Biosphere Reserves as abutment piers in connectivity conservation and development in the Altai-Sayan ecoregion [Yuri Badenkov]

Biosphere Reserves as abutment piers

in connectivity conservation and

development

in Altai-Sayan ecoregion.

Yuri Badenkov

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science

[email protected]

Location of ASE – Great Divide in the center of Eurasia continent

Altai-Sayan eco-region

GREAT ASIAN MOUNTAIN ARC

Himalaya-Karakarum-Pamir-TienShan-Altai-Sayan-Baikal

Great Asia Mountain Arc

Location

Mongolia

China

China

Russia

Kazakhstan

Biodiversity&PAs

© Arita Bajens

Snow Leopard key habitats in ASE

Source: UNDP/GEF project 2009

Present Altai argali distributions

Argali sightings in 19-20th Century

Altaisky

reserve

Information source - fund WWF

Совместные экспедиции –

60 маршрутов протяжённость 300 км

1 раз в год учёты

ASE Protected Areas Network and Biosphere Reserves

Altai – Sayan Biosphere Reserves

Existing

• Altaiskiy (Russia) WH

• Katunskiy (Transboundary, Russia Kazakhstan) WH

• Sayano-Shushenskiy (Russia)

• Ubsunur Hollow (Transboundary, Russia-Mongolia) WH

• Ubsunur Basin (Transboundary, Mongolia-Russia) WH

Potential Candidates:

• Kanas (China)

• Hakasskiy (Russia)

• Katon-Karagaiskiy NP (Kazakhstan)

• Kuznetskiy Ala-Tau (Russia)

• Tavyn Bogd (Mongolia)

• Huvsugul NP (Mongolia)

Development

Сибирский федеральный округ

Long-term Development Strategy “Siberia 2020”: South Economic Belt

«Сибирь 2020» “Siberia 2020” Siberia Federal Unit

Climate Change Issues

Climate Change: Annual temperatures – 1838 to 2014 after N. Michailov

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Predicted Climate Changes for 2001-2025 based on linear trends

(Harlamova, 2010)

Weather Station Annual temperature,

°С

Annual precipitation,

мм

Barnaul +0,9 (+43%) +14 (+3%)

Zmeinogorsk +1,7 (+42%) -36 (-5%)

Akkem +0,7 (+18%)

Kara-Turek +0,6 (+11%)

Kosh-Agach +1,3 (+27%) -1 (-1%)

Kizil +1,7 (+74%) -4 (-2%)

Erzin +1,7 (+42%) -43 (-22%)

The Western Kanas Glacier in Altai: 1905 - 2001

• Since 1905 the glacier has shrunk in length by 1.5 – 2.0 km, and the elevation of tongue has risen by over 100m.

• The rate of retreat is of the W. Kanas glacier is estimated to be 15-20 m per year

after N.N. Mikhailov and O.V. Ostanin

Glacier Changes

In instrumental period of measures (middle of XIX Century):

Surface of minor glaciers decreased on 20-40% (some – disappeared)

Surface of big glaciers decreased on 8-20 % (Galakhov, Muhametov)

The lengths of glaciers decreased on 1000-1500 m (In general)

Glacier‟s front uplifted from 50-100 m (Mongolian Altai) up to 150-170 m

(South Altai)

Speed of glacier‟s retreating: from 8-10 m/year up to 12 m/year

The Grand Challenges in Research

in the Center of Asia

• Transdisciplinary approach in understanding tendencies of changes

and development scenarios

• Adapting monitoring addressed on sustainable development and

conservation of biological and cultural diversity

• Integration scientific, traditional and “bureaucratic” knowledge

systems in sustainable development strategies, human actions and

policy-making

• Responses on Global Changes

• Efficient methods and mechanisms for practical implementation of

scientific findings in practice

Protected Areas & Biosphere reserves Network in ASE

Potential BRs

Бассейн Телецкого озера:

одна территория – два подхода (2009)

Инициатива «сверху»

Федеральный Закон о

Телецком озере:

Инициатива Государственного

собрания – Эл Курултай и

Федерального собрания РФ

Разработчики:

Центра мониторинга права ФС РФ

(Г. Бурбулис)

Инициатива «снизу»

Стратегия развития Телецкой

территории

Инициатор: Алтайский БР

Разработчики:

Некоммерческое партнёрство «Совет

Телецкого озера», Алтайский

биосферный заповедник,

Артыбашское сельское поселение

(Турочакский район),

Администрация Балыкчинской

сельской администрации

(Улаганский район), туристические

фирмы Телецкого озера и долины

реки Чулышман.

Sustaibable mountaqin development and Action Plan

for Teletskoe Lake Basin (2009-2015)

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Initiators: Noncommercial Partnership

«Orion», Teletskoe Lake Council

Altaiskiy Biosphere Reserve.

Local population, including indigenous

people, all stakeholders involved in

strategic planning process

Altaiskiy Biosphere Territory /

Reserve UNESCO (2008)

WCPA-IUCN (mountains)

Connectivity Conservation Approach

• Linking PAs

• Goals: Healthy landscapes, biological / cultural diversity, sustainable development

– Habitats protection

– Keeping migration corridors

– Biosphere processes

– Risk management

– Adaptive management to climate Change

• Stakeholders involvement in conservation / ecologically friendly management of lands and natural landscapes located out of Protected areas

• Local population / stakeholders involvement in adaptive management for Climate Change impact mitigation

– Water supply system adaptation

– Slopes erosion management

– Ecosystems protection Large scale connectivity corridor

PA

Linking lands

PA

Wildlife corridor

Wildlife corridor

Ocean

PA

after Worboys et al, 2010

ALTAI-SAYAN CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION AREA BIOSPHERE RESERVES & CC AREAS DESIGN

Biosphere reserves

Baikal Lake

BR design CCA design

Connectivity conservation challenge?

Russian – Mongolian Border!

ALTAI – SAYAN - BAIKAL MEGA-CORRIDOR

initiative (in progress)

Altai-Sayan eco-region Altai – Sayan - Baikal CC mega-corridor

Connectivity Conservation Altai- Sayan – Baikal

(ConConASB) mega-corridor

Monitoring transects

ConConASB mega-corridor

Connectivity Conservation and Climate Change Workshop in Altai, July 2010

Katunskiy Biosphere Reserve

Looking into the Future (from Rio, Bishkek and Ust-Koksa)

• Implement connectivity conservation approach in

ASE for climate adaptation management

• Develop methods and tools for transfer connectivity

conservation approach in practice (academic

providing: research, web-Atlas, adaptive monitoring,

etc)

• Expand connectivity conservation ASE up to Altai –

Sayan – Baikal (ASB) mega- corridor (Feasibility

study project)

• Creation of International Institution for Altai – Sayan

– Baikal eco-region (ICIMOD model)

What way ASB World Heritage region

will take?