Igor V. Karyakin

Date of a birth:
October, 28th, 1974.

The general achievements:
Author of more than 300 scientific papers, including 14 books (including 4 books on the birds of the Ural region, 1 – on the raptors of the Ural region, 2 collective manuscripts on the system of protected areas in the Volga-Ural region), 3 manuals on the counts of the birds of prey and owls and the nesting site discovering, 217 scientific articles in magazines, books and conference proceedings collections, the author of 10 videos on raptors and the nature of the Ural Mountains, Siberia and the Caspian Sea region, a moderator of the leading Russian Internet-resource about birds of prey and owls, the editor-in-chief of the bilingual scientific newsletter «Pernatye Khishniki I Ih Ohrana / Raptors Conservation».

Operational experience:
1991-1992 - Perm state university, biological faculty, chair of zoology of vertebrates, laboratory assistant.
1992-1998 - Ural Animal Conservation Union, scientific adviser.
1995-2000 - Russian Bird Conservation Union, member of the Central Council, coordinator of the program on the Important Bird Areas (IABs) in the European part of the Ural region.
1998-2006 - Regional NGO “Volgo-Ural ECONET Assistance Center”,  1998-1999 – research assistant, 2000-2002 – executive director, 2003-2006 – research assistant
2000-2006 - Falcon Research Institute (UK), 2000-2006 – national coordinator of the Institute’s projects in Russia, 2000-2002 – project leader on the research and conservation of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) in Russia, 2003-2006 – project leader on the research and conservation of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) in Russia and Western Kazakhstan
2005-2011 - Siberian Environmental Center, leader  of field projects.
2006-2008 - State Nature Reserve «Kerzhenskiy», scientific director
2006-2009 - Nizhniy Novgorod state pedagogical university, natural and geographical faculty, chair of ecology and environmental education, teacher
2008-2011 - Nizhniy Novgorod branch of the Russian Bird Conservation Union from the Ecological Center “Dront”, field project leader

Additional information:
Wide experience in the sphere of the organizing of expeditions in different nature regions, research and nature protection projects in Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, experience in the canoe floating on 129 rivers, including the rivers of 3-6 categories, perfect skills of mountain and rock-climbing and high-altitude work on trees and geodetic towers with use special equipment.
The organization of expeditions during last 9 years in the territory of the Altai-Sayan region (the Altay and Krasnoyarsk Krays, Republics of Altai, Khakassia, Tyva, Buryatiya, the Kemerovo and Irkutsk districts)
The skill in using of:
- personal computer: Microsoft Office, GIS-software (PC ARC/INFO, ArcView GIS 3x, ArcGIS 8x, 9x, including extensions: Spatial Analyst, Image Analyst, 3D Analyst, Network Analyst, Tracking Analyst, Argos Tools; Google Earth, ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, Quantum GIS, GRASS), STATISTICA 5-6, multimedia (Adobe Photoshop, Premier, Studio DV), prototyping and imposing in Adobe PageMaker, InDesign, etc., the Internet, including creation of sites, language html, java, use the format pdf, etc.
- personal navigators GPS: Garmin, Magelan
- satellite phones Iridium, Global Star (phones Telit, Qualcomm, Ericsson), Turaya
- equipment for satellite and radio telemetry (scanner of the radio frequencies, Yagi-Uda antenna) in short-wave and long-wave frequency ranges; master in the techniques of the radio telemetry and ARGOS data processing in GIS
- perfect skills in use of photo and video cameras, including photo-traps, photos and video cameras with remote switching control, video automatic recorder, in organizing a video network under field conditions.
Moderate knowledge of English language, including in ornithology
Good experience in fund raising (has granted and has successfully carried out more than 30 projects of various funds, including PERC, GGF, WWF, UNDP/GEF, ROLL, PIN-MATRA, BirdLife/Vogelbescherming Nederland, Oriental Bird Club, Soros's Fund, ISAR, SEN, etc.) and budgetary financing. 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 1991-2011 (in Russian).