is an area large IFL enough to maintain viable populations of large IS THE HIGHEST animals (at least 500 km2, and no less than 10 km wide) PERCENTAGE IN NORTH-WEST RUSSIA) 24 According to the Convention on Biological Diversity**, by 2020 parties PROTECTED AREAS to the convention should protect at least 17% of terrestrial areas and TO BE ESTABLISHED inland waters as well as 10% of coastal and marine areas. In northern BY 2030* areas these percentages could be even higher because northern ecosystems are vulnerable to change and slow to recover. INCLUDING: Planned protected areas aim at protecting: 17 NEW PROTECTED 3,16% AREAS ● old-growth forests and intact forest AREA OF PLANNED landscapes PROTECTED AREAS ● valuable wetlands and peatlands 7 ● river sources and watersheds EXPANSIONS 14% ● natural habitats of plants and animals OF THE ARKHANGELSK OF EXISTING (including rare and red-listed species) PROTECTED AREAS REGION WILL BE ● habitats of key species, such as wild COVERED BY forest reindeer and Atlantic salmon PROTECTED AREAS ● unique types of soil and relief EVEN WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ALL PLANNED PROTECTED AREAS, ● highly productive lake systems THE GOAL OF 17% PROTECTION ● areas with great recreational potential WOULD NOT BE REACHED IN THE ARKHANGELSK REGION * Regional land use plan of the Arkhangelsk Region from 25th December 2012 For more information, please contact the Centre for environmental protection ** Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) from 5th June 1992 in the Arkhangelsk Region, Arkhangelsk, ulitsa Pavla Usova, 14, +7 8182 68 50 81 (also +7 8182 29 52 10, or +7 8182 68 50 99).