Summary of Year Two Results. Ten basic program tasks were identified in the Year Two workplan for this component. The planned targets were achieved in each task, and in many cases the number of activities and deliverables were exceeded. In all cases the process was participatory with our partners actively involved in each step. During Year Two (the first full fire season for the FOREST Project), XXXXXX carried out the four major thrusts: general awareness, foresters, school aged children, and targeted groups in Khabarovski Krai. Communication programs were also initiated in both Krasnoyarski Krai and Sakhalin Oblast during the second year, exceeding the original workplan objectives. XXXXXX has demonstrated results in getting the fire prevention message out. In March 2002 a follow-up survey was conducted of 600 randomly selected people in two of the target areas in Xxxxxxxxxxx Krai which included questions on their exposure to messages from the general awareness campaign. Ninety-two percent of respondents recalled hearing or seeing messages related to fire prevention. Eighty-eight percent of the respondents had seen or heard and remembered the message, “Eight out ten forest fires are caused by people” which was the campaign theme and repeated in all programs. In addition, the Fire Prevention Component accomplished the following: • Devoted increased mass media coverage to fire dangers and prevention information. • Produced and aired two TV spots on two stations. • Installed two billboards in strategic locations. • Organized five community events. • Made and loaned out two sets of bear and tiger costumes to community groups to use for public functions in addition to fact/tip sheets supplied for distribution. • TV stations included information on the fire danger index as part of their weather and news programs. • Awarded one Campaign Contract to promote fire safety behavior to the general public as well as to targeted populations. • Completed two training of trainer manuals. • Three rest areas are under development. • Trained 200 teachers, 700 Junior Forest Rangers, and more than 29 Green Team students on spreading fire prevention message. • Six fact sheets and five tip sheets produced. Russian Partners Russian partners have been identified in each of the five krais/oblasts, based upon recommendations from the forest services and the regional coordinators. Key partners in the three active regions include: • Xxxxxxxxxxx Krai – Far East Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources, mas...
Summary of Year Two Results. During Year Two of the project, pheromone traps were widely introduced into the pest monitoring systems in Kasnoyarski Krai, Khabarovski Krai, Primorski Krai, Irkutskaya and Tomskaya Oblasts, and the Republics of Tuva and Khakassiya. The Pest Monitoring Team also developed a database to monitor results, trained 126 people (partners and consultants) in specific aspects of the methodology, and published forest protection and public awareness literature. In developing the Year Three Workplan, the Component 2 team proposes to continue the work of previous years. Priorities for work in Year Three remain essentially the same.
Summary of Year Two Results. The strategy for Years One and Two were to focus on working with associations, surveying members, and identifying their problems. This was done in conjunction with examining the products and assessing the potential of export. XXXXXX has worked with and supported five associations (two wood processing and three NTFP associations) and has completed the domestic and international portion of the market studies.
Summary of Year Two Results. Since his arrival to the FOREST Project, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Deputy Project Manager, facilitates the policy component of FOREST. To assess the policy gap, he met with key people including members of the government and FOREST staff in Moscow, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to determine key policy issues. Based on the meetings, key policy issues were identified and lists of the normative regulatory acts were prepared. Some of the policy analysis tasks that may be appropriate for the FOREST Project to focus on are: • Review the policy of the fire fighting services, fire prevention, and pest control. Help clarify the rights, duties, and responsibility of the forestry and administrative service staff. • Determine the forms and methods of the public participation in the decision-making process and forestry management, describing the rights and responsibility of the citizens and NGOs participating. • Identify useful political and legal tools to achieve the project’s goals. In April, FOREST conducted a seminar, bringing policy makers and component leaders together. The open discussion resulted in a list of policy issues that can form the foundation for future policy activities. Based on the evaluation of the participants everyone felt the meeting was very useful and should be conducted again. Finally, seventeen people learned the fundamentals of policy and legislative advocacy, government relations, and how to participate in the policy development and decision-making processes that affect the forestry sector in the RFE and Siberia.
Summary of Year Two Results. Initial maps and carbon stock inventory of Khabarovski and Kransnoyarski Krais were completed. Some of the accomplishments include: • A manual that outlines the principles of carbon-monitoring plan including carbon methodologies for validating digital vegetation maps of Khabarovski Krai and Krasnoyarski Krai. • Summaries of forest inventory data and estimate phytomass and carbon storage in forest stands of Khabarovski Krai (and the fire target areas) and Krasnoyarski Krai (and the pest target areas). • Digital vegetation maps for Khabarovski Krai along with a report on the methodologies used to develop the maps. These maps provide a fresh review of the vegetation of Khabarovski Krai and they capture the complexity of the land surface, the variability of its terrain, and forest fire impacts. The work can be repeatedly improved, successively with new data readily available each year; information content might be further increased with additional imagery data of higher resolution. Still, these maps represent the best current understanding of the landcover of Khabarovski Krai. • A digital forest vegetation map of the pest target area near Krasnoyarsk. • Development of a carbon information network for the Russia Far East. This network will help review and comment on reports produced by the carbon Working Group. • Research studies conducted by each component of the FOREST Project (described in each component).
Summary of Year Two Results. As of June 30, 2002, the FOREST Project will have successfully fielded a total of 48 volunteer consultants (37 American and 11 Russian) which have assisted more than 30 Russian organizations. To date, XXXXXX has fielded approximately two American volunteers for every one paid American consultant.
