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Booklet "Volga Delta - potential World Heritage site" has been published

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10.10.2008 | Print | E-mail |

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

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01.10.2008 | Print | E-mail |
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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

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25.09.2008 | Print | E-mail |

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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IUCN expert mission to the Lena Pillars NP in the Republic of Sakha

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08.09.2008 | Print | E-mail |

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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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

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25.08.2008 | Print | E-mail |

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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