Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative Tools
Despite the global decline in marine species biodiversity, relatively few countries have enacted national endangered and threatened species legislation. Tailoring an adequate legislative framework with clear objectives and regulations consistent with the available scientific evidence is fundamental...
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| description | Despite the global decline in marine species biodiversity, relatively few countries have enacted national endangered and threatened species legislation. Tailoring an adequate legislative framework with clear objectives and regulations consistent with the available scientific evidence is fundamental for the effective conservation of marine endangered and threatened species. This paper analyzes the legal framework and current institutional tools for the conservation of marine endangered and threatened species in the Russian Federation. In this regard, important legislative tools include federal laws, as well as internationally binding signed agreements, among others, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar). A strategy and an action plan for the conservation of biological diversity were also developed. Besides, the most important tool for the conservation and protection of marine endangered and threatened species is the Red Book of the Russian Federation (RBRF) and other regional Red Books. Responsibility for causing harm to the species listed in the RBRF and their habitat is specified in the code of administrative offenses and the criminal code of the Russian Federation. Finally, conclusions and identified gaps were highlighted in the last section, including, among other things, that legislation is still limited in how it takes the impacts of climate change into account. Such type of study is highly recommended, considering the relatively few number of papers dedicated to the study of the impact and/or implications of the conservation tools and strategies mentioned in this paper on the status of the marine endangered and threatened species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-831e6a453ad14896bfe355ed445ec1da2023-11-19T01:04:02ZengMDPI AGFishes2410-38882023-08-018839910.3390/fishes8080399Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative ToolsMohamed Samy-Kamal0Tatiana Shulezhko1Natalia Lisitcyna2Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, Edificio Ciencias V, P.O. Box 99, 03080 Alicante, SpainKamchatka Branch of the Pacific Geographical Institute, FEB RAS, Partizanskaya St. 6, 683000 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, RussiaSakhalin Environmental Watch, Komsomolskaya St., 154, 693010 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, RussiaDespite the global decline in marine species biodiversity, relatively few countries have enacted national endangered and threatened species legislation. Tailoring an adequate legislative framework with clear objectives and regulations consistent with the available scientific evidence is fundamental for the effective conservation of marine endangered and threatened species. This paper analyzes the legal framework and current institutional tools for the conservation of marine endangered and threatened species in the Russian Federation. In this regard, important legislative tools include federal laws, as well as internationally binding signed agreements, among others, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar). A strategy and an action plan for the conservation of biological diversity were also developed. Besides, the most important tool for the conservation and protection of marine endangered and threatened species is the Red Book of the Russian Federation (RBRF) and other regional Red Books. Responsibility for causing harm to the species listed in the RBRF and their habitat is specified in the code of administrative offenses and the criminal code of the Russian Federation. Finally, conclusions and identified gaps were highlighted in the last section, including, among other things, that legislation is still limited in how it takes the impacts of climate change into account. Such type of study is highly recommended, considering the relatively few number of papers dedicated to the study of the impact and/or implications of the conservation tools and strategies mentioned in this paper on the status of the marine endangered and threatened species.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/8/8/399endangered speciesconservationlegislationpolicyRussiathreatened species |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Samy-Kamal Tatiana Shulezhko Natalia Lisitcyna Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative Tools Fishes endangered species conservation legislation policy Russia threatened species |
| title | Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative Tools |
| title_full | Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative Tools |
| title_fullStr | Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative Tools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative Tools |
| title_short | Marine Endangered and Threatened Species in Russia: A Review of Current Conservation Strategies and Management Legislative Tools |
| title_sort | marine endangered and threatened species in russia a review of current conservation strategies and management legislative tools |
| topic | endangered species conservation legislation policy Russia threatened species |
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