Report NPS/SWI meeting May 23 2018 Mats-Rune Bergström Ellinor Bomark
Work Program 2018-2019
Barents Intact Forest Strategy
2018-06-29 Naturvårdsverket Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Strategy for Protection of Intact Forests in the Barents Region Meeting of WGE, Piteå, Sweden 2018-05-24 Olle Höjer Swedish EPA
2018-06-29 Naturvårdsverket 5 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Time line - 2011 Starting the work with Strategy - 2013: 11 th Ministerial meeting in Inari called for finalization of a strategy - Nov 2015: Ministerial meeting in Sortavala not enough support for strategy - Sept 2017: Comments and questions from Russian Forest Agency - Sept 2017: Meeting of WGE in Kjerringøy Suggestion for further work
2018-06-29 Naturvårdsverket 6 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Current Recommendations of Strategy 1. Preserve intact forest landscapes and tracts 2. Establishment of planned protected areas as statutory protected areas by 2020 3. Undertake restoration measures in areas with high restoration potential 4. Support Barents Protected Area Network (BPAN) as a regional initiative to protect intact forest 5. Ensure that intact forest in existing and planned protected areas are adequately preserved 6. Ensure stakeholder participation in preservation of intact forests as appropriate 7. Ensure sufficient long-term financing of preservation of intact forests 8. Improve knowledge about the intact forests 9. Monitor intact forest 10. Develop Regional strategies and Action Plans
2018-06-29 Naturvårdsverket 7 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Latest statement from WGE Suggestions: a) to develop a new strategy under the RU-SWE leadership; b) to continue cooperation without any strategy; c) to re-write the existing strategy to include the Russian comments, with Russia leading the work. Decision:
2018-06-29 Naturvårdsverket 8 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Current situation All countries have nominated the participants to be involved in work; A request/doodle for the first Skypemeeting has been sent (SE-EPA) to the to participants. The aim is to discuss how shall we tackle the continued work with strategy and if we need a physical meeting. And in the last case when and where.
Priority project & Information from regions Finnmark; Multiuse plan for Pasvik river and Grensejacokselv Tana river Interreg project NO-FI Transboundary water commission Re-evaluation of Pasvik-Inari Trilatery park Bird cliff to crowded (tourism!)
Proposed railwaw Norway Finland Hammerfest Habaour clean-up sediment Introduced spicies, Pink salmon Expanding mining industry
Priority project & Information from regions Lappland; Crossborder project NATNET LIFE (connecting Natura 2000 areas) Simojoki-Interreg (improving habitat for fish and other aqautic fauna) Paatsjoki-ENI multi-use plan for river Paz 3 round WFD Lemmenjoki, water quality (gold digging)
Nature consevation; mineral prospecting are very active Land use planning for North Lapland Regional government reform!
Priority project & Information from regions Murmansk; New visitor centre in Nikel Merging of nature reserves New organisation? A film which highlights the projects in Pasvik-Inari area
Priority project & Information from regions Norrbotten; Election this year in Sweden New proposal about water power and dams New legislation on terrain wehicles Old forest close to mountain areas Management of Lasponiatjouttjuos
Priority project & Information from regions Västerbotten; Establish a new windpower park Increase of nature reserves, 100 new since 2016 (now 400 in the province)
Other issues New BPAN report, Finland Upcoming meeting of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), Montreal July 2018 and COP 14 in Sharm el Sheik. BPAN! Barents Forest Sector Network, Swedish chairmenship
Other issues People awareness and CLEO
Other issues Tourism & Footprint
Thank you!