Russia
The myth of fingerprints: Russia and Kazakhstan’s legacy of ghost assets
21 August 2017
The collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise to a vast archipelago of unclaimed man-made objects and land in Russia and beyond. Thousands upon thousands of roads, bridges, water pipes, gas pipes, power grids, cemeteries, farmland, and more have passed from state hands to no one in the last 26 years…
Russia’s Rosreestr, FAO agree on cooperation towards better food security
Date: January 28th 2016 Source: FnBnews Rome - Russia's Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr) and FAO have agreed to enhance their cooperation aimed at improving the governance of land tenure. During a meeting in Rome, organised by the UN agency, the World…
Russian farmers furious about alleged illegal land grabs
By: CET Date: March 30th 2016 Source: Euronews All signs pointed to the European Union’s sanctions on Russia being a positive move for the country’s small domestic farmers. But two years on, farmers in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region are angry about what they say are illegal land grabs from big…
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projects
Restoring Peatlands in Russia - for fire prevention and climate change mitigation
Value: $7,430,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Reduction of CO2 emissions through protection and sustainable management of the autochthonous mixed forests in the Russian Far East (RFE)
Value: $6,470,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Western Caucasus World Natural Heritage Site – climate protection through sustainable forest management and decentralised exploitation of renewable energy sources in the newly created buffer zone
Value: $2,800,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Restoring Peatlands in Russia - for fire prevention and climate change mitigation II
Value: $1,845,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
IS Academy - Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development
Value: $1,350,000.00
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
