Russian Federation - Support to the National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment

The objective of the NPA-Arctic Project is to develop and establish a sustainable framework to reduce environmental degradation of the Russian Arctic from land-based activities on a systemic basis by implementation of a Strategic Action Program (SAP) The SAP is being developed to comply with obligations of the Russian Federation under international conventions and agreements taking into account decisions and programmes of the Arctic Council. As such, it would create conditions, which will allow for capital investments to flow in the Russian Arctic in order to ensure long term protection of coastal and marine environment of the Arctic and to address main root causes of trans-boundary pollution in the Russian Arctic.

The project is implemented by UNEP and executed by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (Mineconomrazvitiya of Russia). The Project is also supported by bi-lateral donor participation from the governments of Canada, the United States, Italy, and Iceland. Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation (NEFCO) is Partner Agency.

The Project comprises four principal components:

• 1. Preparation and adoption of a Strategic Action Programme (SAP);
• 2. Completion of a set of Pre-Investment Studies (PINS);
• 3. Development and implementation of Environmental Protection System (EPS), embodying legislative, administrative, institutional and technical capacity improvements consistent with the SAP;
• 4. Three demonstrations projects on:

1. 1. Indigenous Environmental Co-management;
   2. Remediation of the Environment through the Use of Brown Algae; and
   3. Environmental Remediation of Two Decommissioned Military Bases

Several minor pilot projects have been implemented also under the demo projects component.

TDA/SAP
Strategic Action Program for the Protection of the Russian Arctic Environment

Documents & Resources

project-document NPA Arctic-Project brief Project_document_final_RUS File 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 1st Steering Committee Meeting 2nd Steering Committee Meeting 4th Steering Committee Meeting 5th Steering Committee Meeting Diagnostic analysis of environmental problems of the Russian Arctic Booklet Diagonistic Analysis of the Environmental Status of the Russian Arctic (Advanced Summary) Environmental Remediation of Decommissioned Military Bases on Franz Josef Land Archipelago Booklet Hot spots of the Russian Arctic Booklet Mid-Term Review-Russian Federation results-notes 2011 Results Notes - Support to the National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment presentation Franz Josef Land: Environmental Remediation in the Area of Decommissioned Military Bases report Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 January 2009 to 30 June 2009 Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 July 2008 to 31 December 2008 Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 January 2008 to 30 June 2008 Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 July 2007 to 31 December 2007 Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 January 2007 to 30 June 2007 Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Activities for the period from 01 July 2006 to 31 December 2006 Half-Yearly Progress Report of the Project Office Activities for the period from January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006 project-identification-form Russian Federation - Project document maps_graphic hs_in_ra workshop 2_StC meeting_rept_eng Videos Franz Josef Land: Environmental Remediation in the Area of Decommissioned Military Bases