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13.11.2008 A new nature reserve “Leopardovy” will appear in Primorye
A united State nature reserve of federal significance “Leopardovy” was created in Primorye. This was done by combining two protected areas: the «Barsovy» reserve and the «Borisovskoe plateau».

29.10.2008 The famous ecologist Alexander Tkalin will make speech at the international forum “Nature without border”
Known environmental organizations and ecology scientists have shown serious interest in the International environmental forum “Nature without borders”, which will be held in Vladivostok on 12 and 13 November. The famous ecologist Alexander Tkalin will make speech at the plenary meeting on the topic of intergovernmental cooperation in protecting the marine environment and coastal zone management in North-West Pacific.

23.10.2008 Enterprise rents forestry plot for nature conservation purposes
For the first time in Russia an enterprise has rented a forestry plot for nature conservation rather than commercial purposes. The Nerpinky fisheries cooperative rented for 25 years a forestry plot of 45,300 hectares in the Khasan district of the Primorye territory.

22.10.2008 Large area of taiga on fire in Primorye territory
The Primorye territory’s taiga is on fire at an area of 1,600 hectares. The regional forestry department reported that a total of eight fires have been registered in the Dalnegorsk, Chuguyevo, Pozharsk, Ternei, Yakovlevsky and Anuchinsky districts. Active fire fighting efforts are underway in these territories. Over 230 people have been involved in the effort.

03.10.2008 The final actions on the coasts clean up will take place in Primorye
Children will clean the coasts of the Emar bay and Popov Island together with the ecologists.

20.08.2008 A new ecology program will appear in Primorye
About 3 million dollars are planned to be allocated from the federal budget on the development of the program.

20.08.2008 WWF says walrus deaths in Russian Far East due to natural causes
The World Wildlife Fund said on Monday that over 800 walruses found dead 10 days ago by border officials in Russia's Far Eastern region of Chukotka probably died of natural causes

05.08.2008 A bio-techno park will appear in Primorye
The first bio-technological park of Primorye will appear in the Lazovsky area on the shore of the Kievka Bay.

10.07.2008 The problems of purity of coastal marine area will be discussed in Vladivostok
The Third International Environmental Forum "Nature without Borders" will focus on effective environmental management.

24.06.2008 The hunting inspection of Primorye is conducting the ecological security campaign
Inspectors conduct weekly raids fighting against poaching and monitor the conditions of existence of wild animals.

23.05.2008 Russia and Japan hold consultations on environmental safety in Far East region
Russia and Japan are going to develop a programme of cooperation in environmental safety in the two country’s adjacent areas ahead of the G8 summit on Hokkaido due in July.

29.04.2008 All forest fires put down in Russia’s Amur region and Primorsky territory
Four last fires in the forests in the Amur region and the Primorsky territory on an area of more than 500 hectares were put down on Sunday. For the first time from the beginning of the fire-prone season no forest fire was reported in Russia’s Far East, a source in the Far East regional emergencies center told Itar-Tass on Monday.

28.03.2008 Russia's Far East nature reserve celebrates its 30th anniversary
Russia's first and only maritime nature reserve, located in the waters of Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan in Russia's Far East, marked its 30th anniversary on Monday.

12.03.2008 The financial support from the regional budget contributes in realization of the measures for the conservation of natural resources of Primorye
The activities aimed at preserving of the unique nature and wildlife of the region are continued in the reserves of Primorye. Administration of the region is paying special attention to this. Only this year 6.7 million rubles were allocated from the regional budget for this purpose.

15.02.2008 A new natural reserve “Leopardovy” will appear in Primorye
This year, the region plans to establish a common State Nature Reserve of federal significance "Leopardovy". This will be done by combining the two conservation areas "Barsovy” and “Borisovskoe plateau."

12.02.2008 The pollock fishing season in the Sea of Okhotsk has entered the active phase
Main winter fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk has entered its active phase. Virtually the entire extractive middle-tonnage and large-tonnage fleet of the Far Eastern fishery enterprises is now in the Okhotsk pollock fishing areas, reported the Ministry of Fisheries of Kamchatka territory.

17.01.2008 'Extinct' raccoon dogs detected in Russia's Altai Mountains
Raccoon dogs thought extinct in the Altai Mountains since the early 1950s have been again detected in Russia's south Siberian Altai Republic, a source in the regional government said on Wednesday.

16.01.2008 The fishermen of primorye will be able to catch up to thousand tonnes of hunchback salmon and siberia salmon
The volumes of possble catch of pacific salmon are increased in Primorye in comparison with the last indexes. About 1000 tonnes of salmon is planned to be permitted for catch this year. the major part of it falls on the hunchback salmon - 900 tonnes, the rest on the siberian salmon (91,3 tonnes) and seema (18 tonnes).

20.12.2007 Tigers Get More Protection in Russia´s Far East, Says WWF
Russian Government created a new national park that is habitat for the endangered Siberian tiger in the country´s Far Eastern region after six years of research and negotiation by World Wildlife Fund. Roughly the size of Rhode Island, Anyuiskii National Park--1562.5 square miles--is the largest of three protected areas established by the Russian government in 2007.

15.12.2007 The Geyser Valley has won the “Seven Wonders of Russia” contest
The Geyser Valley of Kamchatka became one of the “7 Wonders of Russia” contest winner that was organized by the “Smena” journal. The contest was being conducted during three months, starting from September, 2007.

04.12.2007 A utilization factory will be built in Vladivostok
Within the limits of the goal-oriented program "Waste products" the utilization factory of biological and medical wastes will be loaded.

20.11.2007 Children of the world are protecting the Amur leopard
The exhibition of the children’s paintings from Germany is dedicated to the theme of leopard’s protection in Russia.
A press-conference “Children of the world are saving leopard” will take place on Wednesday at Vladivostok office of the WWF of Russia.

08.11.2007 The Amur Tiger Offers An Encouraging Word: Success
Siberia - In a world where many animals are under siege, the Amur tiger -- popularly known in the West as the Siberian tiger -- offers an encouraging message: the population of the huge cat is showing signs of recovery.

13.10.2007 The restoration period after the mud flows in the Geyser Valley is over
The representatives of the Rosprirodnadzor have arrived to peninsula to evaluate the amount of accomplished work.

12.10.2007 Russian and American scientists have discussed the fishery questions
The scientists of the TINRO-Center of the Russian delegation have participated in the 18th session of the Inter-government Russian-American advisory fishery committee.
The session took place in the La Holya city. This structure was created within the limits of inter-government agreement of fishery issues from 1988.

04.10.2007 Scientific and practical conference “Sea ecology 2007” will be opened on Wednesday
The main goal of the meeting is the generalization of the experience in the solving the problems of coastal-sea environment protection and preservation.

01.10.2007 The third ecologic conference will start its work in Russia
The third all-Russian ecologic conference “New priorities of national ecologic politics in the real economic sector” will take place in Moscow on the 27th of November.

29.09.2007 The Lake of Khanka in Primorye is now under the protection of UNESCO
The coordinating council of UNESCO program “Human and the biosphere” has included the Chinese part of the border national park “The Khanka Lake” situated on the territory of Russia and China into the World net of biosphere reserves.

27.09.2007 Geysers Re-Emerge in Damaged Russia Valley - WWF
he best-known geysers of a cluster hidden in a remote Russian valley hit earlier this year by a landslide have re-emerged, a leading environmentalist group said on Wednesday.

26.09.2007 The ecologists of Primorye are asking to prohibit the felling of pine forests where tiger and leopard dwell
Ecologists conducted an action in protection of pine deciduous forests of the Far East inhabited by tigers and leopards.

25.09.2007 Number of Far East wildfires doubles, area increases tenfold
The total area of fires raging in the Russian Far East has increased tenfold, from 18 to 170 hectares (44.5 to 420 acres), in the past 24 hours, a source in the local emergencies service said Thursday.

21.09.2007 The problems of sea ecology will be discussed in Vladivostok
“Marine ecology - 2007” is a science and practical conference that will take place in Vladivostok from the 3rd till the 5th of October.

20.09.2007 A big screen for a big cat
Two Russian documentary films about the far eastern leopard were shown on the wide screen for the first time on the 17th of September at the V international film festival “Pacific Meridian”.

14.09.2007 Scientists say ban on Kamchatka crab catch needed
ussian scientists have proposed putting a five-year ban on the commercial crab catch near Kamchatka, in Russia's Far East, where the crab population has fallen by 40% in two years.

04.09.2007 The governor of Khabarovsk territory suggests building a factory of sturgeons’ breeding on the Far East
The governor of kKhabarovsk territory Victor Ishaev considers the necessity of all-lateral measures on refilling of the sturgeon fish population the variety of which has noticeably lowered.

24.08.2007 A big batch of ginseng costing about 5 million roubles is arrested in Primorye
On the 22nd of August the officials of customs post “Turiy Rog” of the Ussuriisk customs office have arrested a large batch of ginseng.

24.08.2007 UNESCO will estimate the conditions of “Kamchatka’s Volcanoes”
From 29th of August till 5th of September the experts of UNESCO delegation headed by the representative of the UNESCO center of world Heritage Guy Dabonnet and expert David Michalic.

22.08.2007 Researchers of Primorye and Japan will study birds' migrations together
Today a Japanese delegation of naturalists who will take part in the research and studying of birds of passage migrations.

21.08.2007 Russia's FESCO says to acquire Vladivostok port
Russia's Far Eastern Shipping Co has struck a deal to buy the operator of Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port, including a stake once held by steel maker MMK , the company said on Monday.

10.08.2007 Over 15,600 hectares of woodland on fire in Far East
A sharp increase in the number of wildfires is fixed in Russia’s Far East. On Wednesday, 4,200 hectares of taiga and other areas were on fire in the region. However, by Thursday morning their number grew to 15,680 hectares, sources from the Far Eastern regional centre of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations told.

08.08.2007 Crocodile falls to earth in Russia
RESIDENTS in the Russian nuclear research town of Sarov got a jaw-dropping surprise today when a crocodile fell from its owner's 12th storey flat.

07.08.2007 Customs officials confiscate 120 bear paws in Amur Region
120 bear paws with total weight of 190 kg found in “Kamaz” vehicle going from Russia to China were detained by Blagoveshensk custom-house officials.

07.08.2007 Primorye’s children are going to ecological symposium
Today nine schoolchildren will go to ecological symposium of young leaders that will pass on 11-12 of September in Toyama. Children will tell about protection of sea area from trash. Children from Korea, Japan, Mongolia and Russia will also perform the reports.

03.08.2007 Japan issues tsunami warning after strong quake in Russia
A strong underwater quake hit near Sakhalin island in Russia's Far East on Thursday, reportedly killing one person and sending small tsunami waves to northern Japan.

01.08.2007 A moratorium on sturgeon’s roe output is imposed in Russia
The reason of the black roe output prohibition is the reduction of fish numbers in Caspia.

27.07.2007 Russia border guards detain North Korea poaching fishing boats
Russian sea border guards have detained four North Korean fishing boats off coasts of the Primorye region over the past 24 hours.

07.06.2007 In Primorye Region a unique park “Call of the Tiger” will be created
Creation of a national park “Call of the Tiger” will become a present for participants of the second international ecological forum “Nature without borders”.