- 06.03.14 - Results of completeness check with regard to ‘The Landscapes of Dauria’ and ‘The Virgin Komi Forests’ nominations
- 03.02.14 - A new nomination ‘The Virgin Komi Forests’ (significant modification of boundaries with regard to the property already on the List) has been submitted to the World Heritage Centre
- 10.07.12 - Decisions adopted at the 36th Session of the World Heritage Committee (Sankt-Petersburg, 2012) on Russia's World Heritage Properties
- 06.07.12 - The 36th annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has finished in Saint Petersburg
- 30.06.09 - Decisions adopted at the 33rd Session of the World Heritage Committee (Seville, 22-30 June 2009) on Russia's World Heritage Properties
- 05.06.09 - Publishing of Russian natural World Heritage sites booklets to continue
- 25.08.08 - 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
- 01.06.08 - New biodiversity conservation project is launched
The Virgin Komi Forests | 
"The Komi Virgin Forests" is the first Russian natural site that has been inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List. This nomination opened a new page in the Russian environmental protection history.The territory consists of two protected areas that together make up the last European massif of primary forests, almost undisturbed by human activities.The Komi Forest is a real treasury of taiga. This area is the home of more than 40 mammal species, 204 bird species (including such Russian Red Data Book birds as erne and fish hawk) and 16 fish species, the most valuable of which are ice period relicts Lake Char and Arctic grayling.
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