2022 - Year of Tiger

The World Wide Fund for nature declares 2022 the Year of the Tiger. The Amur tiger is one of the key species supported by WWF. By preserving the Amur tiger, we preserve the ecosystem of it's entire habitate. You can learn more about the Amur tiger and WWF Russia's work on its conservation on our special page.

Wetlands of the AHEC

WWF Russia, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, declared 2021 the Year of Wetlands in the Amur-Heilong Ecoregion.

The Crane Family

The true story of the real family of Japanese cranes survived the fire. This is also a story of human kindness.

Crane - bird of the world

The Amur-Heilong river basin has the largest species diversity of cranes in the world. Here you can meet 6 of the 15 species of cranes living in the world, including some of the rarest ones: the Red-Crowned and Siberian white cranes.
A camera with a view of the nest of Snegovik and Nika (Red-crowned cranes) is installed in the aviary of the Muravyevsky Park. The pair was united in September 2022, and now there is an opportunity to watch online how a new family of cranes is being formed.

Let's save Oriental stork

About 95% of the Eastern stork population nests in the Amur Basin in the Russian Far East and winters in the Yangtze floodplain in China. For many years their nests were ravaged and the birds suffered from poachers. Also, due to the mass use of herbicides, this species disappeared in Japan and Korea. Therefore, it is extremely important to preserve the remaining population of the Eastern stork in Russia and China.

Amur-Heilong (AHEC)

Due to increasing socio economic development in the region, the rich yet vulnerable biodiversity of the AHEC has been subject to ever increasing threats. The AHEC program serves as a powerful

Uporny's Story

Captured after close encounters with humans, Uporny the tiger was rehabilitated and released, offering researchers an unprecedented look into the wild life of an elusive big cat