Habitat Contact Forum in Kuhmo 2003 - Proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the International Contact Forum on Habitat Conservation in the Barents Region

The publication is based on materials and information produced and shared during the 3rd Meeting of the International Contact Forum on Habitat Conservation in the Barents Region, which was held in Kuhmo, Finland, from 3 to 6 November, 2003.

The goal of the Meeting was to discuss nature conservation issues and to develop concepts and strategies promoting further research and protection of different habitats in the Barents region.


The publication is written in English and Russian, both languages in the same publication. The main results of the Meeting are presented in the Resolution and the reports of the Working Groups. The publication includes also 61 abstracts of presentations delivered during the Meeting. The main topics of presentations and working groups' included: development of cooperation between protected areas within the Green Belt of Fennoscandia; development prospects of biosphere reserves; development of protected areas network in Northwest Russia; habitat inventories and databases; birds and flyways; mires and wetlands; local involvement and participation in nature conservation and cultural heritage protection. In addition, there were also various other themes concerning biodiversity in the Barents region represented in a poster session.


The aim of this publication is to deliver the most important information shared during the Meeting for the participants of the Meeting and other stakeholders working in the field of nature conservation in the Barents region.

In the Internet, see: http://www.environment.fi/publications

The publication can be ordered from:
Erna Keinonen
Finnish Environment Institute
P.O. Box 140, 00251 Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: erna.keinonen@ymparisto.fi

Editors,
Tapio Lindholm, tapio.lindholm@ymparisto.fi
Erna Keinonen, erna.keinonen@ymparisto.fi

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