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03.12.2008
Working meeting "Nomination and management of the serial transnational World Heritage properties"
A working meeting "Nomination and management of the serial transnational World Heritage properties" took place at the International Academy for Nature Conservation on the isle of Vilm in Germany. More...

20.11.2008
Documents on presenting Kungurskaya Ice Cave to World Heritage List submitted to Ministry of Natural Resources
The set of documents compiled by the Institute of mines of the Ural department of the Russian Academy of Sciences contains the nomination dossier and the application to suggest the historical-natural complex "The Ice Mountain and the Kungurskaya Ice Cave" for the Tentative List of the Russian Federation. More...

01.11.2008
Steering meeting on the creation of the management plans for the Kronotsky Reserve and the South Kamchatka Federal Preserve
In the framework of the UNDP/GEF project "Sustainable preservation of the bio-diversity: four Specially Protected Nature Areas in the Kamchatka region of the Russian Federation" a steering meeting was held on 28 October in Elisovo to work out the management plans for the Kronotsky Reserve and the South Kamchatka Federal Preserve, which make part of the World Heritage site Volcanoes of Kamchatka. More...

20.10.2008
Research & practice seminar on the occasion of the Altai Golden Mountains' 10th anniversary
The seminar was held on October 16-17 in the Tungur settlement (Belukha Natural Park, Altai Republic). It marked the 10th anniversary of the inscription of the Altai Golden Mountains natural site on to the World Heritage List. More...

10.10.2008
Booklet "Volga Delta - potential World Heritage site" has been published
The booklet is based on the materials of the Volga Delta nomination dossier prepared jointly by the Natural Heritage Protection Fund, the Astrakhansky State Biosphere Reserve, RAS Institute of Geography, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov and the Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.S. Likhachev with the assistance of the EURONATUR (Germany) and the UNDP/GEF project "Conservation of Wetland Biodiversity in the Lower Volga Region" in 2007-2008. More...

01.10.2008
Decisions adopted at the 32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee (Quebec City, 2008) on Russia's World Heritage Properties
State of conservation of World Heritage Properties: Golden Mountains of Altai, Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Natural System of "Wrangel Island" Reserve, Curonian Spit (Lithuania / Russian Federation), Lake Baikal, Western Caucasus. Nominations to the World Heritage List: "The Putorana Plateau" Nature Complex. More...

25.09.2008
New site Ilmen Mountains has been added to the Russian Federation Tentative List of properties nominated for inscription on to the UNESCO World Heritage List
The Ilmen Mountains will be the second, after the Valamo archipelago, mixed (natural and cultural) site on Russia's Tentative List, which now includes 7 natural sites; two of them - Putorana Plateau and Lena Pillars - are currently under consideration in the World Heritage Center, others are the Magadan Reserve, Daurian Steppes, Commander Islands, the Great Vasyugan Mire and the Krasnoyarsk Pillars. The RF Tentative List also includes 13 cultural properties. More...

08.09.2008
IUCN expert mission to the Lena Pillars NP in the Republic of Sakha
On August 28 - September 05 IUCN experts visited Moscow, Yakutsk and the Lena Pillars Natural Park (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)) in order to evaluate the Lena Pillars natural site nominated for inscription on to the UNESCO World Heritage List. More...

25.08.2008
On August 18-20, 2008, a seminar called "The Virgine Komi Forests as a model natural World Heritage site" took place in Vuktil, Republic of Komi
The seminar was held within the framework of a project "Enhancing biodiversity conservation and speeding up the local social and economic development through effective use of the UNESCO World Heritage status". The project is coordinated by the Natural Heritage Protection Fund; financial assistance is provided by Matra/KNIP program (small-scale nature management projects). More...

15.07.2008
Documents to include the Ilmensky State Nature Reserve on the Tentative List of the Russian Federation are delivered to the World Heritage Center
The Ilmen Mountains natural site (the territory is located within the borders of the Ilmensky State Reserve named after V.Lenin of the Ural Branch of RAS) is proposed as a potential mix (natural and cultural) World Heritage property meeting criteria vi, vii and viii. More...

10.07.2008
The 32nd session of the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee is over
The 32nd session of the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee took place on July 02-10, in Quebec (Canada). 27 new sites in 25 countries were inscribed on the World Heritage List. UNESCO's World Heritage List now numbers a total of 878 sites, 679 cultural and 174 natural sites and 25 mixed in 145 countries. More...

01.07.2008
Results of a scientific and practical workshop "The Green Belt of Fennoscandia: current situation and future prospects"
On June 9-11, 2008 an international scientific and practical seminar called The Green Belt of Fennoscandia: current situation and future prospects took place in Petrozavodsk (RF). The seminar was organized by RAS Karelian Scientific Center, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fish Industry and Ecology of the Republic of Karelia and the Kostomukshsky State Nature Reserve with the participation of the Finnish Ministry of Environment and the Finnish-Russian Working Group on Nature Conservation. More than 80 experts from Russia and Finland attended the workshop. More...

01.06.2008
New biodiversity conservaton project is launched
The Natural Heritage Protection Fund is starting a new project Enhancing biodiversity conservation and speeding up the local social and economic development through effective use of the UNESCO World Heritage status. The Virgin Komi Forests, which is the first Russian natural property obtained World Heritage status, is chosen as a model site to realize the project. The site consists of two federal specially protected areas (SPA): the Pechero-Ilychsky State Nature Reserve and the Ugyd Va National Park. The project is supported by Matra/KNIP program (Small Nature Management Projects) and is meant for the term of 1 year. More...

28.04.2008
UNESCO/IUCN mission to evaluate the state of conservation of the Western Caucasus World Heritage site has completed its work
In pursuance of a decision of the XXXI Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee a UNESCO/IUCN expert mission was held in Russia on April 18-25. The mission's task was to evaluate the current state of conservation of the Western Caucasus World Heritage site, its management situation, and those of the development projects in the areas neighbouring the World Heritage site, which are connected to the pre-Olympic building activities in the Krasnodarsky Krai and the construction of a motor road in the territory of the Republic of Adygeya. More...

18.04.2008
Development of Management Plans for Specially Protected Areas (SPAs) composing the Volcanoes of Kamchatka World Heritage site
Four of SPAs composing the Volcanoes of Kamchatka World Heritage site, namely the Kronotsky State Biosphere Reserve, Uzhno-Kamchatsky Zakaznik, Nalychevo and Bystrinsky Nature Parks, will be provided with 2009-2013 management plans, which will be developed during 2008 in the framework of a UNDP/GEF project "Demonstrating Sustainable Conservation of Biological Diversity in Four Protected Areas of Russia's Kamchatka Oblast". More...

07.04.2008
The Lena Pillars Natural Park World Heritage nomination is determined technically complete
The Lena Pillars nomination dossier, prepared and submitted to the World Heritage Center by the Russian Federation in 2007, met all of the technical requirements outlined in the Operational Guidelines concerning nominations to the World Heritage List and is determined to be technically "complete". More...

10.03.2008
Preparation of the Magadansky Reserve World Heritage nomination is resumed
The work on the preparation of the Magadansky Reserve's nomination dossier has been resumed after a 4-year break. Agencies participating in the project are the Natural Heritage Protection Fund, the Institute of Geography RAS, the Technical University of Dresden and the Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage. More...

01.02.2008
New training initiative for people working at World Heritage sites
World Heritage is English Language & Communication Skills Training, based in Bath, UK a UNESCO World Heritage Site. More...

16.01.2008
2007-2008 World Heritage Map Available
The map features the 851 World Heritage properties, brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and World Heritage conservation programmes, as well as superb photos of World Heritage sites with explanatory captions. More...

26.10.2007
Nine new members have been elected to World Heritage Committee
24 October nine new members have been elected to the 21-member World Heritage Committee in charge of implementing UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. More...

22.10.2007
Ancient Sogdiana - potential UNESCO World Heritage Site
An International Practical Conference "Ancient Sogdiana: Past, Present and Future" took place on 18-19 October in Dushanbe. The conference was dedicated to issues of conservation and development of the Yagnob valley and its people - Yagnob small mountain ethnic group (5000 people), speakers of ancient Sogdiana language. More...

26.09.2007
The Lena Pillars nomination file sent to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
The Lena Pillars nomination file for inscription of the Nature Park of the same name of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on the World Heritage List has been sent to the World Heritage Centre. The Lena Pillars is the 12th natural complex nominated by Russia for receiving the high status of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. More...

14.09.2007
Russian Version of World Heritage Information Kit Published
The Russian edition of the World Heritage Information Kit '2005 by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, has come out. The Russian version of the publication was prepared by the Natural Heritage Protection Fund with the support of the TNK-BP Company. More...

05.09.2007
IUCN Expert Mission to Putorana Reserve
An IUCN expert mission visited the Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Moscow and Norilsk from 28 August to 5 September, within the framework of the project to inscribe the Putorana Plateau natural site on to the UNESCO World Heritage List. More...

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21.07.2007
Sub-Regional Meeting on the Nomination of the West Tien-Shan as a Natural Heritage Site
Sub-Regional Meeting on the nomination of the West Tien-Shan as a transboundary Natural Heritage site attended by specialists from Kasakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan was held with the support of the UNESCO July 18-19, in Almaty. More...

6.07.2007
The 31st Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee
At the 31st Session of the World Heritage Committee which took place on 23.06-02.07 in Christchirch, New Zealand, 22 new sites (5 natural, 16 cultural and 1 mixed sites) from 22 countries have entered the World Heritage List. Now the List counts 166 natural, 660 cultural and 25 mixed sites. More...

11.06.2007
Working up the transboundary nomination "Western Tien Shan"
Natural Heritage Protection Fund will take part as expert in the "Working up the transboundary multiple nomination "Western Tien Shan" project which has started within the frames of the Global Strategy for working up a balanced, representative and reliable World Heritage List. More...

28.05.2007
Meeting on management plan for the Ubsunur Hollow Reserve
Within the frames of the "Biodiversity Conservation in Altai-Sayan Region" UNDP/GEF project on May, 23-24 in Kysyl took place the adjusting meeting for working up management plan for the Ubsunur Hollow Reserve, the Russian part of the International World Heritage site of the same name. More...

15.05.2007
Project "Catalyzing development of Kugu Kakshan Reserve" launched
A joint project of the Natural Heritage Protection Fund and the EcoCenter "Zapovedniks" "Catalyzing local socio-economic development using the natural and cultural potential of the planned Biosphere Reserve of Kugu Kakshan" has been launched. The project is supported by the European Union. More...

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