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Birds of PreyStudy and protection of rare species of birds of prey in Southern Siberia
- Illegal capturing of birds - Infrastructural development that destroys habitats (construction of bird-hazardous power lines, dams, roads etc.) - Factors of economic activity of humans, which cause catastrophic changes in the birds of prey habitats (forest fires, logging, pasturing of steppes, oil spills) - Harassment during the nesting season (uncontrolled development of tourism) The programme aims: Monitoring of the populations of birds of prey in Southern Siberia, working towards restoration of the most vulnerable species, counteracting illegal capturing of commercially valuable species (primarily of Saker Falcon), contributing to the creation of bird-safe power lines etc. Programme coordinator: Elvira Nikolenko, elnik2007@yandex.ru Updates on the programme website: Short report and photos about the expedition to Altai in 2008 >>> In the section ‘Materials’, a new article by Igor Karyakin, 'Learning to identify buzzards' Website of the Russian Raptors Research Club has been fully updated.
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16.06.2009
Re-establishment of forest protection service
Greenpeace Russia has started to collect signatures for a letter addressed to the Russian president, which demands re-establishment of state forest protection that would be a federal service, organizationally and financially independent from other state organs that deal with forest resource use, and would involve adequate number of staff (no less than 20 thousand inspectors). Such number of federal inspectors would mean operational groups of three people for each forest management unit in the regions of the country that are inhabited and accessible to transportation.
More... 01.06.2009
Tragedy in Altai: One more kill from the illegal hunt of argali
During an investigative expedition to the Sailyugem mountain range by Geblerov Ecological Society, the remains of one more killed argali (mountain sheep) was found, adding to the sad result of the illegal hunting trip that took place in the Altai on January 9 and ended with the helicopter crashing down and killing 7 people, including some high-ranking federal and local officials. During investigations on the south-west side of the mountain Chernaya on 28 May, the members of the Geblerov Society found the remains of a nine-year-old male mountain sheep (argali).
More... 08.05.2009
Finally some reaction!
After a three-month long confrontation between the civil society and the administration due to the investigation of illegal hunting of the Red-listed Altai argali by high-standing officials, the environmentalists’ case has finally seen a small victory.
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When compared to the situation in drastically changed landscapes of Europe and China, in Southern Siberia raptors are doing relatively well. Large populations of birds of prey are still found in the region. 
A new issue of Raptors Journal, N:o 14 has been published (
September, Topolovgrad, Bulgaria) of international organizations working on the study and conservation of the imperial eagle, the SibEcoCenter Birds of Prey programme coordinator El’vira Nikolenko presented the 
