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Clearing-house mechanism on biodiversity
Wellcome to the portal of the Russian Clearing-house mechanism on biodiversity
Russian Federation is Party to the Convention since 5 of April, 1995 (by Ratification)
Attention ! Our site is under technical maintenance up to 25th of July. Several sections are temporaly closed.
Russian national center for the Clearing-House Mechanism was established in 1998 further to Article 18(3) of Convention on Biological Diversity. Its mission is to contribute to the implementation of the Convention through the promotion and facilitation of access to the information on biodiversity, its easy exchange between stakeholders, technical and scientific cooperation at all levels in compliance with the Convention main objectives:
conservation of biological diversity;
sustainable use of its components;
fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources...
According to the Strategic Plan of the CHM development we understand its functions at national level as:
- Development of the network of users and holders of biodiversity data and experts in thematic sections of the Convention;
- Implementation
of the mechanism for informational
exchange and integration of data on biodiversity;
- Promotion and facilitation of technical and scientific cooperation among stakeholders at national level.
About GEF project on Russian CHM development
In the beginning of February 2007 we started implementation of the GEF/UNEP project on the development of National Biodiversity CHM. Its goal is to develop the CHM into an effective mechanism for information exchange in support for decision making in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, and to make it a suitable instrument of technical and scientific cooperation between various types of institutions and experts at various levels throughout Russia, between sub-national regions and between Russia and the international community.
Short history of the Russian biodiversity CHMAll our activity now are in succession of results achieved during the first preliminary stage of the national biodiversity CHM development under the GEF-project “Biodiversity Conservation in Russian Federation”.
