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Uncontrolled Fish Catch Caused Reduction of Salmon Population in the Mezen

Participants of the “round table” meeting held by the Silver Taiga Foundation in Mezen, Arkhangelsk region, the middle of March, supported the ichthyologists’ opinion. Every year, the Foundation’s staff visits Arkhangelsk region to meet residents of near-Mezen districts to plan and fulfil joint activities aimed at preservation of the aquatic bio resources of the Mezen […]

Silver Taiga Shared GIS Technology Basics with Forest District Residents

As the Silver Taiga Foundation promoting sustainable development believes, grasp of GIS technologies is necessary for rural residents eager to preserve forest areas that are most valuable for traditional use  to be able to build meaningful communication with logging companies. In the middle of March the Foundation conducted a two-day “round table” workshop on GIS technology. […]

Silver Taiga Coordination Council Has Approved the Foundation’s Activity

During the last meeting of Silver Taiga Coordination Council held on February, 28 the members of the Council reviewed and approved Silver Taiga Reports for the last year and Plans for 2017. The Coordination Council manages the activity of the Foundation and ensures the compliance by the Foundation with the purposes in the interests of […]

HCVF Project Steering Committee Recommends More Active Outspread of Silver Taiga Experience in Russian Regions

Steering Committee of the High Conservation Value Forest project implemented by the Silver Taiga Foundation since 2008 held its annual meeting. The objectives of the first stages of the project were search and introduction of compromise solutions to preserve and sustainably manage intact forest massifs in the Komi Republic and adjacent regions. Bit by bit, […]

Forest Area Residents Discussed FSC Certification Issues

The first round table meeting under the cooperation between the Silver Taiga Foundation and World Wildlife Fund targeted to public involvement into environmental management and control of natural resources has been held this year. The event was attended by community representatives and NGOs of Komi and Arkhangelsk regions and arranged at the Finno-Ugric Ethnic Park […]

Komi Protected Areas Network Development Experience Demanded Internationally

Nikolay Shuktomov, Silver Taiga coordinator of the forestry streams, took part in a two-day workshop to discuss preservation of high conservation value forests (HCVF) and their spatial connectivity within the Barents Region. The workshop was held in St.Petersburg as part of the BPAN international project (Supporting the establishment of a representative and efficiently manageable network […]

The Istoki Conference: More Participants Now

The environmental and regional study conference Istoki (literally “Beginnings”) initiated for the first time as an interschool event by the Model River Mezen project in autumn 2015 in Vazhgort was held on the district level in January this year. This time it was attended by teams from Blagoyevo, Glotovo, Koslan, Mezhdurechensk, Chernutyevo schools and from […]

Silver Taiga Director Yury Pautov Awarded with Russian Nature Protection Medal

The honorary diploma and the medal For Russian Nature Protection were bestowed to Yury Pautov, director of the Komi Regional Non-Profit Foundation Silver Taiga, at the representative meeting dedicated to preservation of Russia’s virgin forests with the participation of authorities, business, and public organizations on 1 December in Saint Petersburg. Yury was asked to answer […]