News articles tagged with 'Amur'
China, Russia provinces agree to first transboundary protected area to conserve Amur tigers
— 29 Aug 2010 17:29 | EnvironmentJilin province of China and neighbouring Primorsky province in Russia agreed today to collaborate formally in working towards the first transboundary Amur tiger protected area amidst…
Russia tiger habitat gets a boost with protection of key tree species
— 30 Jul 2010 09:58 | EnvironmentWorld Tiger Day - the Russian government has introduced measures to protect the Korean pine, a key species found in Amur tiger habitat in the Russian Far East…
Amur tigers threatened by economic crisis
— 24 Apr 2009 15:58 | EnvironmentLoggers in Russia's Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising concerns that the endangered Amur tiger could lose critical habitat and its prey could lose a major…
Skin of rare Amur leopard discovered in car
— 21 Apr 2009 12:51 | EnvironmentPolice are investigating the killing of an Amur Leopard - one of the rarest animals on earth with only a few dozen left in the wild - after officers discovered the skin of an adult…
Tracking the elusive Amur tiger by foot, ski, and snowmobile
— 10 Mar 2009 15:58 | EnvironmentResearchers in the Russian Far East are tracking the elusive Amur tiger by foot, ski, and snowmobile this month to better understand the endangered species…
Amur leopards benefit from Russian conservation concession
— 22 Oct 2008 11:32 | EnvironmentFor the first time ever, a partnership between WWF and a for-profit timber company have been awarded a 'conservation concession' to restore approximately 10 percent of the critically…
Vladimir Putin collars Dr Darman's tiger
— 3 Sep 2008 14:42 | EnvironmentThe Amur tiger has leapt into the headlines with former Russian president Vladimir Putin shooting a tiger with a tranquillising gun in Russia's far east, before tagging the tiger with…
A new national park for Russian tigers
— 1 Jan 2008 15:40 | EnvironmentEndangered northern Amur tigers have received a boost to their protection through the creation of a new national park in Khabarovsk province, located in the Russian Far East. The Russian…
Critically endangered female Amur leopard captured
— 23 Oct 2007 04:00 | BiologyA rare Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), one of only an estimated 30 left in the wild has been captured and health-checked by experts from a consortium of conservation organisations,…
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