News articles tagged with 'Russia'
India releases tiger numbers as experts convene
— 29 Mar 2011 16:13 | EnvironmentThe Indian Government today released new tiger population numbers for the first time since 2007, indicating that numbers have increased in the country that has half of the world's remaining…
Public outcry fells Russia auction for logging rights in key tiger habitats
— 28 Oct 2010 15:18 | EnvironmentPublic outcry derailed an auction scheduled to be held earlier this week by the forestry administration of Primorsky Province in the Russian Far East that would have opened up critical…
Russia Far East hosts major tiger party ahead of summit
— 25 Sep 2010 12:23 | EnvironmentEvery year on the last Sunday in September, Vladivostok turns orange with stripes. This year, as it hosts its annual Tiger Day on Sunday, Sept. 26th, the largest city in the Russian…
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…
Fires around Moscow: A satellite perspective
— 14 Aug 2010 08:15 | EnvironmentSpace scientists at the University of Leicester have released satellite images of vast plumes of smoke emanating from the peat bog fires which are currently sweeping across central…
Wildfires, bad forest laws linked in Russia
— 5 Aug 2010 08:37 | EnvironmentAs wildfires rage in Russia following a massive heatwave this summer, WWF-Russia says the situation is being made worse by existing forest laws which put expensive fire prevention measures…
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…
Russia to create new national parks and reserves nearly size of Switzerland
— 7 Jul 2010 13:03 | EnvironmentPolar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species are all set to benefit from a Russian decision to boost its national protected areas to nearly 3 percent of its territory…
UNESCO to question Russia on pulp mill threat to Lake Baikal
— 1 Jul 2010 09:53 | EnvironmentA Russian government decision to allow a pulp and paper mill to put polluting wastes into the world's oldest and deepest lake has been placed on the agenda of the next UNESCO World…
WWF welcomes bid for international agreement on oil spills
— 30 Jun 2010 15:25 | EnvironmentAs oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico more than two months after the explosion and fire from the site of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, WWF has welcomed a Russian proposal…