New or updated projects
Fishery Pre-Analysis in Eastern Russia
Promoting community-based management of small-scale fisheries is a significant step towards addressing the issue of declining stocks. Certifying fishe...
Reducing climate change in Russia through sustainable forestry
Forests have a vital role to play in the fight against global warming. In particular, reforestation contributes to the absorption of carbon from the a...
Return of the leopard in the Caucasus
The Near Eastern leopard, once found throughout the Caucasus region, was thought to have disappeared in the 1960s. But recent surveys show the animals...
Protecting the Russian Arctic
Covering about 6.2 million square kilometres, the Russian Arctic is home to large populations of wild reindeer (caribou), walruses and more than 7,000...
Connecting protected areas in the Russian Caucasus
The Northern Caucasus region on the southern border of Russia covers millions of hectares of forests and mountains and is home to many wildlife specie...
Protecting Sakhalin’s endangered gray whales
Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East jets out in the North Pacific Ocean. Here, the waters are home to rich marine life. But it is also the site of on...
Buhara deer and leopard conservation in Central Asia
Due to poaching and habitat loss, the Bukhara deer population dropped significantly throughout the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, ...
Establishing 2 Nature Parks in Kamchatka
The aim of this project is to develop a proposal for the creation of 2 new nature parks on Kamchatka. The Kamchatka Peninsula and its adjoining seas h...