CASPIAN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME INVESTMENT AND DONORS FORUM NOVEMBER
CASPIAN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME INVESTMENT AND DONORS’ FORUM NOVEMBER 19 -20, 2004 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN RASIM SATTAR-ZADE
State and national programmes • State Program for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development; • State Program for Social and Economic Development in Rural Areas of the Azerbaijan Republic for 2004 -2008; • National Program for Forest Rehabilitation and Expansion; • State Program for Rational Use of Summer and Winter Pastures, Hayfields and Prevention of Land Deserting in the Azerbaijan Republic; • National Program for Environmentally Sustainable Socio. Economic Development;
State and national programmes • State Program for Development of Hydrometeorology in the Azerbaijan Republic through the year of 2010; • Hazardous Waste Management Strategy; • State Program for Use of Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources; • State Program for Tourism Development in the Azerbaijan Republic for 2002 -2005.
Programmes in the process of being approved • “On Environmental Balance and Regulation of Use of Natural Resources in the Azerbaijan Republic for 2004 -2008”; • “For Urgent Solid Domestic Waste Management Actions”
Priority objectives of the NCAP • To preserve biodiversity; • To ensure sustainable use of bioresources; • To reduce pollution in the marine environment; and • To secure sustainable management of the coast line.
• 51 interventions included in the NCAP • Total financing required – USD 300. 98 million. • 30 interventions are currently under way. Around USD 71 million has been either spent or disbursed to implement these interventions. Of this, the domestic contribution totals USD 5. 6 million.
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has established units to: • monitor the Caspian’s environment; • oversee rational use and reproduction of the Caspian’s bioresources; • respond promptly to natural and man-caused disasters.
Sustainable use of bio-resources • A new, modern sturgeon hatchery has been put in operation with an output capacity of 15 million a year. • The existing fisheries have been reconstructed. • A feasibility study has been conducted for the project of rehabilitation and protection of the Kura river delta. • Regular research expeditions examine the conditions of the Caspian’s bio-resources.
Conservation of biodiversity • Expansion of the old and creation of new natural reserves, whose total area has grown from 5 to 8% of the country’s total area over the past 2 years. • Creation of 5 first National Parks, two of which, the Shirvan and the Gyrkan with a total area of over 75 thousand hectares, are located in the coastline zone. • Preparations are underway to create the National Park Samur-Yalama off the Caspian shore which will, in addition to the shore, cover 10 thousand hectares offshore. • Near completion is the Apsheron National Park designated to preserve the natural habitat of the Caspian seal.
Sustainable management of the shoreline • The rehabilitation of the Apsheron peninsula has been identified as a priority task. Projects in this area are expected to be included in the World Bank’s Country Assistance Strategy. • The Apsheron lakes have been studied with an aim to developing a set of lake cleaning and shoreline maintenance measures. • Forest rehabilitation works have been carried out in the last two years in the shoreline territories, with a total area of 4. 5 thousand hectares, in order to prevent further deterioration and desertion of the coastline area.
Reduction of marine pollution • Baku’s largest treatment facility, the Hovsan plant, will be reconstructed and expanded under a project launched in partnership with the French Government. • The main sources of contaminated water discharges to the Baku Bay have been eliminated. • A National Plan for Emergency Oil Spill Actions is being developed with the assistance of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. • A project is in the development stage for introduction of modern compact treatment units at small and medium enterprises.
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