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Biosphere Reserve Information |
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Russian Federation
ASTRAKHANSKIY
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Brief description |
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Inventory and monitoring of flora and fauna Hydrology and climatology monitoring Effects of large hydrological projects Caspian Sea water level changes Monitoring of birds Protection and conservation of animal and plant species, including bird colonies, lotus etc. Rehabilitation of a number of endangered species such as Grus leucogeranus GIS database Mapping of the different zones of the biosphere reserve Indicators of sustainability relevant to economic activities: Study of the dynamic and structure of natural complexes, which allows for an estimation of the state of the natural resources in the biosphere reserve
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Specific variables... |
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Abiotic
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Climate, hydrology, monitoring/methodologies. |
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Biodiversity
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Birds, conservation, fauna, flora, methodologies, natural resources, plants, rare/endangered/threatened species, restoration/rehabilitation/redevelopment. |
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Socio-economic |
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Energy production systems/Alternative energy, indicators of sustainability. |
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Integrated
monitoring |
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Geographic Information System/GIS, impact and risk studies/environmental impact, mapping, planning and zoning measures/zonation. |