With the support of WWF, for the first time in the last 13 years, large-scale census of the Oriental stork were carried out throughout its nesting area - in Russia and China. More than 1000 breeding pairs have been registered in the Amur basin. In Russia and China, about 50 storklings of the Oriental stork were tagged with satellite GPS transmitters.

After almost 20 years, the program to study the migration of this rare bird has been resumed. With the support of WWF, the Center for Satellite Monitoring and Civil Control, together with environmentalists of the international coalition "Rivers Without Borders", satellite monitoring of river pollution from placer gold mining is carried out. Bikin National Park has received the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Russian-Mongolian protected area "Landscapes of Dauria" received the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The KEDR space monitoring system for forest changes, developed with the support of WWF, was introduced in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories to identify and stop illegal forest use.

A network of border nature reserves has been formed in the Amur Basin: a Memorandum of Cooperation between 16 Chinese and 12 Russian protected areas has been signed in Khabarovsk.

With the assistance of WWF in Primorye, the Bikin National Park was created on an area of ​1.16 million hectares.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia and the Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety of Germany signed a joint declaration on the results of the project "Protection of the primary forests of the Bikin River to reduce the impact of climate change." The document cemented the success of the Bikin Climate Project, which was carried out by WWF in the Bikin River basin in partnership with indigenous minorities.

WWF became a participant in the project of monitoring Far East Leopard by videocamera traps in the Land of the Leopard National Park. 16 short episodes about the life of the leopard family were filmed.

WWF and the public communities have achieved the inclusion of Mongolian oak and Manchurian ash in Annex III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

The President of Russia signed a list of instructions on the conservation of the Amur tiger and the Far Eastern leopard.

Amendments to the legislation of the Russian Federation have been adopted, which have toughened the punishment for the hunting and trafficking of highly valued animals. WWF has been pushing for these changes since the early 2000s.

WWF has become one of the sponsors and participants in the winter census of the leopard in its entire habitat. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia has approved a Strategy for the conservation of the Far Eastern leopard in the Russian Federation. To implement it, leading scientists and experts including WWF specialists have developed an action plan and a program for the reintroduction of the Far Eastern leopard.

The agreement on cooperation between FGC UES and WWF on the protection of rare bird species from death during contact with power lines has come into effect.

The national park "Shantar Islands" has been created in the Khabarovsk province on an area of 515,500 hectares.

With the support of WWF, special teams have been created in the Wildlife Management Departments of the Primorsky and Khabarovsk provinces to minimize conflicts between humans and large predators.

With the assistance of WWF, the Land of the Leopard National Park with an area of 261,868 hectares was created in Primorye. The Fund provided initial support in the anti-poaching activities and the creation of bioengineering plans to the national park, moved the visit center to the village of Barabash.

In the Khabarovsky province, a unique project of WWF of Russia, WWF of Sweden and the Swedish zoo "Northern Ark" has started to preserve the northernmost tiger population in Russia.

WWF initiated and organized the first Cedar Day, planting of one million cedar seedlings in the south-west of Primorye in key habitats of the Far Eastern leopard began.

The heads of Russia and Germany signed a Memorandum on the implementation of the project "Protection of primal forests of the Bikin River to reduce the impact of climate change."

With the great support of the public, WWF achieved the inclusion of Korean pine in the list of prohibited species for felling.

WWF became one of the organizers and participants of the International Tiger Conservation Forum in St. Petersburg, and helped organize and hold a Youth Tiger Conservation Summit in Vladivostok.

The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia has approved a Strategy for the Conservation of the Amur Tiger in the Russian Federation. WWF experts were actively involved in the development and editing of the strategy.

WWF, together with other organizations, created a emergency fund for helping hunting leases in Primorye to prevent the mass mortality of ungulates in difficult winter conditions. With the assistance of WWF, an agreement on cooperation for the conservation of the Amur tiger and the Far Eastern leopard was signed for the first time between the Forestry Department of Jilin Province, China, and the government institutions of Primorye, Russia.

The first criminal case has been initiated in Primorsky province, regarding illegal logging in the "Tayezhny" nature refuge against loggers who destroy key habitats of the Amur tiger.

A full-fledged Canine unit of the Far Eastern Operational Customs was created in the Far East Russia. Assistance to customs authorities in training dog handlers and training dogs to prevent the smuggling of objects of wild fauna and flora has become one of the priorities of WWF.

With the assistance of WWF, three national parks were created: "Zov tigra"(Call of the tiger) and "Udege Legend" in Primorye and "Anyuisky" in the Khabarovsk province with a total area of 600,122 hectares. WWF became one of the sponsors and participants of the winter census of the Far Eastern leopard.

Together with the administration of Primorsky province, bioengineering plans have been introduced into the practice of hunting leases — a set of measures to support ungulates in severe winter conditions. Educational work with hunting users has begun.

WWF has opened a visit center "Land of the Leopard" in the village of Barabash in Primorye.

With the assistance of WWF, a moratorium on logging has been introduced in the wildlife refuges of the Amur province.

WWF became one of the sponsors and participants of the tiger census throughout its entire habitat. The government census methodology has been created, tested and approved.

The campaign "Far Eastern Leopard. Save each of the remaining ones" together with a coalition of environmental organizations and public education departments of the south-west of Primorye has started.

WWF and TRAFFIC initiated a project at the Vladivostok Airport customs post to use sniffer dogs to detect animal and plant products.

 An audit according to FSC standards was carried out by the Forestry administrationon on the 1.4 million hectares of the rental area of ​ ​OAO "Terneiles".

In the Jewish Autonomous Region, with the financial support of WWF, the Environment and natural resources management department has created an anti-poaching squad "Sobol", an analogue of the Cedar squad successfully operating in Primorye. WWF held the Leopard Day Festival, which has become an annual holiday in the south-west of Primorye.

WWF, together with other organizations, developed the "Action Plan for the Conservation of the Far Eastern Leopard in the South of the Far East." Monitoring of the leopard using camera traps has begun.

WWF's all-Russian program to combat illegal logging has begun. Violations identified by WWF experts forced the leadership of the Federal Forestry Agency to take measures to combat forest poaching. In 22 of the most problematic forestry enterprises of Primorye, 14 special groups of forest protection have been formed.

To protect near-water and waterfowl, including the Oriental stork, the Aldikon wetland complex with an area of 275,000 hectares has been created in the Amur province.

WWF and the hunting lease "Bear" have started an experiment to increase the number of wild ungulates — the main food of the tiger. Subsequently, this experience was replicated throughout the south of the Far East.

The Hunchun Nature Reserve was created in China with the support of WWF and other organizations to preserve the habitat of the Amur tiger and the Far Eastern leopard and restore their populations.

The Vladivostok branch of the Russian Customs Academy has established a learning and teaching center for customs support for the protection of wildlife to more effectively control the movement of natural resources across the border.

WWF together with other organizations held the first Tiger Day in Vladivostok.
On the initiative and with the financial support of the Fund, an operational group "Leopard" was created under the Primorsky Province Wildlife Management Department to combat poaching in the habitats of the Far Eastern leopard.

WWF has developed a "National Strategy for Working with the Public to Prevent Wildfires." With the support of the Fund, a Forest Certification Center was established.

The Far Eastern Operational Customs and WWF signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of conservation of rare and endangered species of wild animals and plants.

WWF took part in organizing and conducting Amur tiger census at 16 model plots in the Khabarovsky and Primorsky provinces. WWF representative office in Vladivostok has launched a forest program. The Bikin squad of the Primorsky Province Wildlife Management Department has started patrolling on the Bikin river. The Fund has established "Cedar" anti-poaching group.

With the assistance of WWF, the Norskiy Nature Reserve with an area of 211,168 hectares was created in the Amur province.

WWF and the Vladivostok branch of the Russian Customs Academy have developed a training course on the topic "The work of customs authorities to identify and suppress animals and plants smuggling."

With the assistance of WWF, the Bolonsky Nature Reserve with an area of 103,600 hectares was created in the Khabarovsk province.

On the initiative and with the support of WWF, the first "Amur Tiger Conservation Strategy in Russia" was developed and adopted, which summarized half a century of experience in the protection and study of the Amur tiger in Russia and determined measures for its conservation.

The first international conference on the conservation of the Far Eastern leopard was held in Vladivostok. Organizations from Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States took part in it.

On the initiative and with the support of WWF, the Federal Target Program "Conservation of the Amur Tiger" was adopted in Russia.

WWF provided initial assistance to the anti-poaching teams of the Lazovsky and Sikhote-Alinsky nature reserves, the habitat of the Amur Tiger. The Tiger Inspection and the operational group of the Primorsky Province Wildlife Management Department, who worked in the Bikin river basin.