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Japanese companies to cooperate on wind farm project on Russky Island

Thu, 07 May 2009 08:54:00 +0200

Russian hydrogenerating company RusHydro is planning to sign a memorandum on cooperation with Japan's Mitsui and J-Power on May 11-12 as part of a project to build wind plants on Russky Island off Vladivostok, acting RusHydro CEO Vasily

Zubakin said.

Siberian vets fight to save rare tiger hit by car

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:05:00 +0200

Vets are working to save the life of a Siberian tiger hit by a car in Russia's Far East, a regional conservationist group said on Tuesday.

Primorye is fighting with poachers

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:10:00 +0100

More than 718 raids to curb poaching held in the Primorsky Territory from the beginning of the year.

Primorye will be clean

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:12:00 +0100

Preserving the unique nature of Primorye is the main objective of the program �Neat Primorye�, the draft of which has received cconclusion of the state ecological examination.

A new nature reserve �Leopardovy� will appear in Primorye

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100

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�.

The famous ecologist Alexander Tkalin will make speech at the international forum �Nature without border�

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:25:00 +0100

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.

Enterprise rents forestry plot for nature conservation purposes

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:00:00 +0200

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.

Large area of taiga on fire in Primorye territory

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:07:00 +0200

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.

The final actions on the coasts clean up will take place in Primorye

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:06:00 +0200

Children will clean the coasts of the Emar bay and Popov Island together with the ecologists.

A new ecology program will appear in Primorye

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:07:00 +0200

About 3 million dollars are planned to be allocated from the federal budget on the development of the program.

WWF says walrus deaths in Russian Far East due to natural causes

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:37:00 +0200

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

A bio-techno park will appear in Primorye

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:55:00 +0200

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

The problems of purity of coastal marine area will be discussed in Vladivostok

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:26:00 +0200

The Third International Environmental Forum "Nature without Borders" will focus on effective environmental management.

The hunting inspection of Primorye is conducting the ecological security campaign

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:50:00 +0200

Inspectors conduct weekly raids fighting against poaching and monitor the conditions of existence of wild animals.

Russia and Japan hold consultations on environmental safety in Far East region

Fri, 23 May 2008 06:35:23 +0200

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.

All forest fires put down in Russia�s Amur region and Primorsky territory

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:06:23 +0200

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.

Russia's Far East nature reserve celebrates its 30th anniversary

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:12:00 +0100

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.

The financial support from the regional budget contributes in realization of the measures for the conservation of natural resources of Primorye

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:13:00 +0100

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.

A new natural reserve �Leopardovy� will appear in Primorye

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:41:00 +0100

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."

The pollock fishing season in the Sea of Okhotsk has entered the active phase

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:03:00 +0100

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.

'Extinct' raccoon dogs detected in Russia's Altai Mountains

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:11:00 +0100

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.

The fishermen of primorye will be able to catch up to thousand tonnes of hunchback salmon and siberia salmon

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:39:00 +0100

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).

Tigers Get More Protection in Russia´s Far East, Says WWF

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:15:00 +0100

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.

The Geyser Valley has won the �Seven Wonders of Russia� contest

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:26:00 +0100

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.

A utilization factory will be built in Vladivostok

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:15:00 +0100

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

Children of the world are protecting the Amur leopard

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:31:00 +0100

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.

The Amur Tiger Offers An Encouraging Word: Success

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:44:00 +0100

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.

The restoration period after the mud flows in the Geyser Valley is over

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:58:00 +0200

The representatives of the Rosprirodnadzor have arrived to peninsula to evaluate the amount of accomplished work.

Russian and American scientists have discussed the fishery questions

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:29:00 +0200

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.

Scientific and practical conference �Sea ecology 2007� will be opened on Wednesday

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:03:00 +0200

The main goal of the meeting is the generalization of the experience in the solving the problems of coastal-sea environment protection and preservation.

The third ecologic conference will start its work in Russia

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0200

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.

The Lake of Khanka in Primorye is now under the protection of UNESCO

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:22:00 +0200

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.

Geysers Re-Emerge in Damaged Russia Valley - WWF

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:19:00 +0200

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.

The ecologists of Primorye are asking to prohibit the felling of pine forests where tiger and leopard dwell

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:03:00 +0200

Ecologists conducted an action in protection of pine deciduous forests of the Far East inhabited by tigers and leopards.

Number of Far East wildfires doubles, area increases tenfold

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:09:00 +0200

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.

The problems of sea ecology will be discussed in Vladivostok

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:30:00 +0200

�Marine ecology - 2007� is a science and practical conference that will take place in Vladivostok from the 3rd till the 5th of October.

A big screen for a big cat

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:36:00 +0200

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�.

Scientists say ban on Kamchatka crab catch needed

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:05:00 +0200

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.

The governor of Khabarovsk territory suggests building a factory of sturgeons� breeding on the Far East

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:26:00 +0200

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.

A big batch of ginseng costing about 5 million roubles is arrested in Primorye

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:30:00 +0200

On the 22nd of August the officials of customs post �Turiy Rog� of the Ussuriisk customs office have arrested a large batch of ginseng.

UNESCO will estimate the conditions of �Kamchatka�s Volcanoes�

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:32:00 +0200

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.

Researchers of Primorye and Japan will study birds' migrations together

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:51:00 +0200

Today a Japanese delegation of naturalists who will take part in the research and studying of birds of passage migrations.

Russia's FESCO says to acquire Vladivostok port

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:23:00 +0200

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.

Over 15,600 hectares of woodland on fire in Far East

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:06:00 +0200

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.

Crocodile falls to earth in Russia

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:42:00 +0200

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.

Customs officials confiscate 120 bear paws in Amur Region

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:45:00 +0200

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.

Primorye�s children are going to ecological symposium

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:00:00 +0200

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.

Japan issues tsunami warning after strong quake in Russia

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:44:00 +0200

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.

A moratorium on sturgeon�s roe output is imposed in Russia

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:59:00 +0200

The reason of the black roe output prohibition is the reduction of fish numbers in Caspia.

Russia border guards detain North Korea poaching fishing boats

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:00:00 +0200

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