Pripyat's riverside Project, Belarus

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Project ID
Project Title	Pripyat's riverside Project, Belarus
Type	Transboundary Waters
Focus Areas
Geographic Scope	Belarus, Europe & CIS
Lead Organization(s)	UNDP
Project Partners	*UNDP GEF SGP
Financing	Total: $30,872; Sources of Financing: GEF SGP
Timeframe	2007 - 2008
Status	Satisfactorily completed
Project website(s)	http://sgp.undp.org/web/projects/10830/pripyat_s_riverside.html
Contacts	Andrei Dementiev [email protected]

Contents 1 Description 2 Expected Outcomes 3 Achievements: Results and Impact 4 Lessons for Replication 5 References 6 See also 7 External Resources 8 Attachments

Description

The goal of the project is to improve the environmental situation in the Ptich river basin (tributary of Pripyat’ river), involvement of local population and authorities into nature protection activities, awareness rising and providing more clean water to the population. One the main tasks is to change situation with municipal waste collection and utilization in settlement Kopatkevichi by separate waste collection, its storage at the newly constructed waste collection places and removal to the landfill. Another priority task is preparatory works for reinforcement of the Ptich riverside in order to prevent the flooding of houses. The implementation of this project will create the improved living conditions for the Kopatkevichi population; help to create the active environment protection position.

The main project activities include:

• Holding of stakeholders’ meetings to workout coordinated action plan;
• Inspection of Ptich riverside for determination of most polluted places, sources of pollution, dump sites;
• Mapping of most polluted places, sources of pollution, dump sites and providing this information to the local population;
• Seminars holding;
• Clean up activities and afforestation of the Ptich riverside with participation of local school students;
• Holding reinforcement of the right bank Ptich riverside in order to prevent the flooding of houses;
• Dissemination of the informational materials on river pollution and prevention measures, informational stands manufacturing;
• Construction and equipment of specially places for separate waste collection;
• Holding an competitions among school children on environmental thematics;
• Conference holding “Polesie – look to the future”

Expected Outcomes

Achievements: Results and Impact

Lessons for Replication

TYPE LESSONS HERE

References

See also

1. “Capacity Building for Development of Youth Movement to International Waters, Landscape and Biodiversity Protection”, Belarus
2. UNEP - Sustainable Use of the Mesozoic Transboundary Aquifer System in the Bug River Basin (Belarus, Poland, Ukraine)
3. Sustainable management of shared water resources in the upper Pripyat basin
4. Implementation of Urgent Recommendations of the Management Plans for Key Biodiversity Areas in Belarus
5. Implementation of The Dnipro Basin Strategic Action Program for the reduction of persistent toxics pollution
6. Implementation of Priority Interventions of the Dnipro Basin Strategic Action Program: Chemical Industrial Pollution Reduction and The Development of Joint Institutional Arrangements
7. HDR 2003, Human Capacity of Belarus: Economic Challenges and Social Responses
8. Belarus Environmental Performance Review
9. 2006 Annual Report on UN Chernobyl Coordination

External Resources

Attachments