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    Turkey to be involved in "Caucasus ecoregion programme"

    Anatolia news agency, Ankara
    23 Apr 05

    Izmir, 23 April: Six regional countries, including Turkey, will work
    together for the Caucasus region's nature under a "Caucasus Ecoregion
    Programme" sponsored by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
    (CEPF).

    The Caucasus is one of 25 regions in the world that faces ecological
    disaster.

    Turkey's Harsit Valley and Eastern Black Sea Mountains, Azerbaijan,
    Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Iran will be under the programme until
    June 2008.

    The programme will involve various projects to be implemented by both
    public and private institutions. "There will also be opportunities for
    NGOs (non-governmental organizations) to contribute to the success of
    the ecological programme," said a source.

    CEPF is a joint initiative of Conversation International (CI), the
    Global Environment Facility, the government of Japan, the John D. and
    Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank.

    The fund provides strategic assistance to NGOs, community groups and
    other civil society partners to help safeguard Earth's biodiversity
    hot-spots. A fundamental goal is to ensure that civil society is
    engaged in biodiversity conservation.
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