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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.

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01.10.2008
Decisions adopted at the 32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee (Quebec City, 2008) on Russia's World Heritage Properties

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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 Magadansky Reserve, Daurian Steppes, Commander Islands, the Great Vasyugan Mire and the Krasnoyarsk Pillars. The RF Tentative List also includes 13 cultural properties.

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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.

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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).

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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. The nomination has been prepared by the Ilmensky State Reserve with consultancy assistance of the Natural Heritage Protection Fund and is approved by the Administration of the Chelyabinsk Region, the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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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.

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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.

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01.06.2008
New biodiversity conservation 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.

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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.

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