Biodiversity

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Amur WWF, 2019

"Conservation of the Amur Tiger and its Habitats" was the first WWF's project in Russia that starts in 1994. WWF assisted in building of a network of anty-poaching brigades in Primorsky and Khabarovsky Provinces that  included response forces of the key tiger protected areas, provincial Wildlife Management Departments, and the Tiger Inspection. Over 25 years, jointly the Amur Tiger population has been stabilized and even has risen number up to 580 animals.

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V. Krever, T. Ivannikova, 2020

The review provides an analysis of the current legal framework for wildlife trade, the scope and features of trade in certain species, contemporary market structure and offers recommendations on how to address the most pressing issues in this area.

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Alexey Kostyria, Pavel Fomenko, Vasily Solkin, Femke Hilderink

Tigers and people come into more regular contact, competing for prey and territory. These encounters are labelled HTCs if they lead to situations in which tigers prey
on livestock or dogs, people get injured, or tigers are killed in defence or retaliation. Even if people or tigers are not injured or killed, big cats encroaching on human-dominated areas can cause fear and a negative attitude.

WWF experts say that the resolution of every HTC should be one of the top priorities.

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Translation: Yulia Kuleshova, Philip Johnson

Strategy for conservation of the Amur Tiger in the Russian Federation
approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (order No. 25- p of 2 July 2010)

The Strategy has been formulated in line with the recommendations given in the Strategy for Conservation of Rare and Endangered Animal, Plant and Fungi Species that was approved by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Order No. 323 of 6th April 2004.

The Strategy was developed by a working group that comprised
V. Rozhnov (Chairman), T. Aramileva, V. Gaponov, Y. Darman,
Y. Zhuravlev, A. Kostyria, V. Krever, V. Lukarevsky, S. Naydenko,
D. Pikunov, I. Seryodkin, J. A. Hernandez-Blanco and V. Yudin.

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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, FEBRAS, WWF Russia

Appendix to the decree of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation from November 19, 2013 (№ 29-р)

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D.K.Pikunov, V.K.Abramov, V.G.Korkishko, V.V.Aramilev, T.D.Arzhanova, V.P.Karakin, P.V.Fomenko, V.G.Yudin, V.S.Lukarevsky, I.G.Nikolaev, 1999

«Strategy for Conservation of the Far Eastern Leopard in Russia» was drafted by the working group established by the International Conference on the Preservation of the Far Eastern Leopard, which was held Oct. 28—Nov. 3 1996 in Vladivostok
Strategy was approved at the joint session of the section on «Preserving Biological Diversity» of the Science and Technology Council of the Russian State Committee for Ecology, and of the Commission on Large Predatory Mammals of the Mammalogical Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The paper also received the support of the Committee on Natural Resources of the administration of Primorski Krai. Development and publication of «Strategy for Conservation of the Far Eastern Leopard in Russia» were initiated by the World Wildlife Fund with funds, provided by USAID.

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WWF Russia, 2016

Leaflet

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WWF Russia, 2016

Leaflet

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Sergey Lyapustin, Alexey Vaisman, Pavel Fomenko, 2007

An examination of the reasons for illicit trade in wild plants and animals in the Far East of Russia, analysing the activities of law enforcement and environmental authorities relating to identification and prevention of this trade, and evaluating the efficacy of measures taken between 1999 and 2006.

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M. Krechmar, 2005

Illustrated booklet on the state of the population of the Far Eastern leopard.

Publication of this album has been made possible through the financial support of WWF Germany and WWF US. WWF Russia expresses a special thanks to WWF supporters in Japan and appreciates the tremendous work of WWF Japan staff to promote conservation of the Far Eastern leopard.

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Leaflet, 2015

The leaflet shows chronology of the actions and events devoted to preservation of the Amur tiger.

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Translated by Chang Youde and Li Ying, and reviewed by Fan Zhiyong and Shi Quanhua, 2014

In November 2010 in St. Petersburg, 13 tiger range governments together with partners in conservation, committed to the goal of doubling tigers to over 6000 individuals by 2022. WWF’s goal is now a shared goal of the tiger conservation community, a shared goal of the world.

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Nikitina I., Tyagunin V., Svetlakov A., 2011

This book presents materials on the studies of the Oriental white stork and other rare birds of the wetlands within the Amur watershed and their habitats. Data describing the Oriental white stork population status within most of its Russian range by 2010 are summarized.

Cadastre data on Oriental white stork nests provided in the Appendix make an important informative part in this description.

The collected articles are meant for ornithologists involved in studies and conservation of rare bird species, environmentalists and ecologists, protected nature area personnel, teachers and students of biological disciplines at colleges and higher educational institutions.

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Preventing the extinction of well-known and visible species is a strong symbol of society’s ability to address fundamental threats to the environment.In addition to their fundamental role in the functioning and health of ecosystems, species are sources of income, food, and scientific, educational, cultural and recreational value. Some species serve as a focus for conservation and management action to save entire ecosystems.

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Li Zhenxin , FridolinZimmermann etc.

Tiger is a fantastic and imposing flagship species in the world with its charm and rally power, and its function of is very important for Asia forest eco-system as well.

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Wang Qiang, Ma Zhilong, E Mingju

With the rapid development of economy construction in recent years, the habitat environment of White Stork has been influenced greatly. It’s a serious threat to White Stork that habitat depletion and gradual deterioration of  environmental conditions. To strengthen protection of White Stork resources, it’s so necessary to carry out more comprehensive investigation of present status based on the ongoing work.

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B. Baljnyam, WWF-Mongolia Programme Office О. Enkhtuya, Institute of General and Experimental Biology, 2020

In the Year of the Crane - 2020, a collection of children's works "Getting to know the baby crane" is published on our portal. This wonderful publication is available in three languages: Mongolian, Russian and English.

The authors of this work are schoolchildren who were born and raised near the Onon river.
Drawings for the album are selected from more than 1000 creative works that were presented at the annual painting competitions on the themes "Waterfowl, Cranes of my land”, "Happy spring birds" and "The Origins of the Amur", held since 2010.

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Vasily Solkin /Amur WWF Russia, 2017

Back in mid-October 2016, none could have ever thought that some unknown young tiger would do a very rash move that almost become fatal for the animal. Crossing the highway, the tiger have got into the lens of a car video recorder.

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Yury Darman \ WWF Russia, 2020

The protection of apex predators is one of the most difficult tasks in biodiversity conservation. Because they need a large home range with sufficient prey and safety sites for breeding without human disturbance. And of course, because the people fear and the damage on domestic animals. From the MIDORI Prize Winner 2016

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WWF Russia, 2017

The position of WWF Russia has been and remains unchanged — we are against commercial (trophy) hunting of rare species listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation, since hunting of «Red Book» species contradicts current legislation. At present, all species listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation have been withdrawn (with a number of reservations) from economic circulation

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The GTRP is the result of a collaboration among the 13 Tiger Range Countries and the partners of the Global Tiger Initiative.

In the St. Petersburg Declaration on Tiger Conservation endorsed at the International Tiger Forum, Tiger Range Countries adopted the Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP). The official text of the Declaration is included here as a preface to the GTRP that follows.

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Translated by Chang Youde and reviewed by Fan Zhiyong, 2014

Preventing the extinction of well-known and visible species is a strong symbol of society’s ability to address fundamental threats to the environment. In addition to their fundamental role in the functioning and health of ecosystems, species are sources of income, food, and scientific, educational, cultural and recreational value. Some species serve as a focus for conservation and management action to save entire ecosystems.

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Li Zhenxin, Fridolin Zimmermann,2010  Develop a landscape conservation plan for tigers in the Changbaishan mountain landscape
involving key stakeholders by:
• Defining potential tiger habitat as tiger conservation priority areas for short-term, mediumterm,
and long-term effective protection and management to recover tigers;
• Identifying ecological corridors between large patches of potential tiger habitat
• Identifying critical priority areas for immediate actions to address the main threats as the
bases for tiger recovery in Changbaishan landscape;
• Providing basic recommendations to guide development of a full tiger conservation strategy
and action plan.

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