2015 Land of the Snow Leopard festival
Since its inception in 2009, this Festival has expanded into a popular youth-centered environmental movement with schoolchildren coming from as far away as Mongolia. The post 2015 Land of the Snow...
View ArticleInteresting op-ed on ethnic autonomies in Russia [2009]
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View ArticleWind power and raptors [2022]
The connection between wind power and raptors is surprisingly complex. Wind power generation stations, or “farms”, offer renewable, low-pollution energy and are an important tool for combating the...
View ArticleRosprirodnadzor finally acts on the helicopter crash…sort of [2009]
It looks like we finally have a bit of action by the federal government on the helicopter crash/poaching incident, albeit not all we could have hoped for. I don’t have time for lengthy exact...
View ArticleMoscow Times: Prosecutors Investigate Altai Hunt [2009]
Prosecutors Investigate Altai Hunt 06 May 2009/The Moscow Times Prosecutors said Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into senior federal and regional officials purportedly hunting illegally...
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