Implementing Environmental Information System in Kyrgyz Republic

1. Implementing Environmental Information System in Kyrgyz Republic Kojobayev R.K. Executive Director of the Republican Fund for the Conservation of Nature and Forestry DevelopmentGAOOS&LX with the Government of RK Brussels - 2014

2. «History of Development and Use of Environmental Indicators in the Country» 1997 –first National Environmental Report (initial data analysis) 2004 - SICISDC (UNEP) prepared integrated indicators of sustainable development; 2007– UNDP Publication «Environment and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development» 2008 - based on the indicators selected bySIC ICSD (UNEP) integrated assessment of the environment in Central Asia was prepared 2009 – Environmental review of the Kyrgyz Republic (UNEP) based on the Integrated assessment 2011 – National Environmental Reportbased on the international indicators of UNECE (UNDP)

3. Role of Environmental Information • Source for the formulation and implementation of policy/decision making • Means and subject of the development of international cooperation (to prepare requests for donor financing, implementing commitments with regard to MES) • Means for the development of environmental awareness of the public and its mobilization

4. Requirements for Environmental Information Information should be: • relevant, • topical, • good, • reliable.

5. Basic Principles • Information must be managed as close to its course as possible. • Once collected, information must be made available for use for a variety of purposes. • Information should be easy to find and it should be available online; • Information must be comparable at the corresponding geographical level. • Informationmust be fully accessibleby the public at large at the national level in the corresponding national languages. • Informationmust be easily accessibleby theauthorities and help them assess the state of the environment and effectiveness of the environmental policy in a timely manner, as well as to develop a new strategy. • Information management and its accessibility must be supported on the basis of the generally accepted standards of free applications with an open source code .

6. «Environmental Reporting System» • Information on the state of the environment and/orenvironmental impacts will be prepared by: GAOOSLH, Ministry of Agriculture and Melioration, Ministry of Emergencies(Kyrgyzhydromet), Ministry of Health, State Registration Service, etc. It is collected in accordance with departmental reports or forms • The National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan collects information in accordance with the forms of statistical reporting

7. «Environmental Reporting System» • No2-тп (воздух) «Report on air protection» • No2-водхоз (сводная) «Reportоб общих показателях использования воды» • No4-ОС «Reporton Current Expenses for Nature Protection» • No2-Toxic Waste «ReportOn Generation and Handling of Toxic Production And Consumer Waste» • 1-Nature Protection «Reporton State Control over Environment Protection and Natural Resources Management» • No1-lh «Reporton Forestry Operations» • No1-Sanctuary «Reporton Sanctuaries and National Nature Parks» • No2-tp (Hunting) «Reporton Conservation and Reproduction of Wildlife» • No2-tp (Reclamation) «ReportLand Reclamation, Stripping and Usage of Fertile Soil Layer» • No01-gr «Reporton Execution of Geological Exploration» • No1-waste «Reporton Generation and Handling of Production And Consumer Waste • No2-waste «Reporton Disposal of Production And Consumer Waste»

8. «Reporting to International Environmental Conventions» • The Kyrgyz Republic singed and ratified13 international environmental conventions and3 protocols thereto. • An executive authority for 12 conventions is the State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry • An executive authority for Convention to Combat Desertification is the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture.

9. «Reporting to International Environmental Conventions» • The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocolto the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change • The Convention on Biological Diversity; the Kartagena Protocol on Biological Safety • The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, • The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layerthe Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer • The Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade • The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal • The Convention on environmental impact assessment in a Transboundary Context • The Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters • The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance • The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) • The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants • The Convention to Combat Desertification

10. «Review of Available Data and Information» www.meteo.ktnet.kg - Hydrometeorology Agencywith the Ministry of Emergencies of the Kyrgyz Republic. Data: the quality of air and water, radiation conditions; www.nature.kg - State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry. Data: environmental review of Kyrgyz Republic, database of environmental NGO; www.stat.kg – National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Data: statistics publications.

11. «Maintaining Inventories of Natural Resources and Environment» Under development: - State inventory of wildlife; - State Inventory of Flora; - State Inventory of Special Protection Areas; Completed: - State Inventory of Water Resources; Under Development: - State Land Inventory;

12. Data scope Diagram for the Collection, Processing and Presenting of Environmental Information National Report Analysis Data Flow Systematization NSC GAOOSLH Others Information collection NSC GAOOSLH Others Locals Business Others Information sources

13. Developed National Environmental Report of the Kyrgyz Republic for2006-2011 • Based on the formal data of NSC and other ministry DNA agencies. • Approved by the Resolution of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic dated7 August 2012 No553. • Frequency – once every three years. • Published on the state and official languages (publication and disk).

14. National Environmental Report of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2006-2011

15. International Requirements • Guidelines for the Preparation of Indicator-Based Environment Assessment Reports” approved at the 6-th Conference of the Environment Ministers (Beograd, 2007) – 36 environmental indicators in 6 areas; • The indicators are categorized in accordance with the arrangement offered by the EEA such as D-P-S-I-R where D means Drivers, P means pressure, S means state, I means impact, and R mean response

16. Report Outline • Ambient air pollution and depletion of the ozone layer • Climate change • Water resources • Biological diversity • Land resources • Agriculture • Energy • Transport • Waste • Environmental management • Environment and public health

17. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • А. THE AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION AND DEPLETION OF THE OZONE LAYER • 1. Air Emissions. • 2. Quality of the Ambient Air in Cities. • 3. Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances.

18. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • В. CLIMATE CHANGE • 4. Air Temperature • 5. Precipitation. • 6.GHG Emissions.

19. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • С. WATER RESOURCES. • 7. Renewable resources of fresh water. • 8. Fresh water extraction. • 9. Household water consumption per capita. • 10. Water Losses. • 11. Reuse and recirculation of fresh water. • 12. Potable water quality. • 13. BOI and concentration of nitrogen ammonium in river water. • 14. Nutrients in freshwaters. • 15. Nutrients in coastal waters. • 16. Polluted wastewater.

20. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • D. BIODIVERSITY. • 17. Special protection areas (PA). • 18. Forests and other forested land. • 19. Endangered and protected species. • 20. Trends for the changes in population and distribution of individual species

21. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • Е. LAND RESOURCES. • 21. Withdrawal of fertile lands. • 22. Soil erosion prone areas. • 22a. Pasture capacity • F. AGRICULTURE. • 23. Application of mineral and organic fertilizers. • 24. Pesticide application.

22. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • G. ENERGY. • 25. End energy consumption. • 26. total energy consumption. • 27. Energy capacity. • 28. Renewable energy consumption.

23. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • H. TRANSPORT. • 29. Passenger turnover. • 30. Cargo turnover. • 31. Vehicle fleet breakdown by fuel type. • 32. Average age of motor vehicles.

24. Analysis of Environment in the Kyrgyz Republic by Environmental Indicators from the National Environmental Report • I. WASTE STREAMS • 33. Waste generation. • 34. Transboundarymovement of hazardous waste. • 35. Waste recycling and reuse. • 36. Waste disposal.

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26. Recommendations of the 2-nd Environmental Performance Assessment: Chapter3 «Information, Public Participation and Education» • Recommendation3.1: The Government should consider as early as possible the situation with the national environmental monitoring, development of the strategy and action plan for the required upgrade and improvement of the monitoring networks in accordance with the international principles and best practices. This action plan must have specific timeframes and budget in order to: • (а). Resurrect the soil monitoring, maintain and expand the air and water quality monitoring networks linking the monitoring objectives with the priority environmental concerns; • (б) Increase the number of the parameters measured, in particular of the ozone layer, PM10 particulates, heavy metals, persistent organic substances in the ambient air, and the number of biological parameters in water; • (в) Gradually move to automatic measuring and improve data quality control and storage; • (г) Link data on the environment quality with data on the air emissions of enterprises; • (д) Establish and coordinate an integrated environmental database in the central environmental agency, which, in turn, will be linked with environmental databases of other governmental agencies engaged in the environmental monitoring programs.

27. Recommendations of the 2-nd Environmental Performance Assessment: Chapter 3 «Information, Public Participation and Education» • Recommendation3.2: State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry, with the support of the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, must prepare environmental reporting proposals to be approved by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. • These proposals must reflect the legal requirements and working procedures for regular reporting by the polluters to the environmental and statistics authorities; • The Proposals must also refer to the periodic publications of the environmental review results based on the national and regional indicators. This also must be based on the Guidelines for the Preparation of Indicator-Based Environment Assessment Reports (UNECE)

28. Recommendations of the 2-nd Environmental Performance Assessment: Chapter 3 «Information, Public Participation and Education» • Recommendation3.3: In order to drastically improve poublic access to environmental information: • (а) The State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry must establish specific procedures mandating its structural units to submit on a regular basis environmental information for the publication on the Agency’ web-portal, as well as to plan on an annual basis preparation of environmental publications to be funded from the Nature Protection Fund; • (б) The Ministry of Emergency Management, Ministry of Health and other ministries and agencies that are in possession of environmental information, must establish information centers and develop mechanisms to poractively share environmental information among the public at large.

29. Recommendations of the 2-nd Environmental Performance Assessment: Chapter 3 «Information, Public Participation and Education» • Recommendation3.4: The State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry and the Ministry of Justice must finalize the process of bringing the national legislation in accordance with the requirements of the Aarhus Convention to ensure the governmental authorities implement theme in a practical way including application of the Convention provisions by the judiciary bodies especially at the local levels . • The Agency, in cooperation with other governmental authorities and NGO, must develop a detailed strategy for the implementation of the Aargus Convention aimed, in particular, at building the civil service capacity, providing open access to environmental information, and public participation in the environmental decision making.