Biosphere Reserves as abutment piers in connectivity conservation and development in the Altai-Sayan ecoregion. Presented by Yuri Badenkov at the "Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains" conference in Perth, Scotland in September 2010.
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Biosphere Reserves as abutment piers in connectivity conservation and development in the Altai-Sayan ecoregion [Yuri Badenkov]
1. Biosphere Reserves as abutment piers
in connectivity conservation and
development
in Altai-Sayan ecoregion.
Yuri Badenkov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science
yubaden@mail.ru
2. Location of ASE – Great Divide in the
center of Eurasia continent
Altai-Sayan eco-region
3. GREAT ASIAN MOUNTAIN ARC
Himalaya-Karakarum-Pamir-TienShan-Altai-Sayan-Baikal
Great Asia Mountain Arc
4. Location
Russia
Kazakhstan China
Mongolia
China
7. Present Altai argali distributions
Argali sightings in 19-20th Century
Altaisky
reserve
Совместные экспедиции –
60 маршрутов протяжённость 300 км
1 раз в год учёты Information source - fund WWF
14. Predicted Climate Changes for 2001-2025 based on linear trends
(Harlamova, 2010)
Weather Station Annual temperature, Annual precipitation,
°С 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%)
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
19. Бассейн Телецкого озера:
одна территория – два подхода (2009)
Инициатива «сверху» Инициатива «снизу»
Федеральный Закон о Стратегия развития Телецкой
Телецком озере:
территории
Инициатива Государственного
Инициатор: Алтайский БР
собрания – Эл Курултай и
Федерального собрания РФ Разработчики:
Некоммерческое партнёрство «Совет
Разработчики: Телецкого озера», Алтайский
Центра мониторинга права ФС РФ биосферный заповедник,
Артыбашское сельское поселение
(Г. Бурбулис) (Турочакский район),
Администрация Балыкчинской
сельской администрации
(Улаганский район), туристические
фирмы Телецкого озера и долины
реки Чулышман.
20. Sustaibable mountaqin development and Action Plan
for Teletskoe Lake Basin (2009-2015)
„ Altaiskiy Biosphere Territory /
Initiators: Noncommercial Partnership Reserve UNESCO (2008)
«Orion», Teletskoe Lake Council
Altaiskiy Biosphere Reserve.
Local population, including indigenous
people, all stakeholders involved in
strategic planning process
21. WCPA-IUCN (mountains)
Connectivity Conservation Approach
• Linking PAs
• Goals: Healthy landscapes, biological /
cultural diversity, sustainable development PA
– Habitats protection
– Keeping migration corridors
– Biosphere processes
Linking
– Risk management
lands
– Adaptive management to climate Change
•
Ocean
Stakeholders involvement in PA
conservation / ecologically friendly
management of lands and natural Wildlife
landscapes located out of Protected Wildlife
corridor corridor
areas
PA
• 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
after Worboys et al, 2010
27. 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)