Caucasus Ecoregional Ecological Problems
Black Sea Horizon International Workshop, Tbilisi, March 22, 2015
Valeriy Shmunk, PhD, WWF-Russia
Caucasus Ecoregion
Black Sea Wetlands
Migration Flyways
Pollution in the Black Sea Area
Sturgeons distribution in the Black Sea
Basic scheme of superficial sea currents and main land-based
sources and hot spots of marine pollution in the Black Sea
region
2007. WWF Russia first involvement
in OWR Oil spill in Kerch straight (Black
and Azov sea) – up to 4000 t.
November – tens thousands
migratory birds, thousands died.
Absence of any OWR capacity
among state agency and NGOs
2013. Guidelines for oil spill response
by Protected areas (PA) staff
The Black Sea: to be, or not to be: that
is the question
Flagship species – no
Wetland protection – very poor
Pan-Black Sea system for oil spill prevention,
control and response - no
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