Protected Areas

• 1997- Year of Zapovedniki and National Parks
• New zapovedniki created in Russia!
• The Tengir Too Biosphere Reserve Project
• Kazakhstan's revolution in conservation
• The World Heritage nomination process in Russia
• The Armenian military uses relict forests as firewood... and loses

Legislation

• New forest legislation nearing completion
• PERC sues OPIC for logging and mining projects in Russia

Management

• Cranes get a helping hand
• Restoring steppe in Mongolia: a success thus far

Conservation Finance

• Update on GEF Biodiversity Project in Russia

News of the Day

• The filtering fields of Tver: a unique example of human-induced avian diversity

Environmental Education

• How to win friends and influence people: a workshop for protected areas staff
• Learning respect for the Earth through Terski coast lore

For Discussion

Strategy to conserve nature - a well kept secret: about Pan-European Biological and landscape Diversity Strategy

NGOs

• The World Conservation Congress from an NGO persective
• A Crucial Node:...Intro to Baytugan Biological Station, Transvolga region
• Priorities in rare species conservation in Central Asia

Endangered Species

• One of the rarest: Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
• Rare and endangered insects in Moldova
• Past, present and future of North Persian Leopard

Living Arctic

• Why protected natural areas and indigenous peoples need each other
• Map of the indigenous people of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East