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Natural Heritage Protection News
03.06.2010
UNESCO welcomes backing by President of Russian Federation for the preservation of St Petersburg
The World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has welcomed the support given by the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, to the World Heritage Committee's decision regarding "The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and the Related Group of Monuments" which requested that work on the construction of the Okhta Centre Tower be suspended and that new designs reducing the building's height be considered. 
21.05.2010
Consultations and working meetings concerning the Lena Pillars Natural Park nomination were held in the IUCN Head office
Working meetings between Russian delegation and IUCN experts were held in 18-19 of May in IUCN Head office (Gland, Switzerland) concerning the nomination of Russian site "Lena Pillars Natural Park". The new edition of nomination will be presented to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre before 1st February 2011.
07.05.2010
Magadansky Reserve nomination and Bikin River Valley Tentative List submission successfully passed through interdepartmental harmonization of documents
Magadansky Reserve nomination and Bikin River Valley Tentative List submission passed through procedure of interdepartmental harmonization of documents, which was established in January of present year, and going before the submission of documents to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
04.05.2010
Preparation of the nomination Bikin River Valley was began for the purpose of the Central Sikhote Alin property extension
Natural Heritage Protection Fund together with Moscow and Primorsky Kray scientific organizations and NGOs and under the auspices of WWF Amur Branch began to prepare Bikin River Valley nomination for the purpose of the Central Sikhote Alin property extension.
30.04.2010
Management plan of Astrakhansky State Nature Reserve, which claimed to be inscribed on the Russian Tentative List, was developed
Within the framework of the UNDP/GEF project "Biodiversity conservation of the Lower Volga wetlands" a medium-term management plan of Astrakhansky State Nature Biosphere Reserve using management GIS was developed by Natural Heritage Protection Fund together with Astrakhansky Reserve, nonprofit organization "Transparent World" and attracted specialists in the context of reserve management and studies.
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