AMUR-HEILONG RIVER BASIN
AMUR-HEILONG RIVER BASIN |
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All chapters: Species diversity and use of biological resources |
Introduction |
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AAC Annual Allowable Cut
ABAR Aginsky Bureyatski Autonomous Region ( from 2008 part of Zabaikalsky Province) ABWMA Amur Basin Water Management Authority ADB Asian Development Bank AHEC Amur-Heilong Ecoregion AHGB Amur-Heilong Green Belt ARBCC Amur River Basin Coordination Committee on Sustainable Development ARIM (IMAR) Innner Mongolia Autonomous Region BOD Biochemical oxygen demand CAP Conservation Action Plan CBD Convention on Biodiversity CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COD Chemical oxygen demand CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CSP Country Strategy Program CTEC Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation DIPA Dauria International Protected Area EA Executing Agency EAP Evreiskaya Autonomous Province ECAPRFE Ecoregional Conservation Action Plan for the Russian Far East Ecoregional Complex EIA Environmental impact assessment EIA Environmental Investigation Agency EMP Environmental monitoring plan EPB Environmental Protection Bureau EPT Environmental Policy and Technology Project (funded by USAID) ERBC Ecoregion-based conservation FAO Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations FDHP Forestry Department of Heilongjiang Province FEBRAS Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences FLEP Federal Law of Environmental Protection (Russia) FSC Forest Stewardship Council GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility GEF-PDF Global Environment Facility-Project Development Fund GFTN Global Forest and Trade Network GIS Geographic information system GOC Government of China GPS Global positioning system HCVF(s) High Conservation Value Forest(s) HDRC Heilongjiang Development & Reform Commission HEPB Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Bureau HFB Heilongjiang Forestry Bureau, presently Forestry department of Heilongjiang Province HFD Heilongjiang Financial Department HLJ Heilongjiang Province of China HPG Heilongjiang Provincial Government IBA Important Bird Areas ISAR Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia ISC Institute for Sustainable Communities IRBM Integrated River Basin Management IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; now World Conservation Union IWEP Institute of Water and Environmental Problems (Khabarovsk) JAP Jewish Autonomous Province masl meters above sea level MoA (China’s) Ministry of Agriculture MONE Ministry of Nature and Environment (Mongolia) MNR Ministry of Natural Resources (Russia, at federal level) MNRU Ministry of Natural Resource Use (Russia, at province level) MWR (China’s) Ministry of Water Resources NEC Northeast China (refers to Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning provinces and Eastern part of Inner Mongolia.) NGO(s) Non-Government Organization(s) NR Nature Reserve NNR National Nature Reserve NRNNR Naoli River National Nature Reserve NTFP Non-timber forest products NWCAP National Wetland Conservation Action Plan OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (Japan) PA(s) Protected Area(s) PERC Pacific Resource and Environment Center PRC People’s Republic of China RAS Russian Academy of Sciences RF Russian Federation RFE Russian Far East RFE ECAP Ecoregion Conservation Action Plan for Russian Far East Ecoregional Complex (ECAP RFE-2003) RMB Reminbi (Chinese currency also known as Yuan) RWE round-wood equivalent ROLL Replication of Lessons Learned (grants program funded by USAID) SAPROF Special Assistance for Project Formation (Integrated Agriculture Development Project for State Farms in Heilongjiang Province) SCFNR Service for Control in the Field of Natural Resources SDRC State Development and Reform Commission SEPA State Environmental Protection Administration SEU Amur Socio-Ecological Union SFA State Forestry Administration SNTEC Service for Nuclear, Technological and Environmental Control SOE(s) State-owned enterprise(s) SPNA System of Protected Nature Areas SWRC Song-Liao Water Resource Commission TA Technical assistance UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Enironment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization USAID United States Agency for International Development USD Unites States Dollars VOOP All Russian Society for Nature Conservation WB World Bank WCS Wildlife Conservation Society WWF World Wide Fund for Nature WWF-RFE World Wide Fund for Nature Russian Far East (from 2007 – WWF Russia –Amur Branch)
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Maps:
Basemap of Amur Heilong River basin Topography of Amur Heilong River basin Political divisions
Photo: Introductory tour of Amur basin
GIS: Amur-Heilong Natural Heritage
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