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Russian Fisheries goes through “green audit”
MSC-certification of fisheries companies started with WWF support at Kamchatka and in Khabarovsk region; this will help fishermen to bring their products to the international environmentally responsible markets...
WWF explained to fishermen participating in Murmansk trade fair the benefits of international certification
International Fisheries Fair “The Sea. Resources. Technologies 2008” took place in Murmansk on 13 to 15 March...
Tour-guides for nature protection!
The second stage of the project “Tour-guides for protected areas” financed by WWF-Russia and UNDP/GEF started in the Republic of Altai..
New WWF project “Local perspectives on hunting and poaching” launched in the Altai-Sayan
New project will help in the solution to questions concerned to the conservation of rare (primarily the snow leopard and the argali) and game species of Altai..
Tiger “disassembled into spare parts”
WWF’s experts pay attention to new ways of transportation of wildlife products across the border in the Russian Far East...
First Forest Audit Check Up in Amurskaya Province.
“Tyndales” timber company has become the first enterprise in Amurskaya Province having passed through the audit check-up under the standards of forest certification system, which is actively supported by WWF...
A Cage-Trap Set for Tiger Discovered in the “Akvaresursy” Hunting Estate.
In Primorye, in the estates’ territory a cage-trap set for catching the Amur tiger was found. WWF is concerned about the fact that a successful hunting estate allows tiger hunting...
The Altai-Sayan Protected Areas Council will be established
The main objects of the Council are assistance in the partnership between protected areas and local communities and development of the transboundary conservation cooperation..
Striped Cat Killed Spotted Cat
WWF Russia experts have investigated death of the Far Eastern leopard in one of the former deer farms of Primorye. The leopard was killed by its “elder brother” - the Amur tiger...
Smugglers and Poachers will Face Trial
Investigation on the biggest seizure of wildlife products ever made by Border, Internal and Customs services in Primorye in RFE was completed. The criminal case will be passed to the court in the nearest future...
The Year for Ramsar Wetlands Began to Walk across the Russia Far East
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Unique Forests of Russia – Korean and Siberian Pine Stands of the Nuts Harvesting Zones – Celebrate its 55 Anniversary
On February 6, 1953 the Union of Ministers of the former USSR signed № 342 decree that gave new protective status to the valuable Korean and Siberian pines stands...
Forest Contest for the Kids of Primorye
On Friday 8, in Vladivostok, winners of the sixth province-wide ecological contest of school research and practical works “Forest Olimpiada-2007” were awarded...
Zov Tigra and Udegeiskaya Legenda National Parks Now have not Only Territory but also Directorate
New Attack of a Tiger against Man
WWF continues to monitor situation with the Amur tiger: on January 22 on a logging site in Pozharskii district in Primorye a young tiger attached a man...
Law on the Side of Forest Protectors
A series of Accidents with the Amur Tigers Concern Environmentalists
Russians sign petition against gas pipeline route
WWF-Russia launches a campaign to prevent the Ukok Plateau in the southern Siberia from being destroyed by a gas pipeline system that is planned to be built through this plateau by Russian “Gazprom” gas company...
WWF Russia volunteers will celebrate New Year saving birds in Kerch
A volunteer camp of WWF has resumed its work in the Black Sea strait rescuing birds affected by a November oil spill...
The biggest population of snow leopard in Russia will be protected
WWF-Russia will finance the development of ecologically-economical basis for the territory for the third wildlife preservation in Altai Republic – «Saylyugemsky»..
New European Union quotas are bad for Cod
EU Fisheries Ministerial Commission for the first time since 2002 agreed upon significant increase of Cod fishing quotas in EU waters for 2008 based on early signs of stock recovery...
Third national park created in the Russian Far East – Anyuiskii
Just before the New Year, the Russian Government has made a present to the Amur tiger and environmentalists. On December 15, the Government signed a decree on the creation of a new national park in Khabarovsk province...
Illegal wildlife trade was discussed in the Altai-Sayan
There were relevant seminars in Tuva Republic and in Novosibirsk on the trilateral conference of the conservation organizations..
Illegal Logging in Primorsky province could not be stopped without emergency measures
Deputies of the regional Legislative Assembly suggest introducing special regime in seven districts, where under complete lack of control from governmental agencies illegal loggings reach unexampled heights..
Do not cut all-needle fur – relic tree of the southern Primorye
Kids from WWF’s club of Kamenushka village together with staff from WWF, the Ussuriisk nature reserve, and local press-club conducted a special event towards protection of all-needle fur...
First in Russia textbook about wildlife species transported across the boarder published in Vladivostok
On December 6, WWF Russia and the Vladivostok branch of the Russian Customs Academy presented a new textbook for the academy students and customs officials...
Kamchatka discusses shelf project expansion
Public hearings on the Project for exploratory drilling at the West Kamchatka shelf of the Sea of Okhotsk took place in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...
The participants of the Association of the Reserves and National parks of the Altai-Sayan met in Shushenskoe village, Krasnoyarski krai
The main subject of the meeting was summarising of the “Biodiversity monitoring” project results..
New Cuttings Started in Tayozhnyi Wildlife Refuge
WWF raises alarm: Primorye loggers intruded into Tayozhnyi wildlife refuge. They select best trees thus destroying the Amur tiger habitat and depriving wild ungulates of forage...
