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An analytical note on the results of the sociological survey conducted among the residents of the districts near the Mezen is available on our website.  

AgroUdora Starts to Look Ahead

The Silver Taiga Foundation ecologists Nikolay Shilov and Nikolay Shuktomov have taken part in the traditional annual reporting meeting of the AgroUdora cooperative in Koslan. This time the Chairman’s report (in the current year this position has been held by Leonid Vitalyevich Pavlov) turned out to be more positive than in previous years. For the […]

Fish Resources Management Issues Have Been Discussed in Udora District of Komi

The participants of the conference held in Koslan within the framework of the Model River Mezen project got familiar with the project implementation progress and intermediate results, discussed the pressing challenges of the Mezen fish resources management, and above all, the potential participation of the local residents in this management.

The Second Training Workshop for FSC Consultants Took Place in Komi

From 12-17 October, another training of the in-depth course on the environmental certification aspects was conducted in Komi – already for the second group of FSC consultants. Same as the first training held in September, it was organized by Silver Taiga within the framework of the joint project of of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF […]

Field Workshop in Komi – Practical Work of the Boreal Forest Platform Starts

The Silver Taiga Foundation together with WWF Russia and Mondi Syktyvkar acted as a co-organizer of the field workshop “Intensive and sustainable forestry”, which was recently held in the Komi Republic and gave a start to the practical work of the Boreal forest platform – an expert platform for transition to the intensive and sustainable […]

Library Readers Discuss the Mezen Problems

A readers’ conference devoted to Fedor Abramov’s work “Once upon a time there lived a small salmon” was held on October 19 in the library of Usogorsk village. The conference was arranged within the frames of cooperation between the Silver Taiga Foundation and the Udora centralized library system (further – Udora CLS).

Schoolchildren Learn Their Origins

The beginning of a school year in the Udora district was marked with the first interschool research ecological conference “Origins”, conducted at the premises of the Vazhgort school. The conference, arranged in the frames of the Model River Mezen project, was focused on the support of the interest to flora and fauna of home places, […]