Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild Salmonid Biological Diversity in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Phase I

The overall objective of the proposed project is the sustained conservation of Kamchatka’s salmonid genetic and life history diversity and the maintenance of river ecosystem integrity. Upon completion of the project, Government agencies and local communities and indigenous peoples will be conserving salmonid diversity in the project’s four river sites by applying a new diversity-oriented approach, conservation tools, and sustainable livelihoods. The project will use an adaptive management approach that is designed to respond to emergent threats and orient conservation activities to threat mitigation.