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The Oriental stork census organized in the Amur River basin with WWF support has been completed. It has shown a record increase in the Oriental stork numbers over the entire history of regular observations of this rare bird. The number of breeding pairs in the Russian part of the Amur basin is approaching 1000, and the total number of storks is estimated at about 5.5 thousand individuals.
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29 april 2021
Oriental storks settled down on an artificial support erected in the Khanka lake nature reserve as part of the Russian-Korean project
International cooperation between WWF Russia, the Khanka Lake Nature Reserve and the Research Center for Endangered Species of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea is bearing fruit: Oriental storks have settled for the first time on one of the artificial supports installed in the reserve this year.
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13 april 2021
A pair of Red-crowned cranes became the heroes of live video stream
WWF Russia web portal AmurInfoCenter launched online broadcasting from the enclosure with Red-crowned cranes in the Muravyevsky Wildlife Refuge in Amurskaya province.
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8 april 2021
Inhabitants of rivers, lakes and swamps of the Amur basin became heroes of the International contest of children paintings “Wetlands for life”
2000 children have already submitted their art works to the International Contest “Wetlands for Life” organized by WWF Russia in the Amur-Heilong River basin in the Year for Wetlands - 2021. The paintings are accepted till April 30, so the kids still have time to take part in the Contest on the AmurInfoCenter web portal of the Amur-Heilong Ecoregion.
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29 march 2021
Two rarest Red-crowned cranes were released into the wild in Primorye
On March 29, two Red-crowned cranes, rarest bird species in the Amur River basin, were released into the wild in the buffer zone of the Khanka Lake Nature Reserve in Russia. These birds were rescued from death with the support of WWF and were kept at the Rehabilitation Center TIGR in the village of Alekseevka in order to be prepared for independent life in the wild.
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26 march 2021
Online cameras captured the first egg in the nest of Oriental storks in the Amur Ecoregion
Today, on March 26, the first egg appeared in the nest of Oriental storks in Amurskaya province. This pair of storks has been breeding here for about 20 years. 4 years in a row specialists have been monitoring the nest with online cameras as part of a joint project of WWF Russia and NGO AmurSEU.
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16 february 2021
From Russia to South Korea: new scientific data on Oriental stork migration
Two Oriental storks tagged with GPS transmitters in Russia with support of WWF were observed on the wintering sites in South Korea. New data on their migration route were obtained thanks to international programs on stork conservation and joint efforts of specialists from Russia, China and South Korea.
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11 february 2021
The field operation to rescue Kvoter, the red-crowned crane, successfully ended in Primorye
Ornithologists from Amur-Ussuri Center for the Study of Birds Biodiversity and the Russian Academy FNTS Biodiversity Feb RAS Russia were supporting the life and security of a Red-crowned crane named Kvoter for more than two months. This rare bird, released from the Muravyevsky Park in Amuskaya Province did not fly to the south but stayed to winter in the northern Primorye. On February 10, the crane was finally captured and taken to the Rehabilitation Center. The rescue operation was supported by WWF.
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9 february 2021
In the Year for Wetlands – 2021, protected areas of the Amur basin launched a campaign to protect rivers, lakes and swamplands
On World Wetlands Day, five provinces of the Russian Far East: Khabarovsky, Primorsky, Zabaikalsky, Amurskaya and Evreiskaya provinces, with the support of WWF-Russia, an environmental education campaign was launched to protect rivers, lakes and swamps. More than 5500 people took part in offline and online events over just one week.
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