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Forest Committee of Karelia will need international experience of biodiversity conservation
(13/02/2007)
Biodiversity conservation in leasehold forest in Karelia started in 2006. At least forest enterprises that are going through FSC certifications are obliged to protect forests of High Conservational Value on their territory.
Kalevalsky national park changed for diamonds
(22/12/2006)
The greatest part of proposed national park «Kalevalsky» and all proposed old-growth forest reserve «Voinitsa» is given to geologists searching for diamonds. Geological research on these areas has been carried out since the last spring. The work is lead by the state enterprise «Science-research geological institute» and financed by the federal budget.
Karelian scientists studying Pudoz old-growth forests
(28/09/2006)
The new research expedition to the old-growth forests of Pudoz started on 21 of August. Scientists from forest Karelian Forest Institute, Russian Academy of Science, came to Pudoz to make complex research of this unique forests. They are: zoologists, florists, briologists, lichenologists and many other specialists.
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HCVF OF PRIMORSKY KRAY
Primorsky Kray hosts one of the most diverse forest ecosystems in Russia that protect a significant portion of the region's biodiversity. Mixed broadleaf coniferous forests are the last remaining habitat for the Far Eastern leopard and the Amur tiger. Historic and current development rates in the region raise questions, however, about the future conservation value of these forest ecosystems. Thus, a project by International Socio-Ecological Union, Biodiversity Conservation Center, WWF and WRI was initiated to map high conservation value forests (HCVF) to aid regional conservation strategies and to update protected area systems. The highest conservation priority should be given to those ecosystems that are most endangered: the least disturbed forests whose total area is decreasing with each passing year.
In formulating a research plan, one discussed the following forest ecosystem categories:
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- Less disturbed forest tracts
- Floodplain and bottomland ecosystems of intact river basins
- Naturally rare and unique forest communities
- Rare and endangered plant species habitats
In mapping HCVF in Primorsky Kray, one focused on identifying forests important in the effort to preserve natural vegetation and its biodiversity.
The total area of identified HCVF (without intact forest landscapes) made up 2.94 million hectares, or 17.8% of the region's area. Rare forest communities total area is almost at 195 thousand hectares. Altogether more than 1600 habitats of rare and endangered vascular plant species were identified. The most endangered vegetation types, especially in comparison to the relatively small area they occupy, are Manchurian fir and mixed formations in the very south of the region.
Publication* "Mapping High Conservation Value Forests
of Primorsky Kray, Russian Far East".
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The cartographic part of the publication* is available in different formats:
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