Ecora: An Integrated Ecosystem Management Approach

Table of Contents

1. Introduction .

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2. Environmental Impacts of Human Activities in the Russian Arctic ..

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3. The Socio-economic Situation in Arctic Russia .

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4. ECORA and Integrated Ecosystem Management .

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5. Model Areas in ECORA .

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5.1 Kolguev Island Model Area.

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5. 2 Kolyma River Basin Model Area.

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5.3 Beringovsky District Model Area .

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6. Implementing ECORA: Activities and Achievements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6.1 Strengthening the Enabling Environment for IEM .

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6. 2 Strengthening the Knowledge Base for IEM .

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6.3 Development of IEM Strategies and Action Plans. .

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6.4 Pilot Projects.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

7. Evaluation of ECORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

8. Next Steps.

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List of ECORA’s Thematic Maps for The Model Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ECORA Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

List of Participants of the ECORA Project. .

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Acknowledgements .

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