VOICE FROM THE WILD (Letter from the editors)

PROTECTED AREAS

• Russian Zapovedniki system continues to expand?
• Unesco world natural heritage site - a first for Russia
• Two approaches to the same mission
• In April, hundreds may march for parks
• Along the shores of Smolenskoe Poozero national park

FOCUS: CONSERVING LAND IN RUSSIA - A CONTEMPORARY LOOK AT THE PAST

• Commandments of the forefathers of Zapovedniki
• Present strategies to ensure a future for protected areas in Russia

LEGISLATION

• Environmental Impact Assessment and sustainable development in Russia

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT

• Conference on population study methods
• How are you?
• Monitoring problems in Russian Zapovedniki
• Letopis Piriodi and Biotest: Rivals or Allies?

NGOs

• Aral sea international committee

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

• Zapovedniki as educational centers

ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS

• To find and preserve: on creating a red data book for endangered ecosystems
• Whose problem is the aral crisis?
• Cotton, politics, and water: sealing the fate of the Aral Sea
• The Tugai of the Aral Sea region is dying. Can it be restored?

ENDANGERED SPECIES

• New threats to the polar bear
• Corncrake in the Don River Valley
• Nerpa - one of Baikal’s attractions
• Bar-headed goose of Kirgizia
• An introduction to bat conservation in Russia
• Regional IUCN group addresses the decline of amphibian species in the CIS
• Save the Bustard!

CONSERVATION FINANCE

• Human-I-Tees around the world
• Russian NGOs develop grant-making capacity
• Five million swiss francs for nature conservation in Russia

LIVING ARCTIC

• RCN announces a new column: The Living Arctic

NEWS OF THE DAY

• "Approved... With some corrections": an update on high-speed railroad construction
• Russian environmentalist arrested and accused of espionage
• Cheetah -‘95: Central Asian conference on biodiversity

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