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www.wwf.ru/report
2009
ANNUAL REPORT
WWF-RUSSIA
WHAT IS WWF?
P. 4
CONSERVATION
OF BIODIVERSITY
P. 7
THE HUMAN
ECOLOGICAL
FOOTPRINT
AND BIOSPHERE
CAPACITIES
P. 17
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
P. 27
WWF-RUSSIA
PUBLICATIONS 2009
P. 47
FINANCE IN 2009
P. 49
Compilation: Julia Kalinicheva
Editors: Russian version – Katya Pal, Elena Voronkova; English
version – Philip Johnson, Julia Kuleshova
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CONTENTS
Anna Glushak, Chuguevka
© Denis Bogomolov / WWF-Russia
Let us together
do what we can!
T
he over-riding problem during 2009 was the global
economic crisis. It caused a significant decline in
the global economy, but at the same time, a number
of countries came up with new development strategies.
All the countries had to undertake large-scale investment
programmes that involved granting subsidies and loans
on technological refurbishment virtually everywhere.
Unfortunately, Russia confined itself to investing in
backward industries in order to help mitigate social tensions
that develop with any crisis. As a result, even when the
crisis has passed, the Russian economy is likely to become
even more inefficient in the management of our energy
resources and the environment.
A major event for environmentalists around the world was
the UN Climate Conference that was held in Copenhagen in
December. Millions of people expected a new agreement
to be signed by heads of state to prevent climate change
and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In March, one of
the largest public actions in world history, Earth Hour, was
organized and hundreds of millions of people around the
world turned off their lights for one hour to demonstrate
their concern about climate change. However, no miracle
occurred at the Conference and no agreement was signed.
It should be noted that Russia contributed substantially
to the achievements of the Conference by obligating to
reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 25% compared with
1990. Unfortunately, not all the states were ready to follow
this example. Hopefully in 2010, the responsible attitude
of developed countries, including Russia, will allow the
Agreement to be successfully concluded, something that the
world desperately needs.
In Russia, 2009 began with the sad news aboutt a
helicopter crash in the Altai Mountains and thee
deaths of several top officials. The victims
turned out to be poachers shooting argali,
a species listed in the Red Data Book. The
incident highlighted the widespread practice of
‘tsar hunts’ and aroused a wave of indignation
throughout the country. The President of
the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, was
handed a letter signed by thousands of citizenss
calling for public condemnation of such practices
ces
and their incompatibility with civil service. A criminal
minal
case was initiated, but no public statement on thee morals
of what took place was made. In another incident in early-May,
the Governor of Irkutsk Region also died in a helicopter crash.
It was later revealed that he had been hunting bears.
Nevertheless, during 2009 environmental issues received
increasing attention from the authorities. For the first
time in ten years, the Chairman of the Government of the
Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, held a special meeting
on environmental issues. A number of WWF proposals,
such as the restoration of state environmental assessments
of hazardous facilities, the ‘greening’ of state purchases
and improving state environmental regulations, received
support. It is particularly noteworthy that Vladimir Putin
supported WWF’s proposal to conduct a heads of government
summit on tiger conservation in Vladivostok to coincide with
2010 being the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese
calendar. It is certainly high time that urgent measures are
taken to help this endangered animal. Dear friends, you also
have this opportunity – so let us together do what we can!
Igor Chestin
CEO, WWF-Russia
WWF Kids Clubs
What is WWF?
WWF is one of the largest national
conservation organizations in Russia.
© Katya Pal / WWF-Russia
© Andrey Gorelovskiy / WWF-Russia
The Fund comprises a network of international WWF
organizations which operate in over 100 countries and
unite more than 5,000,000 supporters. In 2009, Wwfrussia celebrated its 15th Anniversary. During these
years, we have successfully accomplished more than 200
field conservation projects in 47 regions of our country.
Anastasia Ursulyak, Olenevod
© Viktor Nikiforov / WWF-Russia
© Ekaterina Pyankova / WWF-Russia
Vitaly Gorodynskiy, Kiparisovo
© Marina Odinokova / WWF-Russia
WWF’s mission is to help stop the
degradation of the planet’s natural
environment and to build a future in
which humans live in harmony with
nature. In order to accomplish this large-scale
and ambitious objective, we set two most important
tasks – to preserve biological diversity in the
most valuable regions of the world and to attain
a sustainable usage and management of natural
resources. In addition, we have been striving in
every possible way to raise ecological awareness so
that environmental responsibility becomes second
nature to every person.
Russia possesses almost 10%
of the world’s flora and fauna.
Our richest nature is found in the Caucasus and
the Altai-Sayan Mountains, Kamchatka and the
Amur River basin. However, the Arctic is of no
less value to us with its terrestrial ecosystems
that are vulnerable to climate change and also its
coastal and offshore regions. In the Arctic, we
work in the Barents and Bering Seas. To make our
work more efficient, Wwf-russia opened branches
and project offices in these regions, such as in
Vladivostok, Yelizovo in Kamchatka, Krasnodar,
Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Pskov. The range
of our projects is diverse, covering such fields
as the development of sustainable forestry and
marine fisheries, controlling climate change
and increasing energy efficiency in the Russian
economy, greening the policies of the oil and gas
industry, mining, trade and investment and the
refinement of nature conservation legislation. In
addition, WWF specialists contribute significantly
to the conservation of rare species of wildlife and
the support of protected areas. We are doing our
best to help resolve a variety of pertinent problems
at regional, federal and international level. Wwfrussia’s central office is in Moscow. Our staff
here numbers over 60 individuals responsible
for the development and implementation of our
nature conservation programmes, interaction
with authorities and the academic community,
establishing and maintaining regular contact
with our supporters, the mass media and business
and undertaking many other duties.
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HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS OF 2009
JANUARY
MAY
SEPTEMBER
In Primorsky Region in the Far East, a reserve fund was set
up to help save ungulates during heavy winter snowfalls.
High mortality amongst ungulates is detrimental to the
Amur tiger and Far Eastern leopard as deer, wild boar and
roe deer are the main prey for these rare carnivores. WWF
and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) believe that
it would be more feasible to spend minimal funds to help
prevent the problem, rather than to make huge investments
over several years in restoring lost populations. Page 15
No less than 511,000 ha of the best Siberian pine forest
in Primorsky Region have been spared from logging by
leasing them out on a long-term basis for protection and
the collection of only edible forest products and medicinal
plants. The largest portion of the forest, which is 460,000
ha in size and located in the middle reaches of the Bikin
River, was leased out to the Tiger, a local community of
indigenous minorities. Page 14
Persian leopards were brought from Turkmenistan and
released into Sochi National Park as part of the recovery
programme for this rare species that was developed by
specialists in WWF and the Russian Academy of Sciences
and approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection. Page 10
JUNE
FEBRUARY
Over 8,000 Russian citizens signed a letter addressed to
Vladimir Putin with an appeal to turn down the very
environmentally-damaging construction project for the
Evenkiiskaya Hydropower plant. WWF and a coalition of
environmental NGOs handed the letter to the Premier. The
public appeal has been distributed among relevant ministries
and agencies and also handed to RusHydro. Page 23
MARCH
On March 28, hundreds of millions of people around the
world switched off lights for one hour to show that they
care for the future of our planet. The WWF global action
Earth Hour has become the largest public event in both
the history of Russia and the whole world. In Russia, ten
regions (subjects of Federation), 20 cities and 40 companies
took an active part in the campaign, along with about
100,000 individuals who registered their support on Wwfrussia’s Earth Hour website, www.wwf.ru/60. Page 21
APRIL
A public campaign persuaded Sakhalin Energy to postpone
its seismic exploration of Piltun Bay near Sakhalin Island,
the important habitat of a unique population of gray
whales. Over 16,000 citizens from around the world signed
the WWF petition to help protect the whales. Page 13
The Russian Arctic National Park was established on Novaya
Zemlya. The area is home to numerous natural sites,
including walrus rookeries and bird colonies, and is also
a home to the polar bear. WWF took an active role in the
establishment of the Park. Page 9
JULY
A public campaign conducted by WWF to find an urgent
solution to the problem of burning off oil-gas in flares
received a positive feedback from both oil and gas
companies and authorities and also from the President
of the Russian Federation. The Fund appeals to Russian
business to voluntarily utilize at least 95% of oil associated
gas when commissioning new oilfields from 2010. Page 22
OCTOBER
The Tyva Republic’s first nature park was established to
ensure the conservation of the taiga ecosystems in the
West Sayany Mountains. The Erzi Reserve in Ingushetia
was enlarged by six times its original size. This will help
protect and preserve in its natural condition the upper
reaches of the Assa River basin and also stabilize numbers
of many animal species whose populations had declined
substantially due to increases in poaching and habitat
reduction. Page 12
NOVEMBER
WWF translocated European bison from the PriokskoTerrasny Reserve breeding centre to the Republic of North
Ossetia-Alania. Once released, they will help replenish the
European bison population in the Caucasus, an area where
this species has occurred since earliest times. Page 10
AUGUST
DECEMBER
The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation,
Vladimir Putin, conducted a working meeting in the Lake
Baikal area on environmental protection and safety in
Russia. During the discussions, Wwf-russia advocated
restoring the state environmental impact assessment
of hazardous facilities, ‘greening’ state procurement
and enhancing state environmental regulations. These
suggestions were supported by all participants of the
meeting. Page 3
Copenhagen hosted the UN Climate Change Conference
at which nearly 30 heads of state, including from Russia,
adopted a basic political agreement for future work. Wwfrussia took an active part in the Summit, working with
the media and delegations from various countries and
assisting NGOs with their professional participation at the
negotiations. Page 18
– diversity of personalities.
Nikita Shulgin, 10 years old
– diversity of living creatures.
Danila P’yanykh, 9 years old
– different animals in one area.
Aleksei Shulaev, 9 years old
– diversity of natural features.
Katya Semenkova, 10 years old
W
e face an important and very difficult task in keeping our
planet alive, preserving its amazing flora and fauna and
retaining those conditions whereby different plant and
animal species can safely share the same environment with human
civilisation. With the intensive development of many areas and
resources, conservation must be taken into account as it is central
to the long-term survival of human beings. All the above aims and
activities and many others make up WWF’s work on
biodiversity conservation.
One of WWF’s goals is to establish a continuous
network of protected areas that can become
the backbone to supporting and protecting the
diversity of natural communities. Some sections of this
backbone, such as the Barents Sea region, Chukotka and Kamchatka
in the Arctic, the Altai and Sayan Mountains, the Amur Ecoregion
and unique natural communities in the northern Caucasus, require
much more attention and effort than others. We also work in
Central Asia, striving to protect its very diverse nature.
Wwf-russia pays special attention to those globally-threatened
species whose long-term survival falls under Russia’s responsibility.
These include the Amur tiger and Far East, Persian and snow
leopards, the Altai mountain sheep argali, polar bear, European
bison, sturgeon, salmon and other WWF flag species. We strive to
achieve significant results in creating new protected areas and
ensuring their management is efficient and
effective, in combating poaching and the illegal
trade in animal and plant species, in improving
environmental legislation and adhering to its
norms, in developing environmental education
and interpretation, in taking into account the
interests of local populations and in developing
partnerships. In 2009, Wwf-russia celebrated its
15th Anniversary. You can learn about some of the
successes in the conservation of biodiversity that
were achieved during this jubilee year in the section below.
These achievements were made possible thanks to the help of our
supporters, partners and like-minded people. Thank you very much,
dear friends and colleagues!
Victoria Elias
Director of
Conservation,
Wwf-russia
Conservation
of biodiversity
Roman Komorov
in children’s words:
Nadezhda Bagno, Ivanovo
What is
biological
diversity?
© Denis Bogomolov /
WWF-Russia
CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
In 2009 and in cooperation with the Marine
Mammal Council, WWF started working on the
conservation of the Atlantic walrus, yet another
rare species that is being threatened by oil and gas
production. The Pechora walrus population, which
lives in the south-eastern part of the Barents Sea,
has been adversely affected by the development
of the oil and gas fields in the area. With support
from WWF, an authoritative scientific council of
experts was established with representation from
more than ten organizations that are engaged
in walrus studies. The Council will monitor the
population of this rare and little-studied species
and develop measures to prevent and mitigate
the hazards arising from oil and gas projects.
Representatives of oil companies participated in
the first session of the Council during the autumn.
WWF hopes that ecologists and oilmen will work
together to jointly preserve the Atlantic walrus
population.
NATURE RESERVES AND NATIONAL
PARKS – PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
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NEW NATURE MONUMENTS
ON THE KOLA PENINSULA
© Raditsa.RU
In 2009, WWF reviewed Russian Federation legislation
on protected natural areas and drafted a Federal Law On
Amendments to the Federal Law on Protected Natural Areas
and Some Particular Enactments of the Russian Federation.
Over several years, numerous attempts have been made to
amend the federal law, but these attempts were mostly ad
hoc and could not solve all problems relating to the legal
status of protected areas. The WWF-drafted law based
on the review of legislation is integrated and eliminates
discrepancies that exist between the current Federal
Law on Protected Natural Areas and legislation that has
come into force subsequent to it. The draft law would
ensure that reserves, sanctuaries, national parks and other
protected areas would be managed more efficiently in
terms of nature conservation. The results of this WWFdriven work can be found on www.wwf.ru/resources/
publ/book/319. The draft law has been forwarded to the
Committee for Natural Resources and Nature Management of
the State Duma, the Chief Legal Directorate of the President
of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection, as well as to the
heads of regional environmental protection agencies within
the Federation and protected area administrations.
© Mikhail Cherkasov / WWF-Russia
OILMEN WON’T HARM THE WALRUS
In 2009, WWF contributed to the establishment of three
new nature monuments on the east coast of the Kola
Peninsula – Ivanovskaya Bay (7,480 hectares), The Bird
Colonies of Dvorovaya Bay (610 hectares) and The Habitat
of Bryoria bicolor adjacent to Viddpakh Mountain (1,500
hectares). The establishment of the new monuments will
help to conserve valuable and unique coastal and tundra
communities, large bird coloniеs, gray whale rookeries and a
wide range of plants that grow on the stony ground in the
north.
We need to create more nature reserves to protect animals.
Sergey Demidenko, 10 years old
© Valery Maleev / WWF-Russia
In the summer of 2009, the Chairman of the Government
of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, signed a
decree establishing the Russian Arctic National Park on
Novaya Zemlya. WWF took an active role in the Park’s
establishment. Back in 1997-1999, the Fund helped carry
out a feasibility study aimed at developing a protected
area with national park status in the western part of the
Russian Arctic. The Park has numerous natural features,
such as walrus rookeries and bird colonies. Polar bears can
also be seen here. The cultural heritage of the Park is also
unique, with much of it being associated with the history
of the discovery and settlement of the Russian Arctic by
the Pomors and the polar researchers Vladimir Rusanov and
Georgi Sedov and the Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz.
CARBON CREDITS
FOR ARKHANGELSK FORESTS
For several years now, WWF has been fighting to secure a
large tract of intact forest in the northern Dvina-Pinega
interfluve. This 1 million-hectare area, still unexploited,
is very attractive to loggers. Apart from this, however, the
area is unique in terms of conservation value – nowhere
in Europe can one find a similar area of intact wilderness.
Prospective logging over the next 15–20 years, therefore,
is threatening to destroy the forest. In 2009, WWF experts
formulated a project that aims to enclose approximately
400,000 hectares of the forest within a new protected area
that would incorporate the most valuable parts of the
interfluve.
In addition, WWF is also participating in an international
demonstration research project that is targeted at
climate change prevention and the conservation of the
Dvina-Pinega massif. Together with European research
organizations and supported by the Arkhangelsk
Regional Administration, WWF has already developed
the scientific, methodological and practical framework
for joint implementation projects in forests to be carried
out in Russia under the Kyoto Protocol. These projects
would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting
from cutting operations by conserving forests and thereby
contributing to carbon accumulation. If logging operations
are prohibited in the Dvina-Pinega forests, Arkhangelsk
Region would be able to sell the resulting emission quotas
on the world carbon market. In this way, income lost due
to the absence of logging will be compensated for. Once
Russia has officially joined the carbon quotas trade, the
Arkhangelsk project will become one of the first forestclimate projects in both Russia and the world.
ROOTED IN CHILDHOOD
In Arkhangelsk Region, WWF is currently promoting the
revival of school forestry units, which were once very
popular in Russia. In these units, children learn the
basics of sylviculture, raise seedlings, undertake studies
and acquire a good knowledge of the forest. In this way,
one can generally instill a caring rather than a consumer
attitude towards forests and nature. In May 2009, WWF
became part of the newly-established Arkhangelsk Regional
Coordination Board of School Forestry Units. Seven
priority units, each with considerable work experience and
long-held traditions, will receive theoretical and practical
support.
© WWF-Russia
THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC’S
FIRST NATIONAL PARK
© Andrey Shegolev / WWF-Russia
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EUROPEAN BISON
POPULATE THE CAUCASUS
During 2009, one of the most successful WWF projects, the Pskov
Model Forest, was completed. This project has demonstrated very
well that a model of ecologically-sustainable, socially-justifiable
and economically-effective forest management can be developed
in Russia. All the objectives that the project was aiming to
achieve during the past 10 years were successfully met. One of
the major accomplishments was the development of a long-term
economic planning model. Its practical implementation will
allow one to considerably increase the profitability of Russian
forests. WWF has demonstrated that it is quite possible (and very
necessary!) to preserve biodiversity when logging operations,
including clear felling, are conducted. It has also become clear
that it is quite realistic to involve local people dependant
on forests in problem solving processes that relate to forest
management and utilization. It was also proved that, instead
of looking for new areas to harvest, it is far more profitable
to wisely use those that have already been developed and to
conserve the more valuable ones. Overall, the project has been
very useful to the Pskov region as a whole, contributing as it has
to working with children, local communities and the media.
The methods developed under the Pskov Model Forest project
have been proactively used by logging companies in the
Leningrad, Pskov and Novgorod regions. The project, however,
continues to live on as it was followed up with the establishment
of a non-profit organization, Green Forest, which became the
project’s successor. WWF in turn, continues to support the
development of a network of model forests throughout Russia.
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© Roman Mnatsekanov /
WWF-Russia
PSKOV MODEL FOREST –
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY TRAILS!
In late-2009, WWF translocated ten European bison to
the Republic of North-Ossetia-Alania. They had been
previously raised in the breeding centre in PriokskoTerrasny Reserve in Moscow Region. Once released,
they will help replenish the European bison population
in the Caucasus, an area where this species has occurred
since the earliest times. Nowadays, the Caucasus
is home to over 100 pure-bred European bison. The
largest group of 40 head has been kept within the
Tseisky Sanctuary. However, over the last 40 years, no
new genetic stock was brought in. This proved to be
detrimental to breeding effectiveness and to the overall
number of bison. To help establish a stable population,
a new group of bison is also to be established in the
Turmonsky Sanctuary. WWF has already provided
support for a feasibility study to enlarge the Sanctuary.
The programme to revive the European bison in the
Caucasus has been implemented jointly by WWF, the
Ministry of the Environment and Nature Resources of
the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, the PriokskoTerrasny and North-Ossetian Reserves and the NorthOssetian State Game Management Unit. WWF’s task is to
help create a sustainable population of European bison
that is capable of existing in free-range conditions.
© Olga Pegova / WWF-Russia
© Julia Kalinicheva /
WWF-Russia
THE PERSIAN LEOPARD –
RETURNING TO ITS HOME COUNTRY
In 2009 and with assistance from WWF, construction of the
Center for Breeding and Rehabilitation of Persian Leopards
in Sochi National Park was completed. In September, two
male leopards that had been captured in Turkmenistan
were successfully translocated to the Center. The animals
travelled a long distance by air from Ashkhabad to Sochi
and subsequently by car to Sochi National Park. There, they
were met by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian
Federation, Vladimir Putin, the Minister of Natural Resources
and Environmental Protection, Yury Trutnev, and staff
members of the Park and WWF.
The recovery programme for the Persian leopard was
developed by specialists in WWF and the Russian Academy of
Sciences and approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environmental Protection of the Russian Federation. It
is financially supported by two companies, Rosa Khutor and
Vympelkom (the Beeline trademark), and WWF Germany.
In their outdoor enclosures, the leopards have already
located some observation points and shelters for themselves
and eat well. This is a positive sign that the programme has
a promising future, all the more important as the recovery of
the Persian leopard is included in the official environmental
programme of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
We should not hunt endangered animals, collect endangered plants or cut trees.
Arina Denisova, 9 years old
STRUGGLE FOR UTRISH
The establishment of the Utrish Reserve in Krasnodar
Region has experienced some problems. Utrish is the
only place in Russia where the pistachio-juniper forests
of the Mediterranean type remain. Commissioned by
the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental
Protection of the Russian Federation, WWF undertook a
feasibility study. However, the Region’s administration
is not agreeing to include the most valuable forest
areas within the boundaries of the proposed reserve.
Regrettably, an office complex, along with other
structures for the Office of the President of the Russian
Federation Administration, has already been planned for
construction within the proposed protected area. WWF
believes that these plans will not allow for effective
conservation of the unique ecosystems in the protected
area. Together with other nature conservation
organizations and taking into consideration the views
of academics, nature conservationists and citizens,
relevant Russian Federation legislation and Russia’s
international obligations in terms of the conservation of
biological diversity, WWF intends to have the planning
decision overturned and corrected.
© Valery Shchurov
EXPANSION OF CAUCASIAN
NATURE RESERVES
In 2009, the state ecological assessment body gave a
positive conclusion to a project proposal prepared by WWF
to establish the Tlyaratinsky site as an extension of the
Dagestan Reserve. This will enable the establishment of a
single trans-border protected area in the eastern Greater
Caucasus to be completed. Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
will link efforts to more effectively conserve unique highmountain ecosystems in the region.
The Erzi Reserve in the Republic of Ingushetia was enlarged
through the addition of 29,322 hectares, making it six times its
original size. This decision was taken in October 2009 by the
Government of the Russian Federation and was preceded by a
good deal of hard work being done with WWF’s assistance. The
expansion of the Erzi Reserve will help protect and preserve
in its natural condition the upper reaches of the Assa River
basin and help stabilize the numbers of East Caucasian tur,
Caucasian red deer and the ibex. Populations of these species
have declined dramatically in recent decades due to increases
in poaching and the decline of habitats.
In 2009, WWF paid special attention to the system of
protected areas of regional importance. Together with the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
of the Republic of Dagestan, WWF prepared documents to
extend the operational period of ten regional sanctuaries,
together totalling 404,500 hectares in area. A feasibility
study for Itsari Park was also undertaken.
© Elena Starostina / WWF-Russia
© Viktor Lukarevsky /
WWF-Russia
Thank you for
your support!
THE BIRTH OF NATURE
CONSERVATION CHOCOLATES
The Far East Region saw the launch of two new
varieties of chocolate – Our Tiger and Our Leopard.
The chocolates were the birth-child of WWF and
Primorsky Konditer, the leading confectioners in
Primorsky Region. During Summer 2009, the Fund
suggested to the factory that, in this way, it could
support programmes aimed at conserving unique
mammals of the Ussuri taiga, particularly the
Amur tiger and the Far-Eastern leopard. As early as
September, and during celebration of the traditional
Tiger Day, members of the public and guests tasted
the sweet products of this collaboration. The design
on the leopard chocolate wrapper was developed by
Larisa Kabalik, a designer with the magazine Zov
Taigi, while the wrapper for the tiger chocolate was
designed by Olga Pavlova, a student of the Institute
of Mass Communications at Far Eastern National
University. The colourful wappers call for the
conservation of wildlife and give WWF’s address.
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PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED ANIMAL
SPECIES IN THE ALTAI-SAYAN ECOREGION
In 2009, and together with the UNDP/GEF Project Biodiversity
Conservation in the Russian Portion of the Altai-Sayan
Ecoregion, WWF drew up a monitoring programme for the
snow leopard and argali in Russia. The programme was
developed by members of the Association of Reserves and
National Parks of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion in order to
monitor the five largest populations of snow leopard in Russia
and trans-border populations of argali. The programme will
supplement a strategy, which is currently being developed, on
the preservation of these rare species. During autumn 2009,
WWF supported employees of the Ubsunur and Altay Reserves
with monitoring work on snow leopard in the Sengelen Range
in Tyva Republic and the argali in the trans-boundary region
between Russia and Mongolia.
WWF supported work of the inter-agency anti-poaching
team in the Tyva Republic. Six patrols were undertaken,
during which 20 cases of poaching were detected. The
operations of the Altai Republic’s anti-poaching team and
that of the inter-reserve patrol team Irbis have also been
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resumed. With the assistance of WWF, the team carried out
a large patrol through snow leopard habitat in the SayanoShushensky Reserve. More than 200 snares were removed
and a number of poacher’s caches destroyed.
WWF experts prepared and presented to the Government
of the Russian Federation all the documents necessary to
establish the Saylugemsky National Park in Altai Republic.
The Park would help preserve Russia’s largest populations of
argali and snow leopard. In the near future, a further three
protected areas will be set up in snow leopard habitat, their
names being the Ak-Chulyshpa and Shuisky nature parks
and Pozarym federal sanctuary.
WWF, with the participation of local communities,
contributed to the preparation of three projects that are
linked to the development of ecotourism in areas where snow
leopard and argali occur in the Altai and Tyva Republics. It
is intended that local communities will not only earn extra
income through servicing the tourist industry, but that they
will also play an important role in monitoring and protecting
populations of snow leopard and argali.
FIRST NATURE PARK CREATED
IN TYVA REPUBLIC
The establishment of Tyva Republic’s first and only nature
park is one more step in the implementation of the
development plan for protected areas that was specially
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developed for the Republic by WWF back in 2007. The
23,298-hectare Taiga Nature Park was established to
conserve the Uyuk Range ecosystems in the West Sayan
Mountains. The Range’s north-facing slopes are covered
with birch and larch forests that blend into Siberian
pine-larch taiga, while the south-facing slopes are covered
with steppe vegetation. The Park is home to a variety of
typical taiga species, including red deer, roe deer, wild boar,
musk deer, moose, lynx, capercailie, black grouse, hazel
grouse and others. One of the objectives of the Park is to
provide recreation for members of the public. The Park’s
recreational zone accounts for almost 60% of the area,
within which the construction of tourist trails and paths, as
well as recreational sites and view points, is envisaged.
WWF continues to work on establishing three other nature
parks in the Tyva Republic at Ush-Beldir, Shui and Shanchy.
THE DEN OPERATION
In April 2009, the Bear Patrol, a special team established
by WWF for monitoring polar bear populations, conducted
a large-scale survey, Den–2009, along the Arctic coast in
Chukotka and Yakutia. Thanks to support received from the
Fund’s long-time partner, the Coca-Cola Company, several
areas along the coastline were surveyed and valuable
information was obtained on the most probable locations
of dens. During the survey, observers recorded polar bear
tracks, giving special attention to those left by female bears
and by cubs born during the year. In some areas that were
traditionally thought to house dens, the results proved very
discouraging as almost no family dens were found. Indeed,
over almost 1,000 kilometres of coastline in Chukotka, only
seven such dens were discovered. The situation in Yakutia
is slightly better. In the area around the Medvezhyi Islands
archipelago, close to the mouth of the Kolyma River, five
dens were found. Experts observed female bears with cubs
on very few occasions.
We should help adults who plant trees to distribute questionnaires and posters calling
for the protection of animals and help them. Seraphima Lipka, 13 years old
Alongside the search for dens, WWF organized an antipoaching patrol in conjunction with police from the Chukotka
Autonomous Region. During a helicopter patrol along the
East Siberian Sea coast, some poacher cabins were located,
but nothing of note was found in them. Information on the
sites was reported to the law enforcement bodies. Along with
WWF specialists, 20 residents of coastal villages in Chukotka
Autonomous Region and two villages in the Sakha Republic
(Yakutia) took part in Den–2009.
During autumn 2009, a team from WWF’s Bear
Patrol actively monitored the displacement of
polar bears in and around 16 built-up areas in the
Nenets Autonomous Region of Taimyr, Yakutia and
Chukotka. The work was supported by authorities
and law-enforcement bodies. Most work was
focused in Chukotka, where bears were observed
along the entire length of the coast, from Ayon
Island in the west to Cape Schmidt in the east. In
the area around Cape Schmidt, the animals had not
advanced farther eastwards as abundant food, in
the form of dead walruses from previous years, had
accumulated for them and other predators. The
Bear Patrol inspectors watched the bears closely in
order to prevent them from entering the villages
and possibly resulting in human and bear casualties.
By winter, when the sea ice had formed, the bears
had left the coastline for the sea.
© Dave Weller
© David Jenkins / WWF-Canada
AUTUMN – SEASON
FOR OBSERVING POLAR BEARS
GRAY WHALES – LIGHT AT THE END
OF THE TUNNEL
WWF contributed to the completion of the National
Strategy for the Conservation of the Polar Bear, which
was submitted to the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection of the Russian Federation for
approval. Subsequent approval of the document made
it possible for authorities, academics and the nature
conservation community to coordinate operations to
conserve this rare and Red Data Book-listed mammal
species in the Russian Arctic.
© WWF-Russia
A HELPFUL STRATEGY FOR BEARS
In 2009, WWF organized a public campaign to protect the unique
population of gray whales that enters Piltun Bay off Sakhalin
Island to feed According to a study conducted in 2008, this
small population had to leave its favourite feeding grounds
in the Bay because of disturbance caused by the activities of
Sakhalin Energy, Exxon Neftegaz and Elvary Neftegaz. WWF
collected over 50,000 signatures from citizens of various
countries to accompany an appeal to oilmen to stop seismic
exploration in the Bay. Resulting from this appeal, Sakhalin
Energy suspended all operations until 2010, while the other two
companies reduced the detrimental impact of their activities
on the whales. This was confirmed through field observations
in 2009 which showed that the whales had returned to their
feeding grounds. Towards the end of 2009, WWF presented to
Rostekhnadzor the final version of a feasibility report on the
establishment of a sanctuary in the Piltun Spit region. In 2010,
a state environmental impact assessment will need to be done
on the project. WWF is confident that the sanctuary will allow
for the whales’ principal feeding grounds to be maintained.
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POACHING ENDS TRAGICALLY
Seven people died in January 2009 in the Republic
of Altai in a Mi-171 helicopter crash. Judging from
photos of the crash site, the helicopter passengers
were top officials engaged in poaching. Wwf-russia
and Greenpeace appealed to the Investigation
Committee of the Prosecutor’s Office of the
Russian Federation to conduct an investigation
into the incident and forwarded an open letter to
the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry
Medvedev, and to the Chairman of the State Duma
of the Russian Federation, Boris Gryzlov, with a
request for an official statement. Joining us in
this appeal were 6,000 people and we are grateful
to all those who helped us. Resulting from public
pressure, a criminal case was opened that confirmed
our fears – the poachers were indeed hunting the
argali, a mountain sheep listed in the Red Data
Book of the Russian Federation. However, because
those guilty of poaching died during the incident,
the case was cancelled.
‘INSPECTOR’ IS A PROUD TITLE
During 2009, the anti-poaching brigade of the Kronotsky
Federal Nature Reserve spent 240 days in the field.
Considering the severe climatic conditions in Kamchatka,
this was a long period. This highly experienced team
of inspectors has been supported by WWF since 2007.
During operational patrols in the South Kamchatka
Federal Sanctuary, the inspectors issued 107 charges of
administrative violation and seized 36 traps, 96 bear snares,
11 fishing nets with a total length of 195 metres and two
smooth-bore firearms. The Sanctuary is home to the highest
concentration of brown bears in Kamchatka. It is also where
the largest salmon spawning ground in Asia, Kurilskoe Lake,
is located. For many years, this important bear and fish
habitat has been under pressure from poachers. Thanks to
the high professionalism of the brigade and the Kronotsky
Nature Reserve administration’s sound approach, the level of
poaching in the Sanctuary has declined significantly.
long-term basis, not for logging of timber, but for conservation
purposes. Collecting edible forest products and medicinal
plants is now the only activity that is allowed. This significant
victory was made possible thanks to funding provided by
the German Government through the German Development
Bank under a joint project of WWF Germany, Wwf-russia, the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
of the Russian Federation and the Department of Forest
Management in Primorsky Region. The auction that was held
to lease out utilization rights resulted in the largest portion
of the forest, which is 460,000 hectares in size and located
in the middle reaches of the Bikin River, being granted to
the Tiger, a local community of indigenous minorities. This
is a particularly significant event in the history of forest
management and nature protection in Russia as 10% of the
best Korean pine forests in the Primorsky Region were leased
for nature conservation purposes rather than for logging. The
administration of Primorsky Region officially supported the
nomination of the last remaining intact forest along the Bikin
River to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is an
important step towards the World Tiger Summit to be held in
Vladivostok in the autumn of 2010.
KOREAN PINE WILL BE
CONSERVED BY THE TIGER
No less than 511,000 hectares of the best Korean pinebroadleaf forest in the Primorsky Region were leased on a
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Protecting biodiversity means not killing less developed creatures.
Vova Lipka, 12 years old
© Svetlana Titova / WWF-Russia
© WWF-Russia
© Dmitry Shpilenok / WWF-Russia
Thank you for
your support!
WARNINGS FROM
WWF-RUSSIA AND TRAFFIC
The above photograph depicts two Chinese smugglers who
were recently detained with a consignment of contraband
ginseng. In order to make the work of customs officers in
the Far East region even more effective, a joint initiative of
Wwf-russia and TRAFFIC* erected 16 display notices at customs
offices and border posts at Ussuriisk, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk,
Blagoveshchensk, Birobidzhan, Grodekovo and Khasan and
also at the airport in Vladivostok. The notices warn people
about their accountability for the illegal movement of rare
animal and plant species across international borders and the
penalties that are applicable in both Russia and China. The
notices, which are in both Russian and Chinese, were developed
by specialists from WWF and TRAFFIC in both countries and
appear in customs offices in the region for the first time.
They were approved by the Federal Service for Supervision in
Nature Management of the Russian Federation and will help to
resolve trans-border problems associated with the smuggling
of biological resources between the two countries.
*TRAFFIC – The programme for the monitoring of the international
trade in rare and endangered animal and plant species. It was
established over 25 years ago by WWF and the International Union
for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). TRAFFIC is the main expert
body of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Since 2006, the Amur Branch of Wwf-russia, in partnership
with the Institute for Sustainable Use of Nature Resources,
has been conducting an annual photo-monitoring census
of the Far Eastern leopard, the world’s rarest cat. In 2009,
the census was carried out from February to May in the
‘southern’ sampling area that covers part of the federal
Leopardovy Sanctuary and Kedrovaya Pad Reserve. The
photo-survey data proved promising, in that one more
individual leopard was recorded compared with the
previous year. Currently, ecologists have photos of nine
animals, four of which had not been captured on film
before. With two photos, the sex of the individuals could
not be determined, while in the others, four females
and three males can be seen. This suggests that a good
sex ratio exists in the population. The results of the
monitoring testify to the stability of the population
of Far Eastern leopard in the area and to some trend in
population growth. One surprise during the survey was
a photo of a female leopard with three cubs taken by
Valery Maleev, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian
Federation and an ardent naturalist. He shares his
brilliant photos with WWF.
© Igor Onuchin / WWF-Russia
LEOPARDS, YOU ARE BEING
PHOTOGRAPHED WITH A HIDDEN CAMERA
© Valery Maleev / WWF-Russia
© Andrey Fereferov / WWF-Russia
HUNTERS BECOME ALLIES
In the Far East, the network of hunting estates that are
cooperating with WWF has been increasing. The estates are
characterized by having high numbers of ungulates and a
caring attitude towards the Amur tiger by the people working
there. Today, these game management units cover 2.5 million
hectares of key habitat for both the tiger and the Far Eastern
leopard. In order to reduce mortality amongst ungulates in
unfavorable weather conditions, such as intensive snowfalls,
the units created a fodder reserve (800 hectares of cropland
were sown with fodder plants and 950 rolls of soybean hay
were made). The aerial survey in February 2009 revealed
that, since 2004, the density of ungulate populations in model
hunting estates had increased by a factor of 2-2.5 times!
Over 5,000 hunters received from WWF, and had inserted
into their hunting licences, written instructions stating
the rules of conduct to follow when a tiger or leopard is
encountered.
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River valley and allocated funds for the release of eight
individuals into the Turkestan Sanctuary.
The Betpakdala population of saiga antelope has been
increasing in Kazakhstan. Nowadays, it numbers 45,000,
whereas seven years ago when WWF launched the project,
there were only 3,000 saiga in Betpakdala. For comparison,
the total saiga population in Russia is currently no more
than 16,000.
the Ili River and Lake Balkhash basin and the Kazakhstan
Government has undertaken to give serious attention
to their conservation in the future. Nowadays, WWF has
started working with the governments of both countries on
a re-introduction programme for the Turan tiger.
Another area of cooperation between Wwf-russia and
Central Asian countries relates to negotiations on climate
change and preparations for the UN Climate Conference
in Copenhagen. The Fund’s experts actively worked
together with delegations on a number of complicated
issues and WWF contributed to the preparation of several
specialised analytical and educational materials. One of
WWF’s objectives in the Central Asian states is to initiate
activities that address the need to adapt to new climatic
conditions. These activities will include designing projects
and attracting donors.
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During 2009, WWF began looking at the feasibility of
returning the Turan tiger to its original habitat. Experts
have already examined the Uzbekistan regions where
tigers used to live and plan to undertake a similar study
in Kazakhstan. The most suitable habitat for these big
cats is the tugai (riparian forest). This occurs as small
strips or patches of forest thicket in floodplains and
along riverbanks. It is also found in very dense reed-beds
where wild boar, a major prey species for tiger, live. Such
ecosystems where prey species still occur are found in
We should not pollute air, lit ter or empty waste into rivers.
Leonid Moguchev, 10 years old
© Ryspek Baydavletov
In 2009, the International Secretariat of WWF handed
over to Wwf-russia the responsibility for managing the
Central Asian programme. Wwf-russia now has its first
international programme.
Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are developing model sites for
the ECONET, while Kirghizia has just begun the process.
The ECONET is a single ecological network in Central Asia
that unites islands of intact nature, such as reserves,
ecological corridors and buffer zones (areas where limited
development is allowed).
In Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan,
WWF continues its project to restore the Bukhara deer
population. The total number of these animals is now 1,430,
as opposed to no more than 400 individuals when work
started back in 1999. We are happy to acknowledge that
the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan participated
in WWF activities to restore the deer in the Syrdarya
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WWF IN CENTRAL ASIA
– this is the mark we leave on the planet.
Nadya Ivashchenko, 10 years old
– this is something harmful to nature caused
by people. Alina Semenkova, 10 years old
– this is something global, like global warming.
Leonid Moguchev, 10 years old
– affecting the environment negatively is like
leaving dirty footprints on the floor. IraKopylova, 9 years old
E
cological footprint is a special measure of humanity’s
consumption of biosphere resources. It is expressed in
the amount (hectares) of biologically productive land
and water area needed to regenerate the resources a human
population consumes and to absorb and make harmless the
corresponding waste.
Nowadays, the overall human pressure on the biosphere
exceeds its capacity for self-regulation by 30%. On
average, our ecological footprint is 2.7 hectares of
land per person, whereas our planet is only able
to provide about 2.1 hectares per person.
In 2005, the ecological footprint of a resident
of a developed country averaged 6.4 hectares
per person, ie. it was three times more than
the biosphere can provide! The footprint in
countries with a medium income level was 2.2 hectares
per person, ie. it exceeded the average capacity of the Earth
by 0.1 hectare per person. Unfortunately, we Russians leave a
disproportionately large footprint compared with our average
living standard – our mean footprint is 3.7 hectares per person,
ie. we need an Earth 1.76 times larger than it is. In contrast,
residents of poor countries use only 1.0 hectare per person.
WWF is looking for developed and rapidly developing countries
to reduce excessive consumption and wasteful utilization of
natural resources and ensure that the development of our
economies is compatible with the capacity of the Earth’s
biosphere to support us.
p
The p
purpose
of our work is to achieve a situation in which
the footprint left by a Russian citizen and the
quality of economic growth within Russia
should not pose a hazard to the Earth’s
biosphere. We are striving to assure the
ecological safety of oil and gas projects
and major infrastructural developments and
attain high standards of environmental policy and
responsible practice within large Russian and international
corporations and financial institutions operating in Russia.
We are hoping that, learning from these, the standard of
national and regional environmental legislation and
regulation within Russia will be significantly improved.
Evgeny
Shvarts
Director
of Conservation
Policy,
Wwf-russia
The Human
Ecological Footprint
and biosphere
capacities
Yelizaveta Chernyshova, Pskov
In children’s words:
Anastasia Babiy
What is
ecological
footprint?
WWF-RUSSIA IN COPENHAGEN
For Wwf-russia’s Climate Programme, 2009 was dominated
by preparations for the 15th Conference of the Parties
(COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change which took place in Copenhagen in
December. WWF was in fact the only organization that
prepared Russian analytical materials on the entire range
of issues being negotiated, including not only emission
reduction, but also finance, transfer of technologies,
monitoring and evaluation. The materials were widely used
by all those who were going to take part in the Conference,
ranging from officials to NGOs. WWF staff members worked
closely with the media and provided advice to NGOs in
Russia and other CIS countries. On behalf of all national
WWF organizations, Wwf-russia specialists led discussions
on non-tropical forests and their global role in providing
solutions to the problem of climate change. They carefully
assessed the progress of negotiations and formulated
recommendations for national delegations.
The attitude of the Russian delegation at the conference
was constructive. Our country’s government, as with
those of the United States, European Union, Japan and
other developed countries, has no doubts as to the perilous
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nature of climate change and the need to take global
measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Hence, WWF
regards Russia’s contribution to the negotiations as being
positive and environmentally responsible.
Although the text of the Copenhagen Accord was drafted
and approved by the heads of state and of government
of leading countries, it was not granted the status of an
official UN declaration. This failure was due to the fact
that China and a number of other developing countries
were not ready to associate themselves with the Accord
on a legally-binding basis. The responsibilities that they
were to assume were great, but the resources and their level
of economic development were insufficient for resolving
problems without the assistance of developed states.
The Copenhagen Accord was adopted by all the leading
countries as a basis for future activity in 2010. According
to WWF, these negotiations should not be looked at as
being a reverse, but simply as a delay. In 2010 and together
with foreign colleagues, Wwf-russia intends to ensure that
an agreement is made, assistance is provided to the most
vulnerable countries and effective measures are taken to
reduce emissions.
further climate change. Despite the fact that the Doctrine
only contains some basic guidelines and objectives, WWF
believes that the very fact it has been adopted is a major
achievement.
The next step needed is to translate as soon as possible
the Climate Doctrine into an action plan. In 2010, WWF
is planning to draw up proposals on how to implement
the Doctrine in practice. At the same time, the Fund will
continue to raise public awareness on climate change. It
is still difficult for many people to understand what the
essence of the problem is, particularly so when the media
organizes meaningless discussions that still question
the causes of climate change when, in actual fact, urgent
actions are needed to combat climate change, including
the reduction of emissions, the development of mitigation
measures and adapting to the negative effects of change.
RUSSIA ADOPTS A CLIMATE DOCTRINE
In December 2009, during the 15th Conference of the
Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change, the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry
Medvedev, signed a Climate Doctrine. WWF insistently
stated that the Doctrine should be adopted promptly
and made a number of suggestions during the course of
the development of the document. In the Doctrine, the
Government of the Russian Federation admitted officially
that climate change was mainly caused by human activities
and that it negatively impacts on the economy and life in
Russia. The Doctrine contains several basic principles with
which to be guided by during the future struggle against
We should not lit ter: we must reduce the amount of harmful gases we emit
into the atmosphere. Nadya Ivashchenko, 10 years old
© Daria Kudryavtseva / WWF-Russia
© Elma Okic / WWF-Canon
THE HUMAN ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT AND BIOSPHERE CAPACITIES
RUSSIA – FIRST STEPS
TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY
In November 2009, the State Duma of the Russian
Federation adopted the Federal Law On Energy Saving and
Increase in Energy Efficiency. It is Wwf-russia’s opinion
that this actually implies that a law on the reduction of
greenhouse gas emission has been adopted and that our
country is now contributing to resolving the global problem
of climate change. These are the actions which we need to
take to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
WWF took an active part in the development of this Law.
In particular, the Fund employed several top experts
in energy efficiency who drafted specific articles and
provisions, especially in the fields of construction and the
maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, and provided
necessary information. A number of proposals by experts
were taken into account in drawing up the final version of
the document.
The Law covers virtually all sectors of the Russian economy
that involve both energy producers and consumers,
including members of the public. For the Law to become
an active instrument, however, it is necessary to adopt a
number of by-laws. An important step in that direction
was the approval by the Government of the Russian
Federation of the Plan of Activities on Energy Saving and
Increase in Energy Efficiency, a type of ’road map’ for the
implementation of the Law. WWF provided expertise to
help define proposals for certain parts of the Plan. Some
WWF specialists prepared a review of world experience in
state policies of increasing energy efficiency and climate
and energy action plans. Their recommendations will be
given to the state authorities and experts involved in
finalizing the Plan, so strengthening its focus on climate.
be beneficial, both economically and environmentally. A
convenient system to collect and recycle broken bulbs that
contain mercury should also be developed in tandem. Only
then will consumers be able to make an educated choice in
favour of fluorescent lamps. In WWF’s opinion, however,
successful implementation of these plans requires that
Russia itself should start manufacturing energy-saving
compact fluorescent lamps, close market access to sources
of cheap unreliable lamps and reduce prohibitive duties on
good quality imported lamps.
FAREWELL TO LIGHT BULBS!
In 2009, the Government of the Russian Federation decided
to put a halt to the manufacture of incandescent light
bulbs. According to the Law On Energy Saving and Increase
in Energy Efficiency, 100W light bulbs will be outlawed from
2012 with a decision being taken later on banning the use
of light bulbs of 75W and less. WWF welcomes this decision
and has been actively conducting awareness-raising
work with state authorities and members of the public
and promoting the idea of converting to energy-saving
fluorescent lamps. Consumers are to be made aware in an
easily understandable way that such a conversion would
© Aleksandra Filatkina / WWF-Russia
© Andrey Volodov / www.sxc.hu
‘GREEN’ PROCUREMENT POLICIES
In 2009, WWF began to actively promote a policy of
responsible greening of public procurements at state and
municipal levels. In many countries around the world,
environmental criteria and requirements for public
procurements are included in state legislation. These
primarily prohibit using supplies of illegal timber and
paper. An environmentally responsible approach to public
procurement reduces the amount of illegally logged timber
and paper products in the market, thereby helping protect
and conserve valuable forests and rare animal and plant
species. Similar criteria and requirements have also been
set for other goods.
WWF has reviewed international policy and practice on
environmentally responsible procurement. The findings
of this review will provide a basis for recommendations to
be adopted when developing Russian legal instruments.
Despite the fact that green public procurement was raised
only quite recently in Russia, some official documents in
that respect have already been developed and adopted.
In November 2009, the Federal Law On Energy Saving
and Increase in Energy Efficiency was adopted, whereby
public procurement of energy-efficient goods is set as one
of the measures of state management. However, there
are currently no criteria available in Russia for the
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selection of environmentally-friendly products – hence, in
the near future, WWF is to develop these criteria along with
the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.
The Government of Moscow has prepared a draft decree
establishing environmental requirements in public
procurements for Moscow city agencies. The decree takes
into account a number of WWF’s recommendations and
proposals.
Together with NGOs and research organizations from the Far
East, WWF developed a concept for a Federal Law On the Sea
of Okhotsk. The Sea of Okhotsk is the main fishing region
in Russia and provides approximately 40% of the country’s
entire annual catch. The principal feeding grounds for
Pacific salmon and breeding grounds for Alaskan pollock,
Pacific cod, herring, Kamchatka crab, halibut and other
commercially valuable fish species are located on the sea
shelf. At the same time, the reserves of oil and gas that the
Sea accounts for is only 2–4% of Russia’s total hydrocarbon
potential. The exploitation of this Sea’s oil and gas reserves
will endanger one third of Russia’s fish resources. Extraction
of oil and gas would be conducted under very complex ice
and seismic conditions and at great depth. The noise from
drilling rigs would also cause gray whales to abandon the
feeding grounds and probable future oil spills may bring
about significant mortality of crabs, salmon and marine birds.
PROTECTION OF THE SEAS
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© Olga Pegova / WWF-Russia
In 2009, WWF developed a concept for a Federal Law On
the Protection of the Seas in the Russian Federation from
Oil Pollution with the assistance of invited experienced
ecologists and lawyers. Current legislation does not
actually regulate issues associated with funding of oilspill responses, general and legal liability insurance,
design specifications of oil tankers, etc. The concept,
which envisages several effective methods for bridging
these and other legal gaps and takes into consideration
proposals made by leading environmental organizations,
was supported by the State Marine Salvage Service of the
Ministry of Transport in the Russian Federation. On WWF’s
initiative, the issue of legislative protection of the seas
from oil pollution will be discussed in 2010 by the Supreme
Ecological Council of the Committee for Natural Resources
and Ecology of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
In WWF’s opinion, the proposed law On the Sea of Okhotsk
should incorporate measures aimed at integrated,
coordinated and environmentally sustainable management
of natural resources, both for oil and gas production
and for the conservation of biological diversity. The
Concept proposes that those areas of the Sea which are
particularly valuable for the breeding and harvesting of
living resources, as well as those areas that are the most
promising for the development of hydro-carbon projects,
should be set aside. The Concept of the law is currently
being discussed by state authorities, experts and the
public-at-large in the Far East.
RUSSIA’S FIRST MSC CERTIFICATE
In 2009, a Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificate
was awarded for the first time to a fishery in Russia. The
certificate was granted to Hydrostroi, a company that,
together with the Government of the Russian Federation,
manages the harvest of pink and chum salmon off Iturup
Island in the Kuril Islands. Since 2005, WWF has worked on
the ecological certification of fisheries and has provided
advice to Hydrostroi. The MSC logo that appears on
products throughout the world testifies to the fact that the
harvest has been environmentally responsible and makes
it possible for consumers to choose fish that have been
caught under the observance of stringent environmental
regulations. WWF is confident that the granting of the MSC
certificate to Hydrostroi marks a turning point for Russian
fisheries and that the concept and ideals of sustainable
fishing are now also being adopted in Russia.
NO TO CAPRON!
In August 2009, the Government of the Russian Federation
signed a decree banning the import and sale in Russia of
Capron and other synthetic fishing nets manufactured
in China. WWF and the Federal Agency for Fisheries have
We should correct our mistakes: if it is impossible, we leave a mark on the environment. Ira Kopylova, 9
years old
DRIFT NETS – VICTORY IS STILL TO COME
Over the last five years, the use of drift nets – those
multi-mile floating nets that are capable of killing fish,
© Ivan Demetievskiy / WWF-Russia
attempted for a long time to have this decision taken.
Cheap Chinese nets are particularly dangerous as poachers
often abandon them in the water and the fibre from
which they are made does not rot in water. The ability of
these nets to catch fish is quite enormous as the material
they are made from is semi-transparent and fish readily
become entangled within them. Abandoned nets work
away in the water for years, destroying large numbers
of fish. Poachers use them especially often during the
fish spawning season, which is very detrimental to the
breeding of commercially-important fish, such as the Fareastern salmon, pike perch, freshwater bream, burbot, pike,
crucian carp and even the sterlet (sturgeon). In a number
of regions, the use of these nets is banned, but they are
still being imported into our country and fish inspectors
recover miles of nets from our rivers. WWF expects that
the decree will help to reduce the level of one of the
most serious forms of poaching, one that has become the
scourge of many Russian rivers and lakes. However, it will
still be necessary to take a number of measures to limit
the substantial manufacture and use of synthetic fishing
nets in Russia itself.
marine birds and mammals in their thousands – has been
diminishing in Russia. A campaign initiated by WWF and
other nature conservation organizations contributed
significantly to this positive trend. Drift nets are
normally set across migration routes of salmon, mostly
sockeye salmon, all the way from the ocean to the river
spawning grounds. Almost all other fish that are caught
are discarded with the scale of such wastage being no
less than 60,000 tonnes per annum. Furthermore, the
drift nets also catch and kill whales, dolphins, seals and
hundreds of thousands of sea birds, including the rare
short-tailed albatross. There are also some adverse social
consequences – drift nets prevent the movement of fish
from the ocean towards the shore where other forms of
fishing takes place. In 2009, Russian fishing vessels were
not engaged in drift net fishing at all and the number
of Japanese vessels catching salmon inside the Russian
economic zone was reduced by 11 ships. Nevertheless,
and despite the opinions of Kamchatka fishermen, WWF
and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental
Protection, the Russian Federal Fishery Agency continues
to support drift netting. Indeed, in 2010, the Agency
plans to allocate quotas for commercial drift netting
>>
© Oleg Tarabarov
©Brian Caouette
Thank you for
your support!
EARTH HOUR 2009 – FROM
KAMCHATKA TO KALININGRAD
In 2009, the WWF action Earth Hour became the
largest publically-supported event in the history
of Russia and the world. On March 28, hundreds of
millions of people throughout the world turned off
their lights for an hour to demonstrate that they are
concerned about the future of the Earth. Each year
since 2007, this public action has taken place in a
number of countries and last year Russia joined in.
In Russia, Earth Hour was spread over 11 time zones,
from Kamchatka through to Kaliningrad. Lights were
switched off by residents of 20 cities and employees
of 40 companies in more than ten regions (subjects)
of the Russian Federation. About 100,000 people
registered on the website www.wwf.ru/60. In Moscow,
the action was launched by Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who
switched off a symbolic circuit breaker, whereupon
the lights on more than 20 well-known illuminated
buildings in the city went out. We are glad that the
event involved municipal and regional governments,
thus showing that our country’s authorities are also
concerned about the problem of climate change.
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© Yuri Artyukhin
of 22,000 tonnes of salmon. WWF is convinced that the
interests of a minority group of Russian and Japanese
fishermen, both of whom actively lobby in support of this
extremely damaging harvest, should not supplant the
conservation of fish resources and marine ecosystems and
the acceptable interests of majority coastal fishermen
employed in the near-shore salmon fishery. Together
with other nature conservation organizations, fishermen,
legislative and law-enforcement bodies in Kamchatka and
indigenous peoples, WWF will continue the fight against
the large-scale oceanic drift net fishing industry.
to humans. So far, the ocean has been providing us
with wild-caught fish, but we shall be deprived of this
if we continue to treat the oceans as we are doing now.
Methods of exploiting marine resources will not change of
their own accord and politicians are not always capable of
changing things, or even wanting to. The volume of catch
and the level of impact of a fishery on fish populations
depend on consumer demand. Therefore, by buying or
declining to buy some fish species, one can influence
population numbers in the wild. An illustrated manual
of fish products that was developed by WWF familiarizes
readers with the biology and qualities of the 43 species
of fish and marine invertebrates most often found in fish
stores in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The manual helps
sellers and buyers to make informed choices amongst all
the products available and learn to select fish and other
species whose harvest will not deplete the biological
resources of Russia’s seas.
TOWARDS UTILIZING OIL ASSOCIATED GAS
In 2009, WWF launched a public campaign aimed at
urgently resolving the problem of oil associated gas (OAG)
ALL FISH IN ONE’S POCKET
In 2009, and for the first time in Russia, WWF produced
an ecological guide for suppliers and sellers of fish
products, entitled Do You Know What You Are Buying?
Nowadays, the stocks of several fish species in Russia
are severely depleted. The supply of fish in fish stores
is not nearly as varied as it used to be. Wild salmon
have almost disappeared and are being replaced by fish
raised on Norwegian fish farms. Instead of large and
meaty notothenia (cod), small fish with quite a different
taste are now on sale. Some fish products are harmful
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flaring. Among other oil-producing countries, Russia is
nowadays a front-runner in terms of absolute volumes of
gas burnt off each year through flaring. These volumes are
enormous and comparable to the cost of supplying power
to the entire city of Moscow for one year. In addition to
being a loss to the country’s economy, the combustion of
OAG is detrimental to the environment and human health
as it releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. OAG is a high-calorific gas and an ecologically
pure fuel and throughout the world is used to generate
electric power. In the United States, for example, 97%
of the gas is utilized, while in Norway all of it is used.
Unfortunately, in contrast to many other countries, Russia
so far does not display any positive trends in terms of OAG
utilization.
WWF activities drew the attention of oil and gas companies
and legislative and law-enforcement bodies to the problem
of OAG combustion. The Fund called upon leading Russian
oil companies to voluntarily obligate themselves to utilize
at least 95% of OAG when new fields are commissioned from
2010 onwards. In this respect, a meeting was organized
by WWF for oil and gas, gas-chemical and technological
companies, as well as for the World Bank, research institutes
and representatives from the regions of Russia. The
meeting demonstrated that large companies who represent
these industries are ready to take steps to utilize oil
associated gases. To allow data and other information
on the utilization of OAG to be accessible to the public,
WWF, along with the Institute of World Economics and
International Relations (IMEMO), drew up a review of
Problems and Prospects for the Utilization of Oil Associated
Gas in Russia. This review would be updated on an annual
basis and distributed widely.
The public campaign on the problem of OAG also attracted
the attention of the President of the Russian Federation.
In his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Dmitry
We should buy bet ter-quality gasoline, not allow biodiversity to diminish and cut fewer trees.
Masha Dankina, 9 years old
Medvedev referred to the burning off of OAG as an acute
environmental problem and a blatant example of the
inefficient management and utilization of energy resources.
“The environment is being polluted and tens of billions of
roubles are turning into smoke”, the President declared.
“Prompt and decisive action is called for and no excuses
from extraction companies will be accepted.”
In autumn 2009, and following an instruction from the
President of the Russian Federation, a working group was
set up under the auspices of the Council of the Federation
to formulate a draft law on the utilization of OAG. WWF
became a member of this working group. Another positive
approach that can be applied is to use the economic
mechanisms established under the Kyoto Protocol. WWF
expects that 2010 will see all oil-producing companies
reduce the level of OAG combustion considerably and that
Russia’s oil and gas industry will finally cease to throw
away money and pollute the environment.
© Vladimir Filonov / WWF-Russia
EXERCISE IN THE GULF OF FINLAND
For five years now, WWF has organized the training of
volunteers who participate in combating oil spills. In
2009, the training programme and methodology developed
by WWF, in partnership with the International Fund for
Animal Welfare (IFAW), Moscow Zoo and the Russian Bird
Conservation Union, were refined during an exercise on
the shores of the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg.
The exercise was jointly organized with the Committee
for Nature Management, Environmental Protection and
Environmental Safety of St. Petersburg.
along with the main Evenk settlement, Tura. In addition,
the underground chambers containing radioactive brine
from the nuclear explosion in the past will be flooded.
Furthermore, approximately 1 million hectares of larch
forest will be destroyed. These forests are of great
importance to the conservation of biological diversity
and the maintenance of ecological equilibrium, not only
in Russia, but also on the planet as a whole. WWF helped
organize a series of public meetings within the Evenki
Autonomous Region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory to
discuss the project, as well as a roundtable meeting in
November in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
The recommendations emanating from these meetings and
the demand that the project be cancelled were forwarded to
the relevant ministries and agencies and to RusHydro.
In 2009, WWF took other important steps to encourage
hydroelectric engineers to make well-informed
>>
In 2009, WWF, in partnership with a coalition of NGOs
and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of
the North, Siberia and the Far East, continued their
campaign to put a halt to the Evenkiiskaya Hydropower
Plant project. If the project takes place, it will result in 1
million hectares of virgin forest in Siberia being flooded!
Environmentalists demand that authorities should disallow
the construction of the huge hydropower plant on the
Nizhnyaya Tunguska River and that RusHydro should
cease the further development of any documents for the
project. If the Evenkiiskaya Hydropower Plant were to be
built, the ancestral lands of the Evenki people will be lost,
© RAIPON
© Vladimir Filonov / WWF-Russia
IN DEFENCE OF EVENKIA
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decisions in the future that are in keeping with the
principles of ecological safety and to once and for all
reject projects similar to the Evenkiiskaya Hydopower
Power Plant. WWF began to proactively promote best
international practice in hydropower engineering by
publishing a Russian edition of a report of the World
Commission on Dams, Dams and Development – A New
Framework for Decision-Making. The Fund also organized
public meetings to discuss the draft version of the
international standards on sustainable hydropower
engineering that were developed by the International
Hydropower Association (IHA). WWF also supports the
expert community working on problems associated with
large dams (www.russiandams.ru).
FSC-CERTIFIED TIMBER FROM THE
RUSSIAN FAR EAST APPEARS IN EUROPE
© Anna Chugueva / WWF-Russia
In late-2009, one of the largest timber companies in the FarEast, Arkaim Ltd (a WWF partner), shipped a consignment of
FSC-certified (Forest Stewardship Council) timber products
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to Germany. The company also declared a moratorium on
logging for an area of forest 340,000 hectares in size.
According to perceptions amongst Western buyers, supplies
of timber from the Far East are closely associated with illegal
logging and the destruction of virgin taiga. The above
FSC certificate was granted for a leased area of 1.1 million
hectares and guarantees that the company’s products are
ecologically sustainable and that purchase of its products
neither harms the reputation of the company’s western
partners, nor violates legislation in any other country.
Arkaim Ltd became the third company in the Russian Far
East, after Terneiles and Primorsky GOK, to be certified
according to FSC standards. Nowadays, the total area of
FSC-certified forest in the Russian Far East exceeds 2.5
million hectares. The direct supply of FSC-certified timber
to the ecologically-sensitive European markets will provide
a good stimulus to the development of environmentally
responsible forest management in the Far East of Russia.
FORESTS AND THE LAW
At the beginning of 2009, a new Forest Code for the Russian
Federation finally came into being. Wwf-russia and other
nature conservation organizations have repeatedly called the
attention of authorities to failings and drawbacks of the new
legislation. For the first time since the Forest Code came into
force, a public voice is finally being heard. The Ministry of
Agriculture of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for
the development of state policy and regulatory framework in
the field of forestry, invited the public to collaborate with it in
amending and approving the forest law.
Russian environmental NGOs (Greenpeace Russia, Wwf-russia,
Biodiversity Conservation Center, Russian Bird Conservation
Union and others) submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture
coordinated proposals for amending the Forest Code. The
amendments proposed were very well-grounded and
constructive. These proposals were aimed at defining the
area covered by forest legislation, implementing a proclaimed
principle of participation of citizens and NGOs in forest
management, restricting development in protected forests,
promoting conservation of rare species, pursuing opportunities
to establish new forest protected areas, including conserving
forests of high conservation value, and other activities. The
Ministry of Agriculture has currently been appointed by the
Government of the Russian Federation to amend the Forest
Code and related federal laws. We expect that the opinions of
environmentalists will be taken into account.
FAVOUR FSC PRODUCTS!
WWF continues to promote voluntary
forest certification in Russia using Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) standards. The
FSC logo that appears on paper products
states that they come from forests that are
managed responsibly in an ecologically, economically and
socially sustainable manner. By December 1, 2009, over
22 million hectares of forest in Russia have been certified
in accordance with FSC standards, representing 17% of all
leased forest land in Russia. Globally, Russia is ranked No. 2
with regards certification, coming behind Canada where 27
million hectares of forest land has been certified.
The Russian branch of the Global Forest & Trade Network
(GFTN), set up by and run under the auspices of WWF, is one of
the principal vehicles for promoting FSC certification in Russia.
Currently, the GFTN in Russia brings together 50 enterprises,
including the leading ones within the Russian timber industry.
These are currently seeking FSC certification in order to
promote their certified timber products in international
markets. At the same time, FSC-certified timber and timber
products are being actively promoted in the domestic market.
Not only is the management of forests certified, but also
the chains-of-custody, so making it possible to place the FSC
logo on products that are available to consumers. Nowadays,
R
We need to invent machines to suck up the environmental footprint.
Danila P’yanykh, 9 years old
Thank you for
your support!
A 21st CENTURY FORESTER’S MANUAL
One of WWF’s priorities is to improve the standard of
professional forestry education. Work done has resulted in
the publication and wide distribution of a manual entitled
Fundamentals of Sustainable Forest Management. The
manual’s authors have extensive professional experience in
the theory, teaching and practical application of sustainable
forest management and succeeded in reviewing best national
and international practices in the field of environmentally,
economically and socially sustainable management of
forests. The manual has received official approval from the
Educational and Methodological Forestry Board of the Ministry
of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and was
recommended to students at forestry universities and colleges,
as well as to specialists whose work is related to forestry.
Dr. Vladimir Lipatkin, Dean of the Forestry Faculty at Moscow
State Forest University, said: “Preparing graduates with a new
ecological thinking requires new manuals. Our university
© Vladimir Potansky / WWF-Russia
and the authors of the manual have a single aim of educating
highly-qualified professionals for the forestry sector.”
2014 WINTER OLYMPICS –
THE ENVIRONMENT PAYS
FOR FUTURE VICTORIES
The year 2009 revealed some stark contrasts in the levels
of environmental commitment during preparations for
the Winter Olympics that will take place in Sochi in 2014.
On the one hand, there was real breakthrough in the
interaction between the environmentalist community
and Olympic organizers. The Coordination Council under
the State Corporation Olympstroi, which unites investors,
planners, builders and the public, started to work
properly. Throughout the year, more than ten meetings
were held, during which virtually all the environmental
aspects relating to the preparations were discussed. The
Working Group on the Environment of the Council for
the Development of Physical Culture and Sports under
the President of the Russian Federation and headed by
Yury Trutnev, Minister of Natural Resources and the
Environment, held four meetings. In September, Dmitry >>
© Igor Chestin / WWF-Russia
Russian stores stock a selection of products manufactured
from timber that has been certified with the FSC logo.
However, Russian consumers still know very little about what
this actually means. In 2009, Wwf-russia, in cooperation
with the Russian office of FSC, launched a campaign to
promote FSC certification in Russia. During summer 2009,
Mondi Syktyvkarsky LPK released onto the market the first
FSC-certified domestic brand of paper, Snegurochka, which
currently enjoys a 40% share of the Russian market. In
December, Investlesprom announced the start of production
of Russia’s first FSC-certified paper packaging. These certified
products are already available to Russian consumers through
stores belonging to IKEA and Castorama.
The need to switch to certified products is now better
understood by authorities. A decision was taken to
purchase FSC-certified timber for the construction of
facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
A DAY WITHOUT CARS
On September 22, 2009, WWF initiated for the second
time in Moscow A Day Without Cars. This year,
the bike-ride involved 250 people. Members of
bike clubs, supporters and employees and Moscow
residents gathered together at the observation site
in Vorobyovy Hills to ride to Gorky Park. They were
joined by Russian stars Marina Devyatova, Nikolai
Demidov, the Chelsea and Slivki pop groups and
Alexander Barykin. Attending as a guest of honor,
was Oleg Mitvol, Prefect for the Northern District of
Moscow. A Day Without Cars 2009 was also supported
by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian
Federation and the Government of Moscow. The
Moscow City Transport Authority (Mosgortrans) gave
a gift to Muscovites by halving bus, trolleybus and
tram fares on the day. Contributing to the event
were also citizens of other Russian cities, while the
authorities of Kaliningrad officially supported
A Day Without Cars in their own city.
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Kozak, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian
Federation responsible for Olympic preparations, held a
special meeting on environmental issues. In all these
discussions, representatives of Russian and regional NGOs
were actively involved.
On the other hand, however, a number of problems arose,
many of which still remain unresolved. Back in January
2009, at a meeting of the Coordination Council under
Olympstroi, it was pointed out that the design plans for
the Olympic facilities were substandard and that too few
environmental engineering studies had been carried out. It
was decided then to arrange for additional studies to be done
and to amend the design of facilities based on their results.
However, after a year, no studies were carried out and the
design standards remain inferior. They have already resulted
in loss of human life and materiel. In mid-December, a storm
destroyed the new port being constructed at Sochi and, two
weeks later, a flood demolished temporary structures and
destroyed expensive equipment.
During construction of the railway-cum-highway from
Adler to Alpica-Service, which was done without any design
plans or permits between August 2008 and January 2009,
several unique riparian forests were destroyed. These
contained a number of rare plant species, including wingnut
(Pterocary pterocarpa) and boxwood (Buxus colchica),
both listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.
The absurd compensation that was paid for the damage
done to nature, received in the form of plantations of
boxwood sourced from seedlings dug up nearby, will never
compensate for the removal of natural forests that had
taken tens of thousands of years to develop.
Protected areas that were either planned to be set aside or
expanded considerably by way of territorial compensation
were either not established at all or reduced in area. For
example, the ornithological park in the Imereti Lowland
was given to other users and within the most valuable part
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of the WWF-designed Utrish Reserve a resort for the Office
of the President of the Russian Federation Administration
is planned.
Furthermore, since August 2009, frontier guards have begun
to be used against environmentalists. Activists belonging
to Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus and a WWF
expert were detained on two occasions. It transpired that
because all the sport facilities are located in a frontier zone,
a special admission permit is required.
The resolution of environmental problems is beyond
the competence of some individual ministries. Hence,
WWF is convinced that it will only be through the direct
intervention of the Government of the Russian Federation
and amendments made to legislation that effective control
of all phases of construction and the minimization of
environmental damage will be achieved.
‘GREEN’ RESPONSIBILITY
OF RUSSIAN BANKS
In 2009, WWF invited representatives of the largest
Russian banks to a conference on the promotion of
sustainable finance mechanisms in Russia. The conference
was supported by the German Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
and was in collaboration with the Equator Principles
Outreach Group for Russia. The latter is a working group of
banks that signed the Equator Principles, thereby accepting
that environmental and social responsibility standards
would be adhered to in future project financing. WWF has
already been working with Russian financial institutions
for several years in an effort to develop environmental
responsibility within the banks. Particular emphasis has
been placed on those investments in resource-intensive
projects that pose a high risk to biological diversity. At
the conference, WWF experts showed Russian bankers
ways in which social and environmental standards can
be incorporated into risk-management mechanisms.
Such mechanisms should become an integral part of the
environmental policies of financial institutions, as not
only direct investments but also portfolio investments
and credits may exert considerable pressure on the
environment.
PURE PROFIT FOR NATURE
AND BUSINESS
For the first time in Russia, WWF investigated
environmental aspects relating to the activities of the
finance sector and published a report, entitled Pure Profit
for Russia: Benefits of Responsible Finance. The report
provides an overview of the evolution of international
mechanisms of environmental and social responsibility
in the global financial sector and quantifies the scope of
exposure of foreign and Russian financial institutions to
environment-intensive sectors of the Russian economy. It
concludes with recommendations relating to actions that
could be implemented by both the Russian government and
domestic financial institutions.
We need to walk more often, not to lit ter, keep rivers and lakes clean and should not
pick flowers or break branches. Konstantin Sharapov, 11 years old
– such organizations as WWF call on people to save nature and help prevent
our planet from dying. It is very important to support them to keep
our future sunny and green. Maria Krysanova, 13 years old
– such a big organization as WWF can do more than individual people, for example,
in protecting the Amur tiger. Anastasia Efremova, 13 years old
– WWF binds people together who care for nature throughout the whole world.
Combining the efforts of many people can achieve a lot. Katya Cheremisina. 10 years old
– because the results of WWF’s work are visible. Agatha Eliseeva, 13 years old
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on-indifferent, responsive and kind people – this is how
each day we address our supporters, business partners,
journalists, photographers and designers, all those
without whose assistance our work would be impossible. We are
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proud that the proportion of Russian funds in our budget
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has been increasing every year, as has support through
the dissemination of information. Thank you for yourr
support!
The beginning of 2009 was alarming. The economic
crisis affected all spheres of life. A number of
companies had to reduce their charity budgets and
many people lost their jobs. Despite this fact, after
d
a year we are proud to state that our partners and
supporters showed loyalty to ‘the Panda’ and continued to
assist WWF. Moreover, during this crisis year, we managed to
collect more funds than in the previous year, acquire additional
supporters and partners and launch a number of new projects.
Currently, we are supported by over 50 Russian companies and
more than 16,000 individual members. During 2009, more than
100,000 people supported WWF Internet campaigns, while the
media released more than 10,000 items on WWF!
The year 2009 will be remembered by an unprecedented event,
both in our country and perhaps throughout the world – Earth
Hour. This huge ‘flash mob’ involved hundreds of millions of
people around the world, all of whom switched off the lights
in their apartments, offices and cities for an hour. In this
wa
way, they demonstrated that they are not indifferent to
t problem of global climate change. An opinion poll
the
conducted by the research company Romir showed
that, in Russia alone, 6 million people participated in
the event. This for us was another pleasant surprise as
traditionally it is believed that Russians are indifferent
and not inclined to show any civic responsibility. With
o supporters, partners and the media, we managed to
our
ma this campaign a truly mass one. Of course, switching
make
off the lights for an hour is only a symbolic step towards an
environmentally-friendly lifestyle and a rejection of excessive
consumption of resources as a future for Earth. It is gratifying to
know that, with each passing year, the events dedicated to nature
find an increasing number of followers in our country and each
year an increasing number of people say with us: “We DO care!”
Katya Pal
Director of
Development,
Wwf-russia
Thank you for
your support!
Ksenia Vedernikova, Chuguevka
Abdinazara uulu Zhanyshaly, Shamaldussay,
Kyrgyzstan
Why is it important
to support such
organizations
as WWF?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
THE WWF-RUSSIA CORPORATE CLUB WAS ESTABLISHED
IN 2001. This is a membership programme developed
specifically for companies that want to support nature
conservation in Russia. Members of the Club help Wwfrussia in solving the most pressing nature conservation
problems and strive to make their business more
responsible with respect to nature.
The year 2009 started for us, as
it did for the entire country, with
doubts and concerns. It was not clear
whether business would be able to support
our work, at least at the same level as before,
as the financial crisis affected the majority
of our partners. To sum up the year, we are
confident that social responsibility is becoming
an important part of Russian business. Not a
single large partner left WWF and not a single
project was cancelled due to lack of donor
support. Moreover, during 2009, interest in
joint projects with WWF has clearly grown. We
are undoubtedly doing our best to stimulate
companies’ interest in cooperating with us.
We have, in fact, revised and supplemented
existing projects and proposals for business
and developed some entirely new ones. We are
grateful to all those companies who, during this
hard year, took care of nature and continue to
understand that we are to leave to our children
one main thing – a living Earth!
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WWF CORPORATE CLUB IN 2009
THE LIVING OFFICE
In 2009, a new line was added to the activities of the WWF
Corporate Club – The Living Office. This programme is
offered to club members only and is designed for those
companies that wish to make their operations more
environmentally responsible. Using ‘green’ advisors from
WWF, the companies not only create a more positive image
for themselves and substantially reduce their office
expenses, which of course is particularly pertinent in
the present-day economic situation, but they also help
contribute to the conservation of the Earth.
The programme is made up of five basic components
– electricity, water, paper, waste and transport. Each
of these components gives both advice to a company’s
administration on what useful principles can be
implemented in the day-to-day operations of the office and
recommendations as to what each employee can do.
AZBUKA VKUSA (THE ABC OF TASTE)
ALFA-BANK
BEELINE
NADOM GROUP
EUROKAM
INTERROSS
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
М.VIDEO
MULTON
PROMSVYAZBANK
RAIFFEISENBANK
RESO GARANTIA
ROSNO
TRANS-UNICOM
ASPERA EXPLORATIONS
COCA-COLA
ECOVITA GROUP
НР
ICS TRAVEL GROUP
INDEPENDENT MEDIA SANOMA MAGAZINES
PILGRIM
ROCKWOOL
TETRAPAK
I often visit WWF’s website, take part in its campaigns and sign important appeals.
Maria Krysanova, 13 years old, WWF member
EARTH KEEPERS IS A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMME FOR
COMPANIES that provide not only financial support to WWF,
but also give their services for free.
card, the green policy of RESO Garantia, Anna Club Plush
toys, the Na Dom catalogue, paper bags in Azbuka Vkusa
supermarkets, Ecovita house cleaning products, etc.
WWF EARTH KEEPERS COMPANIES
IN 2009:
DAR EXPO
THE HOUSE OF WATER 2000
MARKET LEADERS GROUP
RESTAURANT MOST
BGBILLING
CAPITAL LEGAL SERVICES
DINERS CLUB
HUHTAMAKI CIS
IQ-MARKETING
LE MERIDIEN MOSCOW COUNTRY CLUB
RTM
SMITHARTMAN
SOLWAY
IN NOVEMBER, М.VIDEO STORES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY OFFERED GIFT CARDS FOR SALE THAT FEATURED
A PHOTOGRAPH OF A TIGER CUB. The card is a gift not only
for friends, but also for the tiger, as 10% of the card’s price
is given over to WWF’s programme for the conservation of
the Amur tiger.
THE RITZ CARLTON MOSCOW
MARKETING WITH WWF
A number of companies wish to see WWF’s logo on their
products. The panda image on products indicates that a
company is allocating some of its funds to support WWF’s
nature conservation programmes. In this way, a company
demonstrates its concern about environmental problems
and customers who buy its products are made aware that
the company supports nature conservation.
There already exist numerous goods featuring the WWF
brand – examples include the Visa Alfa-Bank–WWF credit
IN 2009, OUR PANDA IMAGE ADORNED THREE NEW
PRODUCTS. From September, the menu belonging to the
restaurant chain Dve Palochki (Two Chopsticks) has been
enlarged to include a special offer – guests are offered
special magnets and pendants featuring PANDAY symbols.
All funds generated from their sale are given to WWF’s
programme for the conservation of rare species.
BETWEEN DECEMBER 18
AND 31, CUSTOMERS AT
IKEA STORES COULD RENT
A LIVE CHRISTMAS TREE.
After the celebrations,
the tree could be
returned to the store for
recycling in exchange
for a gift voucher. For
each tree sold, 50 roubles
were given to WWF’s
programme for the
restoration of the system
of school forestry units in
northern Russia.
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TO THE LEOPARD AND THE BEAR
Wwf-russia has nature conservation programmes and
projects that are largely or entirely financed through
targeted assistance from Russian companies. This
particular programme is for the re-introduction of the
Persian leopard, supported by Vympelcom and Roza Khutor
and the Polar Bear project, a project that operates with the
active support of the Coca-Cola Company. For more detail
see pages 10 and 12.
© Multon
ADOPT A TIGER
IN 2009, RUSSIAN BUSINESS BEGAN
SUPPORTING WWF’S CHILDREN’S
PROGRAMME. Multon, a company known for
its juices and nectars Rich and Dobry (Good),
supported for several years the Fund’s project
to reintroduce the European bison back
into the wild. Afterwards, the company decided to take
an active role in the children’s educational programme.
In 2009, two educational projects were launched –
НОМЕ: Meeting the Planet and Save the Tiger!, as well
as the volunteer project Green Classes Multon. In this
project, company employees train themselves and teach
environmental education classes in schools.
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On the eve of the Year of the Tiger, WWF suggested that its
partners should ‘adopt’ tigers, so helping Wwf-russia to save
them. Of course, this is not an adoption in the conventional
sense, but our primary aim is to join together and collect
the necessary funds for developing the programme for
the conservation of the Amur tiger in the Far East. For
business, this is a good opportunity to become part of
the international WWF campaign in support of the tiger.
In November and December, tigers were enthusiastically
‘adopted’, either as single individuals, or several at a time.
By the beginning of 2010, М.Video, Nomos-Bank and
Sedmoy Continent (Seventh Continent), became official
partners of the adoption scheme and are each taking
care of 20 Amur tigers. Adoption of tigers will be possible
throughout the whole of 2010.
SUPPORT OF NATURE RESERVES
AND NATIONAL PARKS
In 2009, WWF’s Nature Reserves and National Parks of Russia
competition was held for the 11th time. This time its theme
was: We are changing life for the better! Challenges for
protected areas. Non-trivial steps and innovative solutions.
Of the 80 submissions received, the jury of experts
recognized the best projects as coming from the
Smolenskoe Poozerye, Zyurtakul, Tiger Call and Zabaikalsky
National Parks and the Baikalsky and Kuznetkly Alatau
Reserves. The winning projects covered such subjects as
combating poaching, implementing innovative conservation
technologies, providing conditions for the development
of ecotourism, training young specialists, involving local
communities and the media in activities in protected areas
and developing a training and resource centre for sharing
experience between protected areas.
In order to finance the competition, WWF sources
funds from companies that are specifically interested
in conserving Russia’s natural heritage. In 2009, the
Toyota Motor Corporation became a general partner of the
programme. The company increased twofold the amount
of each grant awarded to the winners. It also instituted
an additional nomination to award to protected areas that
are located in regions where the company is active. This
last nomination was won by a project submitted by the
Zyuratkul National Park that is looking at the conservation
and recovery of endangered fish species in the South Urals.
In addition to the Toyota Motor Corporation, the
programme is also supported by Coca-Cola, BAT Russia,
М.Video, TetraPak, the brand Timotei and the Independent
Media publishing house.
© Julia Kalinicheva / WWF-Russia
© Alexander Evgrafov / WWF-Russia
I do everything that a 13-year-old girl can do: I save electricity at home, don’ t lit ter myself
and tell my friends not to either and plant trees together with my parents. T he most important
thing is to protect nature together. Anastasia Efremova, 13 years old, WWF member
Thank you for
your support!
THE EARTH IS OUR COMMON HOME
BALL ON THE GRASS
On July 4, 2009, at the fourth annual charity Ball on the
Grass, WWF collected more than RUB 1.5 million. The Ball
on the Grass, which combines the features of a party, an
acoustic concert and a picnic, helps WWF collect funds
for the conservation of nature in Russia’s reserves and
national parks, which are generally not sufficiently
financed.
The main event was held in the Le Meridien Moscow
Country Club in Nakhabino near Moscow and was attended
by supporters and friends of WWF, in particular, Olga
Shelest, Anton Komolov, Katya Gordon and Konstantin
Mikhailov. Performing at the Ball, were several wellknown groups and musicians – Neschyastnyi Sluchai (The
Accident), Uma2rman, Jukebox Trio, the Cover Quartet
of Victor Dobronravov, Paperny TAM, Zurbagan, Melnitsa
(Windmill), YuTA, the Marakatu Drum Show and Abelardo
Alfonso Lopes. Among those invited were the hosts
Svetlana Konegen and Alex Dubas, the figure-skater Irina
Slutskaya, the designers Nadezhda Nurieva and Sergei
Sysoev, the film directors Valeria Gai Germanica, Olga
Subbotina and Ivan Popovski, the pianist Alexei Skanavi
and many other celebrities.
Thanks to a great number of our partners, guests were
offered numerous entertainments, such as games and
tasting tests, fire stunts, theatrical performances, fashion
shows and lessons in traditional craft making. Tents were
also set up for ladies, where all those willing were given
fabulous hairdos using live flowers.
NEW YEAR CHARITY
On the eve of 2010, the Year of the Tiger according to the
oriental calendar, several companies together with WWF
held New Year charity events as part of the Fund’s annual
project Start the New Year Usefully. Company employees
suggested making donations to WWF’s programme for
the conservation of the Amur tiger. As a token of WWF’s
gratitude to them, they all received souvenirs featuring
Fund symbols.
Such activities took place in the offices of Capital Legal
Services, Moscow Brewery Company, Na Dom Group, Gross
Consult, Inteco, G&G, ROSNO, HSBC and The Royal Bank of
Scotland. In addition, М.Video, АGT Group, Scarlett and
Eurocam became WWF New Year partners by allocating to
WWF a portion of their New Year budgets and producing
calendars and postcards featuring the Amur tiger.
Five thousand people gathered together at the
Vorobyovy Hills in Moscow on World Environment
Day on June 5 to see the first performance of
the astonishing film, Home. This documentary
is the joint work of the world-renowned wildlife
photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand and the cult
film director Luc Besson. In the film, picturesque
birds-eye views of our planet are shown,
accompanied by a story about an environmental
catastrophe that is threatening the Earth. At the
festival, one could watch a film, but also listen to
the Dolce Quartet and dance with the Marakatu
drum group, both old friends of WWF. Together
with the artists, festival guests painted 20
symbolic planets made of rice paper and sent them
to the mayors of Russian cities that have at least
1 million citizens and towns that neighbour the
most valuable nature areas. The official organizer
for the screening of the film Home in Russia is the
charity fund Ecomir.
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Worldwide, WWF receives 65% of its funding from private donations.
In 2009, WWF members in Russia donated almost RUB 20.5 million.
Today, Wwf-russia has more than 16,000 members.
© Sergey Shishlov / WWF-Russia
ADOPT A TIGER
Crisis can be an impetus
to development
At the end of 2009 and on the eve of the Year of the
Tiger the programme Adopt a Tiger, was launched. This
programme has been supported by many WWF members:
Koshelev D. (Tyumen’), Wwf-russia Golden Panda Club member
Abdrazyakov T. (Kazan’), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Mazurov А. (Moscow), Wwf-russia member
Aleshina О. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Miroshina Е. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Andreevs I. & G. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Golden Panda Club member
Nugzarov G. (Kislovodsk), Wwf-russia member
Bondareva A. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Singer Varvara (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Demidova-Kiraz T. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Polnikov А. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Egorov A. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Popov G. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Golden Panda Club member
Emel’yanova A. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Popov Kh. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Zhivora N. (Moscow), Wwf-russia member
Rezchikov V. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
ANNUAL REPORT ❘
WWF Russia ❘ 2009
Kupriyanov D. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Golden Panda Club member
Kycharakova A. (Novosibirsk), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Ponomarenko family (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
The financial crisis is not a reason for despair. Wwfrussia has been convinced of this thanks to its
members. During the crisis year, the number of people
supporting the Fund’s programmes didn’t decline,
but actually increased by 30%, from 12,000 to 16,000
members. Whereas many large companies and
corporations reduced their charity budgets, our citizens
continued to support nature – difficulty makes us closer!
During 2009, most people found an opportunity to make
their annual donation in support of nature conservation
– some even increased their contribution, or set up a
standing order with their bank.
During the crisis, it became evident that a charity can
be sustainable, but only if it is supported by many
thousands of people. Even small donations add up to
amounts that enable WWF to fund and implement its
nature conservation projects. In 2009, WWF members
provided financial assistance to WWF to the amount
of RUB 20.5 million, which is 20.5 % more than in the
pre-crisis year of 2008. About 60% of these funds came
from Golden Panda Club members and Earth Keepers.
An Earth Keeper is a WWF member whose charitable
donation is at least RUB 5,000 each year, while a
Golden Panda Club member donates at least RUB
60,000 each year.
Thank you, dear friends!
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Zhuravlev D. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Storozheva I. (Moscow)
Survillo V. (Moscow), Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
ADOPT A EUROPEAN BISON
In 2009, a joint programme between WWF and the
Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve celebrated its 5th
Anniversary. Together with the Reserve, WWF looks
for funds from individuals and companies to support
and develop a breeding centre for European bison.
Maintaining a European bison costs RUB 50,000 a year.
Most contributors to the programme ‘re-adopt’ their
bison every year. Regular contributions help to keep
the breeding centre going and to allow bison to be raised
continually for subsequent release into free-ranging
populations in European Russia and the Caucasus. As
was planned, and following an assessment of the area
and preparation of all necessary documentation, ten
European bison were translocated from Prioksko-Terrasny
Nature Reserve to the Tseisky Sanctuary in North Ossetia.
Re-introduction of the European bison into the North
Caucasus will continue in 2010. For details see page 10.
In addition to supporting WWF with donations, I don’ t pick snowdrops and May lilies. We always
feed squirrels in the botanical garden and hang feed boxes in winter and nest boxes at our dacha.
Alexander Grishin, 12 years old, WWF member
IN 2009, EUROPEAN BISON WERE ADOPTED BY THE
FOLLOWING:
Multon, Wwf-russia Corporate Club member
TetraPak, Wwf-russia Corporate Club member
Aleksey & Anastasia Ponomarenko, Wwf-russia Earth Keepers
Mestnye, Public Movement of Young Environmentalists
of Moscow Region
Andrey & Pavel Yurjevy (Andrey is a Wwf-russia Earth Keeper)
Fluor Corporation, Moscow office
Diana Parshkova, Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Moscow regional Bureau of Technical Inventory (GUP MO BTI)
Dmitriy Koshelev, Wwf-russia Golden Panda Club member
Moscow administration of main gas pipe-lines
Dmitriy Shaposhnikov & Marianna Miloslavskaya, Wwf-russia Earth
Keepers
Kuban’agroprod Co Ltd
Derk Sauer, Wwf-russia Earth Keeper
Evgeniy Grigorjev
Elena Aleksandrovna Polikanova
RIFON Investment Company, BIOSPHERE Ecosettlement
Irina & Galya Andreevy, Wwf-russia Golden Panda Club members
Kozlevichy & Ku, Wwf-russia Earth Keepers
Mark Anatoljevich Tyomkin
Fair Russia: Motherland / Pensioners / Life political party – former
Russian Party of LIFE
Guylit family
Nikanorovy family, Wwf-russia Earth Keepers
Nikitiny family
Cherkasovy family, Wwf-russia Earth Keepers
Yu. F. Sleptsov, Head of Voskresenskiy District, President of Khimik
Hockey Club in Voskresensk
Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM)
ZAO Severstal’-resurs
© Andrey Shegolev / WWF-Russia
REMSTROY Co Ltd
FRECOM Co Ltd
Zubr network of dental clinics
Zoo-TV television channel
SONAX Russia
Gen’yun’
* Names are listed according to the wishes of participants.
Data as of January 1, 2010.
PLANT YOUR OWN FOREST!
In the Altai Region, WWF continues to restore the firedamaged ribbon-like relic pine forests. In autumn 2009,
weather conditions in the south of the Region did not allow
replanting to be completed. It was possible to replant only
23 hectares, while the rest of the work has been delayed
until spring 2010. In April and early-May, these remaining
hectares will be replanted and appear on the special map
that features the names of those sponsors who have
assisted in their rehabilitation. For a list of the names,
please refer to www.wwf.ru/help_us/posadi_les.
Many thanks to all those who are
participating in the programme!
DURING 2009, THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS
AND INDIVIDUALS BECAME FOREST KEEPERS*:
ECOVITA Group (5 hectares)
ECOVITA Group, Kotonen Galina
ECOVITA Group, Minderova Vera
ECOVITA Group, Pertseva Anisa
ECOVITA Group, Shchepetkina Irena
Anatoliy and Tatiana Arkhipovy
Bogdanova Veronika Dmitrievna
Bogdanova Sofia Dmitrievna
Glazkova Ekaterina Ivanovna
Dmitriy Kargin
Drozdova Natalia Evgenievna
(Aleksandr & Yulia Lychagins Hectare)
Media Planning Group
Yves Rocher (20 hectares – Yves Rocher Forest)
Maya Alekseevna Na Yun Kin (Hectare Maiko!!;о))
Miroshnikova Eleonora (Hectare Tokio Hotel
from Fan Club Kaulitz.org)
Nepenkina Natalia Leonidovna
(Gamayunov Leonid Filippovich Hectare)
Pivovarova Elena Ivanovna
Ryzhakova Ol’ga Aleksandrovna (Hectare Osokin Aleksey,
Osokina Varya, Osokin Aleshka, Ryzhakova Ol’ga, with love to Life)
Svetlana and Dmitriy Ushakovy
Sytykh Ol’ga (Sytykh Nadezhda Hectare)
Yulia Savitskaya (Hectare Hedgehog Forest)
* Names are listed according to the wishes of participants.
Data as of January 1, 2010.
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YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT FOR US!
THANKS TO WWF MEMBERS IN 2009:
• 6,000 electronic signatures were recorded demanding
that the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry
Medvedev, brings an action against the illegal hunt for the
Red Data Book-listed argali that took place in January 2009
• 4,000 appeals were collected to protect the Utrish
Reserve in Krasnodar Region. WWF believes that, together,
we will be able to save this unique part of the Black Sea
coast
• Earth Hour attained an unprecedented scale – 100,000
people registered on WWF’s web-site to take part in the
action, 10,000 of them being WWF members.
In addition to financial support, members helped WWF to:
• update the design of the Panda newsletter – it now has a
new modern look
• hold a volunteer clean-up in Izmailovsky Park in
Moscow – despite the heavy rain, we managed to collect
nearly five skip-loads of litter and clean up the area
around the Tsar’s bee-keeping area
• conceptualise, design and print pocket-, table- and wallcalendars to mark the Year of the Tiger
and do many other things!
HELPING NATURE BECOMES EASIER
If you ask a person in the street: “Are you ready to donate
funds to nature conservation?”, you will receive many
positive answers. According to surveys, millions of Russians
are ready to assist nature financially. However, few of
those people actually did so. One of the main reasons for
this is the lack of convenient ways to make payments.
During 2009, WWF made considerable progress in resolving
this problem.
In the first place, from July 2009, donations to Wwf-russia
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projects could be made through any of the 70,000 QIWI
terminals. These are the machines through which people
are able to pay for their cellular communications, Internet
services, etc.
Another convenient system for making electronic payments
is Internet banking. By autumn 2009, clients of large
banks, such as Alfa-Bank, Promsvyaz’ Bank and Swedbank,
were able to transfer funds from their accounts with a click
of a mouse. The two last-named banks allow customers
to set up standing orders on their accounts. This is an
important step in creating much better accessibility and
convenience for WWF members in giving their donations.
VISITING POLAR BEARS –
AN EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC
© Mikhail Cherkasov / WWF-Russia
In June 2009, a group of Earth Keepers and Golden
Panda Club members went on an Arctic expedition to
the northwest part of Spitsbergen. The sailing schooner
Polar Lights, only 20 metres long, allowed walrus and seal
rookeries and bird colonies to be approached and observed
closely and for members to experience the wildlife of
the Arctic. The climax to the trip was a long-awaited
encounter with the polar bear. Expedition members took
numerous pictures, kept a diary and placed their news on
WWF’s website. In the evenings, they listened to lectures
on climate change and on the lives of birds and polar
bears, as well as stories about Arctic expeditions. They
also socialized with one another and the Arctic’s unique
nature, acquiring new impressions. WWF members saw
with their own eyes how fragile the nature of the Arctic is
and how easily Arctic ecosystems can be disturbed. They
also realized that Man can live in harmony with nature if
protection is properly organized and if everyone, and not
just WWF members, treats Nature as they would their own
children.
I try to send money to WWF every month, take part in all campaigns, switch off the light
and go shopping with a textile bag. Agatha Eliseeva, 13 years old, WWF member
© Marina Khrapova / WWF-Russia
GOLDEN PANDA CLUB
PANDAS CAN BE GOLDEN!
In 2009, 35 individuals joined the special group of Earth Keepers called the
Golden Panda Club. We believe that the joint efforts of a number of concerned
and respectable people can change the world for the better. Every contribution
from Golden Panda Club members, from RUB 5,000 per month and upwards, is of
considerable help to Nature.
The importance of the Club to the development of WWF’s
Nat
work in Russia iss therefore
The Club welcomes new members!
th
herefore invaluable.
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WEBSITE FOR THE GOLDEN PA
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Aleksandr Tynkovan (Moscow)
Irina Bondarchuk (Moscow)
Aleksey Kokorin (Moscow)
Katarina Jur’jevskaya (Switzerland)
Aleksey Sidnev (Moscow)
Maksim Basov (Moscow)
Aleksey Strizhev (Moscow)
Margarita Kudryavceva (Moscow)
Alina Kartashova (Moscow)
Marija Shatalina (Moscow)
Andrey Kartashov (Moscow)
Mikhail Kitain (Moscow)
Andrey Ryazanov (Pushkino)
Natalia Belova (Moscow)
Anna Afanas’jeva (Moscow)
Natalia Kim (Lobnya)
Anna Korzhova (Moscow)
Nataliya Slepenkova (Moscow)
Denis Muzykantov (Moscow)
Nikita Orlov (Moscow)
Dmitriy Koshelev (Tyumen)
Nikolay Doncov (Moscow)
Dmitriy Kuprijanov (Moscow)
Nikolay Kormilicin (St.Petersburg)
Dmitriy Kushnerenko (Moscow)
Pavel Kruglov (Moscow)
Dmitriy Polikanov (Moscow)
Pavel Kulakov (Moscow)
Elena Polyanichko (Moscow)
Semen Strongin (Moscow)
Elena Terebinskaya (Moscow)
Sergey Belostockiy (Moscow)
Evegeniy Kabanov (Moscow)
Sergey Skopec (Krasnoyarsk)
Evgenia Jaroslavceva (Moscow)
Svetlana Dikhtyar (Moscow)
Galina Andreeva (Moscow)
Svetlana Tynkovan (Moscow)
Galina Koval’ (Moscow)
Tat’jana Kudryavceva (Moscow)
Gavriil Popov (Moscow)
Tat’jana Tuzova (Moscow)
German Harchenko (Moscow)
Vladimir Pikulya (Moscow)
Gleb Arhangel’skiy (Moscow)
Vladislav Malyutov (Nizhny Novgorod)
Igor’ Afanas’jev (Moscow)
Vladislav Onishchenko (Moscow)
Igor’ Jaroslavcev (Moscow)
Irina Andreeva (Moscow)
Data as of January 1, 2010
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Thank you Earth Keepers!
MOSCOW AND
THE MOSCOW REGION
Abramova Irina
Abramova Vera
Agamirov Arkadiy
Agamirova Ol’ga
Agatin Pavel
Akhmetzhanov Maksim
Akhundzhanova Natalia
Akimov Igor’
Aksenova Ol’ga
Aleksandrov Andrey
Aleksandrov Vladimir
Aleksandrova Margarita
Alekseeva Evgenia G.
Alekseeva Evgenia O.
Aleksejceva Anna
Aleshina Natalia
Aleshina Ol’ga
Alieva Nina
Ametistova L’judmila
Andreeva Alla
Andrianova Elena
Andrjushchak Elena
Anikeeva Yulia
Anisimov Igor’
Annenkov Vladimir
Anokhina Daria
Anuprienko Valeriy
Aparkhov Vadim
Apraksina Irina
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Aref’ev Anton
Belousov Dmitriy
Borshchevskiy Dmitriy
Chestin Igor’
Dubrovin Dmitriy
Artamonova Tat’jana
Belousova Anna
Bozhiday Ekaterina
Chibashova Nataliya
Dubrovina Nadezhda
Artemov Valeriy
Belousova Ekaterina
Bratkina Tat’jana
Chistyakova Vera
Dudchenko Anna
Artjukh Roman
Belov Anton
Bryukhov Vasiliy
Chubiy Vitaliy
Dutov Sergey
Asadov Aleksandr
Belova Anastasia
Budanov Evgeniy
Chugunova Irina
Dutova Katerina
Asadov Rufat
Belova Evgenia
Bukreev Andrey
Chumachenko Maria
Dvornikov Konstantin
Atarshchikova Marina
Belozerova Natalija
Bukvareva Elena
Cirenina Maria
Dyuzheva Anna
Avrakhov Evgeniy
Belyaev Aleksandr
Bulakhtina Svetlana
Cvetkov Mikhail
Dyuzheva Ol’ga
Azarova Galina
Belyaeva Daria S.
Buldakova Svetlana
Cyganova Nataliya
Dzhanashvili Angelina
Aznavurjan Alla
Belyaeva Daria V.
Bulgakov Nikolay
Danilychev Sergey
Edel’man Leonid
Babicheva Elena
Belyakin Daniil
Bulygin Artem
Demidenko Ol’ga
Efanov Anton
Babikov Sergey
Belyavskaya Elena
Buniatyan Tigran
Demidov Aleksey
Efimov Artem
Babina Irina
Beresnev Aleksandr
Buravleva Elena
Demidova-Kiraz Tat’jana
Egorov Aleksey
Babkin Yaroslav
Berezhnov Dmitriy
Burdin Konstantin
Denisov Stanislav
Egorova Marina
Babkina Maria
Berezka Mikhail
Burmistrova Maria
Derkacheva Aleksandra
Elias Viktoria
Badenkova Nadezhda
Bezgina Maria
Busarev Sergey
Didenko Feliks
Eliseev Evgeniy
Bagdasarova Karina
Bezrukova Ekaterina
Butenko Ekaterina
Dmitriev Vladimir
Emdina Ekaterina
Bagrov Vladimir
Bil’zho Andrey
Buzyatov Oleg
Dmitrieva Irina
Emeljanova Anna
Balaeva Maria
Birulin Vasiliy
Bychkov Aleksandr
Dobashina Evgenia
Emm Yulia
Barannikova Margarita
Blinova Yulia
Bykov Andrey
Dokuchaeva Nataliya
Eremin Aleksey
Baranov Viktor
Bobrova Anastasia
Byuttner Ol’ga
Dolgiy Mikhail
Ermachenkov Igor’
Barinov Dmitriy
Bobrova Evgenia
Carev Il’ja
Dolmatov Denis
Ermilova Valeria
Barsola Ivan
Bochkarev Petr
Chaus Svetlana
Dolmatova Ol’ga
Erokhina Ol’ga
Barteneva Svetlana
Bochkareva Nina
Cherkashin Igor’
Dolya Oleg
Ershov Sergey
Bashlykova Tat’jana
Bogatova Natalia
Cherkasov Mikhail
Donskaya Daria
Evina Anna
Batjukhnov Aleksandr
Bogdanov Nikolay
Chernenko Elena
Dorokhov Andrey
Evsey Aleksandr
Baybus Maria
Bogdanova Galina
Chernenko Irina
Doronchenkov Konstantin
Evtushenko Tatjana
Bedin Mikhail
Boguckaya Evgenia
Chernov Igor’
Dorozhkin Aleksey
Farafonova Elena
Bedina Tat’jana
Bondareva Anastasia
Chernyak Leonid
Drobchik Sergey
Farafontov Aleksey
Bel’makova Elena
Borisov Dmitriy
Chernyshenko Oksana
Drozdov Nikolay
Fateev Il’ja
Belikov Anton
Borisova Tat’jana
Chernyshov Vadim
Druzhinin Aleksey
Federov Yuriy
WWF Russia ❘ 2009
«ХРАНИТЕЛИ ЗЕМЛИ» – 2009
Fedorovskaya Ljudmila
Gegina Maria
Grigir’jev Leonid
Karakucev Sergey
Kobylkina Marina
Korotova Elena
Fedotova Elena
Gerasimov Sergey
Grigorovskaya Varvara
Karasev Boris
Kobzar’ Denis
Koshechkin Dmitriy
Fedyukova Anastasia
Gerasimov Vladimir
Grishko Aleksey
Karavaev Aleksandr
Kochetkov Aleksandr
Koshechkina Irina
Fenchuk Mikhail A.
Gershenzon Ol’ga
Grushovskiy Yuriy
Karchemkin Aleksey
Kochurov Kirill
Kostin Aleksey
Fenchuk Mikhail M.
Giljarov Nikolay
Guglja Il’ja
Kargin Mikhail
Kolesnik Elena
Kostylev Andrey
Feofanova Nataliya
Godgel’f Anna
Gusakov Nikita
Karlsen Anastasia
Kolesnik Fedosiy
Kostyuchenko Yuriy
Feoktistova Tatjana
Golev Vladimir
Gusev Danil
Katalevskaya Marina
Kolesnikova Maria
Kostyuk Galina
Filatchev Mikhail
Golovanov Dmitriy
Guseva Yulia
Kazachenkov Andrey
Kolomenskaya Elena
Kostyuk Ol’ga
Filatov Aleksandr
Golovanova Maria
Ignatjeva Maria
Kazachenkova Maria
Kolosov Denis
Kotlov Kirill
Filatova Maria
Golovicher Ol’ga
Il’in Konstantin
Kazachenkova Ul’jana
Kolosova Roksana
Kovalev Anton
Filatova Yulia
Golovlev Semen
Il’ina Inga
Kazakova Aleksandra
Kolosva Tatjana
Kovaleva Ol’ga
Filatova-Gomoki Viktoria
Golubeva Ol’ga
Ipatova Dana
Kazancev Dmitriy
Komarov Valeriy
Kozina Elena
Filippova Margarita
Golyshev Maksim
Isaev Evgeniy
Kercenbaum Kirill
Komolov Anton
Kozlov Dmitriy
Filippova Natalia
Gonobobleva Nataliya
Ivakina Natalia
Kezhkovski Tomas
Kondakova Anna
Kozlov Yuriy
Firsova Inna
Gorbenko Maria
Ivanov Pavel
Kezhkovski Yan
Kondratenko Galina
Kozlova Daria
Fisun Aleksey
Gorbunenko Petr
Ivanova Anna
Khains Dzhonatan
Kondratjev Aleksey
Kozlova Maria
Fokina Yulia
Gorbunova Larisa
Ivanova L.
Khalkina Elena
Kononov Aleksandr
Kozlovskaya Ekaterina
Fonton Aleksandra
Gordeeva Irina
Izmaylova Ekaterina
Khanaeva Anzhelika
Konorova Aleksandra
Krakhin Vitaliy
Fortova Ljubov’
Gordienko Maria
Kabanova Elena
Khatuncev Mikhail
Konovalov Konstantin
Krakhina Natalia
Frejdina Marina
Gorelovskiy Andrey
Kachan Nina
Khazanov Yuriy
Kopylova Natalia
Krapotkina Tatjana
Friberg Henrik
Gornostaev Nikolay
Kalenkovich Aleksey
Khiller Diana
Kopylova Ol’ga
Krasovskiy Oleg
Frolova Mona
Goroshkina Oksana
Kalinina Lana
Khjulett Linn
Koreshkova Svetlana
Kravchenko Vera
Gaeva Yulia
Gorozhankin Vyacheslav
Kalita Tatjana
Khotina Maria
Korneeva Anna
Krayneva Maria
Gafin Aleksandr
Gorsheneva Elena
Kalugina Natalia
Khryukin Nikita
Korobov Artem
Kretova Elena
Galicin Viktor
Goryushina Natalia
Kamardina Anna
Khubutija Mikhail
Korol’kov Andrey
Krichevskiy Daniil
Garaev Timur
Grachev Dmitriy
Kamenev Aleksandr
Kireeva Irina
Korolev Artem
Krivosheeva Irina
Garkusha Ol’ga
Gracheva Ol’ga
Kamynin Mikhail
Kirienko Maria
Korolev Mikhail
Kruglenkova Irina
Gavril’chak Andrey
Grakhovskaya Ekaterina
Kapacinskaya Natalia
Kiryukhina Ekaterina
Korolev Vladimir
Kruglova Anna
Gavrilov Artem
Grankina Ekaterina
Kapacinskiy Mikhail
Kiryutkina Elena
Koroleva Alesja
Krulova Anna
Gavrilova Yulia
Grebesheva Natalia
Kapranov Aleksey
Klimenko Ivan
Korostyshevskaya Oksana
Krutoverceva Ol’ga
Gazizova Anna
Gricina Aleksey
Karaev Nemat
Klimov German
Korotkikh Elena
Krymshamkhalova Kornelli
37
EARTH KEEPERS IN 2009
38
Kryuchkova Yulia
Lapina Larisa
Lunin Anatoliy
Matyushevskaya Ol’ga
Moskvina Yana
Novikova Anna
Kryzhanovskaya Ol’ga
Lapshin Konstantin
Lunina Nelli
Maymistov Denis
Motuzenko Andrey
Novozhilov Evgeniy
Kudinov Denis
Laptev Andrey
Luzgina Elena
Mayorov Aleksandr
Mulkidzhanyan Lidija
O’Shey Natalia
Kudrin Aleksey
Lashunin Dmitriy
Luzhenkov Andrey
Mayzenberg Philipp
Murashkevich Denis
Obukhovskaya Lyudmila
Kudryashov Petr
Laskin Yuriy
Lytaeva Yulia
Mazur Marina
Muratov Mikhail
Oganesyan Elena
Kul’kov Evgeniy
Laskina Ol’ga
Lyupaeva Natalia
Mel’nikov Denis
Murtazin Rustam
Oganesyan Laura
Kulagina Elena
Laukhin Yan
Mackevich Il’ja
Mel’nikov Mikhail
Mushinskiy Vyacheslav
Okhotnikova Natalia
Kulikova Elena
Lazareva Lada
Makeeva Larisa
Mezhakov Vladislav
Muzyka Boris
Okulova Elena
Kupcova Natalia
Lebedenko Lyudmila
Makhnutin Andrey
Mifodovskiy Valeriy
Myagkova Marina
Oleynik Alina
Kurganskaya Natalia
Lebedev Mikhail
Maksakovskiy Nikolay
Mikhailova Ksenia
Na Yun Kin Anna
Oleynik Elena
Kurmanin Evgeniy
Lebedev Yuriy
Maksimova Ekaterina
Mikhajlova Margarita
Na Yun Kin Maya
Oleynik Vyacheslav
Kurochkina Elena
Lebedeva-Khooft Elena
Maksimovskiy Igor’
Mikhajlova Tatjana
Naglis Alla
Oppengeim Veronika
Kurskov Dmitriy
Leit Maikl
Mal’cev Il’ja
Mikhaylov Andrey
Nazarova Inga
Oreshkina Anna
Kuryatkov Anton
Lelyukhina Elena
Malakhov Sergey
Mikushevich Valentina
Nechaev Aleksandr
Orlova Anna
Kurysheva Marina
Leonov Andrey
Malinina Svetlana
Milashevich Anatoliy
Negri Ekaterina
Orlova Tatjana
Kustova Maria
Leonova Ol’ga
Malkov Aleksandr
Milekhina Anna
Nepenkina Natalia
Oshchepkov Vasiliy
Kustova Svetlana
Lesina Yulia
Manakova Svetlana
Miloslavskaya Marianna
Nesterenko Elena
Osipovich Ekaterina
Kuvshinov Aleksandr
Levina Ol’ga
Mansil’ja-Kruz Aleksandr
Minaeva Marina
Nesvetaylo Oksana
Osokina Anastasia
Kuz’menko Viktoria
Litvinova Nataliya
Mar’in Aleksandr
Mironenko Anna
Nikanorov Andrey
Ostapenko Petr
Kuz’mich Sergey
Lobanova Stanislava
Mar’ina Anastasia
Miroshina Evgenia
Nikanorov Vladislav
Ostrovidova Ekaterina
Kuzin Konstantin
Lobanova Vera
Mar’ina Nadezhda
Miroshnikov Dmitriy
Nikanorova Tatjana
Otyuskiy Aleksandr
Kuzina Anastasia
Lobko Olesya
Markina Ol’ga
Mirzayanc Konstantin
Nikiforov Andrey
Ovchinnikov Vasiliy
Kuznecov Aleksandr
Lobov Sergey
Markova Anna
Mirzoyan Artur
Nikiforov Kirill
Ovsyannikova Tatjana
Kuznecova Ekaterina
Loginov Aleksey
Martjanov Pavel
Mishin Igor’
Nikiforova Yulia
Pal Vladimir
Kuznecova Natalia
Loginova Alla
Martynov Andrey
Moiseeva Evgenia
Nikitin Nikita
Panchenko Aleksey
Kyshtymov Yuriy
Logunov Anton
Masalova Natalia
Mokhova Valentina
Nikitina Lyudmila
Panfilova Polina
L’vov Nikolay
Lokotkova Elena
Mashkov Filipp
Mokrecov Aleksandr
Nikolayshvilli Gyuzella
Panfilova Vera
L’vova Nina
Lopatin Nikolay
Mashkov Valentin
Monastyreckiy Yaroslav
Nikulin Igor’
Pankratov Konstantin
L’vova-Kraeva Ol’ga
Lopyreva Viktoria
Maslov Evgeniy
Mosakova Maria
Nikulina Natalia
Parfenov Dmitriy
Ladur Daria
Lukashova Anna
Maslova Ekaterina
Mosesyan Ashot
Nisimov Artur
Parshkova Diana
Laktanova Alisa
Lukizhev Vladislav
Matroshilina Tatjana
Moskvina Lyudmila
Novash Irina
Parshukova Marina
ANNUAL REPORT ❘
WWF Russia ❘ 2009
Partin Il’ja
Popov Aleksey
Runova Stasya
Seleznev Andrey
Shugaeva Elena
Sosin Sergey
Pavlenko Ekaterina
Popov Khariton
Ryabochkina Natalia
Seleznev Mikhail
Shul’man Dmitriy
Sotov Aleksandr
Pavlichenkov Andrey
Popov Vsevolod
Ryndina Olesya
Selezneva Ekaterina
Shunaeva Maria
Spirin Vladimir
Pavlov Nikolay
Popova Irina
S’janova Nataliya
Selezneva Nina
Shuporin Sergey
Spivak Leonid
Pavlova Tatjana
Popovicheva Natalia
Sabirov Timur
Semin Vyacheslav
Shurenkov Konstantin
Stankevich Daria
Pavlova Yulia
Prokopenko Aleksandr
Sadovina Vera
Senyukova Yulia
Shuvarova Ol’ga
Starceva Ol’ga
Pchelinceva Anastasia
Propper Maria
Sadovov Stanislav
Sergeev Andrey
Shvarc Evgeniy
Starkova Anna
Pechorin Sergey
Pugacheva Elena
Safiulin El’dar
Sergeeva Tatjana
Sidorova Nadezhda
Stepanov Valeriy
Perepelova Svetlana
Pupynin Mikhail
Safonova Ol’ga
Severcev Vladislav
Sinicyna Viktoria
Stepanova Marina
Persijaninova Elena
Radugin Pavel
Safroniva Ekaterina
Shamykina Viktoria
Sivak Tamara
Stepanyatova Elena
Peryaev Maksim
Rassushin Pavel
Safronov Nikas
Shaposhnikov Dmitriy
Skorodenko Vladimir
Sterlyagova Elena
Petrov Denis
Ratnikov Aleksandr
Safronov Sergey
Shaposhnikova Svetlana
Skvorkin Aleksey
Styuf Ivan
Petrova Irina
Raynova Maria
Sajgushev Andrey
Shapovalov Ivan
Slavina Anna
Subbotina Galina
Petrova Oksana
Razin Grigoriy
Sakharov Evgeniy
Sharapova Arina
Smirnov Gennadiy
Survillo Vitaliy
Petrova Ol’ga
Redozubova Margarita
Sakharova Lyudmila
Shashkova Veronika G.
Smirnova Elena
Suvorova Ol’ga
Petukhov Sergey
Reutckaya Yulia
Sakharova Ol’ga
Shashkova Veronika V.
Smirnova Svetlana
Svarnik Tatjana
Pinaeva Veronika
Rezchikov Vyacheslav
Saltanov Dmitriy
Shaul’skaya Oksana
Smolyakov Andrey
Syutkin Valeriy
Pisarev Plamen
Reznikov Andrey
Samiullina Maria
Shcherbatykh Irina
Snetkov Sergey
Tal’nikov Dmitriy
Piterskaya Ol’ga
Reznikovskaya Anzhelika
Samsonov Pavel
Shchipalova Evgenia
Sokolov Aleksey
Tarasova Inna
Pivovarova Alina
Rezvanov Aleksey
Samusik Sergey
Shestakov Aleklsandr
Sokolov Boris
Tarasova Nataliya
Plokhan’ Larisa
Rit Dmitriy
Sankov Vseslav
Shestov Denis
Sokolov Oleg
Tarazevich Dmitriy
Plotnikov Aleksandr
Rivkina Yulia
Sarkisyan Karen
Shevchenko Svetlana
Sokolov Renat
Tarnovskaya Marina
Plotnikov Sergey
Rodionov Andrey
Sauer Derk
Shevcov Valeriy
Sokolova Elrna
Tatarinceva Tatjana
Poddubnaya Elena
Rodionova Ol’ga
Saveljeva Yulia
Shikhaleva Irina
Sokolova Ol’ga
Teplickaya Tatjana
Polnikov Aleksey
Romanova Ekaterina
Savin Ivan
Shilova Anna
Sokolovskaya Tatjana
Teplickiy Dmitriy
Polyanskaya Irina
Romanova Elena
Savost’janov Igor’
Shipicin Vitaliy
Solovjev Dmitriy
Teplukhina Maria
Polyanskaya Varvara
Rozhkova Elena
Sedova Irina
Shishlov Sergey
Solovjeva Margarita
Timchenko Yana
Ponomarenko Aleksey
Rozhnikovskaya Maria
Sedykh Aleksandr
Shishova Tatjana
Solovjeva Sofja
Timofeev Valeriy
Ponomarenko Anastasia
Rudakov Nikolay
Sekacheva Irina
Shper Aleksandr
Solovjeva Yulia
Timonov Mikhail
Popandopulo Irina
Rukin Viktor
Selendeeva Oksana
Shtabnickiy Mikhail
Sopova Anna
Tkachenko Evgeniy
Popkova Daria
Runov Dmitriy
Seletkov Denis
Shtatnov Mikhail
Sorokin Dmitriy
Tkachev Dmitriy
39
EARTH KEEPERS IN 2009
Tolstukhina Yulia
Vinogradova Elena
Zagorskaya Natalia
Tomash Sergey
Vinokur Il’ja
Zal’vovskiy Andrey
Tonkacheev Dmitriy
Vladimirova Anna
Zalevskiy Arkadiy
Trakhtenberg Elena
Vladislavov Vladimir
Zaribko Aleksandra
Tremaskina Ol’ga
Vladislavova Anastasia
Zaryanich Vadim
Tret’jakov Yuriy
Vladislavova Nadezhda
Zasorin Andrey
Trofimenko Sergey
Vlasov Aleksey
Zayceva Marina
Trofimova Ksenia
Vlasov Andrey
Zayceva Yulia
Troickiy Artemiy
Vnukova Marina
Zeleneckiy Taras
Volkov Sergey
Trubnikova Veronika
40
Zemlyanovskaya Ekaterina
Turkin Dmitriy
Volkov Viktor
Zenchev Kirill
Turkina Ol’ga
Volokitina Evgenia
Zhdanova Nataliya
Tyunyaeva Elena
Volshanik Valeriy
Zhemoldinov Dian
Ul’janov Tikhon
Volzhin Dmitriy
Zhil’nikov Sergey
Ushakov Dmitriy
Voroncov Andrey
Zhirov Igor’
Utolin Dmitriy
Voronin Andrey
Zhukov Valeriy
Vagner Irina
Voskoboynikov Dmitriy
Zhuravlev Dmitry
Vaksova Ekaterina
Vostrikova Svetlana
Zhuravskiy Oleg
Varenikova Larisa
Vovk Anzhela
Zhurbenko Aleksey
Varvara
Vystorobec Aleksandra
Zhurbinskaya Galina
Vasil’jev Denis
Yakhnenko Dmitriy
Zinov’jeva Anna
Vasil’jeva Elena
Yakhnenko Yulia
Zlobina-Bashkanyan Oksana
Vasilishin Eduard
Yakobson Yulia
Zorina Nadezhda
Vasina Elena
Yakovlev Gleb
Zotov Pavel
Vavilova Maria
Yakushin Maksim
Zotova Ljudmila
Vayner Vladimir
Yarmonov Anton
Zubaerova Dinara
Vedernikov Aleksandr
Yasenskaya Ekaterina
Zubkova Anastasia
Vetrova Tat’jana
Yur’jev Andrey
Zyabrina Diana
Vilkov Grigoriy
Yuzhakova Inna
Zybkin Andrey
Vindman Leonod
Zabelin Artem
Vinogradov Dmitriy
Zabelina Ekaterina
ANNUAL REPORT ❘
WWF Russia ❘ 2009
ST.PETERSBURG AND
THE LENINGRAD REGION
Akbasheva Lyudmila
Alekseeva Ol’ga
Andreeva Natalia
Andryushchenko Yuriy
Anikina Ol’ga
Antyushina Viktoria
Cay Yulia
Drygina Irina
Ermakova Anna
Evdokimov E.
Fedorov Vitaliy
Gagarin Aleksandr
Galkin Maksim
Gazizova Natalia
Goncharova Elena
Gorbatenkova ol’ga
Ivanova Svetlana
Kapustin Vladimir
Khalikov Ravshan
Khar’kova Irina
Kharin Dmitriy
Kharin Leonid
Khudyakova Svetlana
Khuras’kina Anna
Kolesova Irina
Kudrin Andrey
Gol’denberg Aleksandr
Kungurov Engeniy
Gorshkova Natalia
Kuznecov Mikhail
Ivanova Anna
Makarova Lyudmila
Koval’ Elena
Mazulov Igor’
Kremzukova Tatjana
Morozova Margarita
Kuznecov Andrey
Naumova Lyudmila
Luchko Nikolay
Peshkin Vladimir
Meshavkina Oksana
Petrukhina Elena
Pjankov Aleksandr
Pikalova Evelina
Pjankov Aleksey
Polyakov Aleksandr
Pjankova Ekaterina
Popov Vladimir
Pjankova Tatjana
Prikota Aleksandr
Runeva Elena
Salazhova Tatjana
Serbina Ol’ga
Shashkov Andrey
Shurakov Vladimir
Soldatova Galina
Stanchinskaya Elena
Stokrackaya Lidia
Subbotin Andrey
Titov Oleg
Tumanov Nikolay
Tyshkevich Aleksandr
Tysyachnyj Artem
Yanyshev Vladimir
NOVOSIBIRSK AND
THE NOVOSIBIRSK REGION
An Yuriy
Chimarova Yulia
Dashevskiy Oleg
Dubkov Mikhail
Gun’ko Ekaterina
Kedrinskaya Nataliya
Kravchinskiy Igor'
Kychakov Aleksandr
Kychakova Anna
Kychakova Antonina
Novgorodov Pavel
Percev Viktor
Rabinovich Elena
Kolodyazhnaya Yulia
Kormilicina Tatjana
Kostina Anzhelika
EKATERINBURG AND
THE SVERDLOVSK REGION
Shcherban’ Valeriy
Sotnikov Aleksandr
Bogdanovskiy Dmitriy
Sukharev Vadim
Fedorov Mikhail
Vladivostok and Primorsky krai
Kozlovskiy Anton
Avseenko Maria
Urodova Valentina
Drozdova Lyudmila (Yaroslavl’)
Kvashnin Vladimir (Irkutsk)
Darman Yuriy
Other regions
Egorov Evgeniy (Murmansk)
Latysheva Galina (Vitim)
Efimova Elena
Abdrazyakov Timur (Kazan’)
Egorov Sergey (Volgograd)
Loginov Andrey (Cheboksary)
Uvarova Maria (Ufa)
Ponomareva Ekaterina
(Murmansk)
Vakhitova Alsu (Ufa)
Posokhin Artem (Berdsk)
Vasil’jev Maksim (Mcensk)
Pronnikov Aleksey (Omsk)
Vladimirova Tatjana (Bychikha)
Gil’fanova Anna
Abramov Vladimir (Severodvinsk)
Elizar’jev Aleksey (Ufa)
Mamchich Mikhail (Volgograd)
Kutuza Nikolay
Alekseeva Ekaterina (Kazan’)
Ermakov Dnitriy (Izhevsk)
Manukhin Aleksey (Khabarovsk)
Pugacheva Ksenia (Nizhniy
Novgorod)
Vol’per Irina (Omsk)
Maloman Elena
Amutnykh Nikolay (Khabarovsk)
Fateev Yuriy (Kaliningrad)
Volkov Leonid (Novoural’sk)
Andreeva-Kartasheva Anna
(Kazan’)
Freyman Eduard (Murmansk)
Massarova Viktoria
(Nizhnevartovsk)
Rachin Konstantin (Toljatti)
Maslova Elena
Rastorguev Oleg (Voronezh)
Volkova Elena (Tyumen’)
Rizakhanov Garun (Makhachkala)
Vorob’ev Aleksandr (Orel)
Rudakova Elena (Nizhniy
Novgorod)
Vostrecov Vladimir (Chelyabinsk)
Odincov Vyacheslav
Titova Svetlana
Tsyganovskaya Irina
Vasiljev Vadim
Vojtyshin Nikolay
Anikeeva Irina (Magnitogorsk)
Antonov Danil (Sochi-Adler)
Arapova Ol’ga (Nefteyugansk)
Arcybashev Aleksandr
(Krasnotur’insk)
Krasnoyarsk
Babin Denis (Sysert’)
Ananjeva Nadezhda
Baksarova Lyudmila
(Inozemcevo)
Ananjeva Olesia
Bratkova Svetlana
Chernov Andrey
Khomyakova Viktoria
Belash Lyudmila (Penza)
Belov Nikolay (Obninsk)
Berezin Konstantin (Kaliningrad)
Galichev Aleksandr (Bryansk)
Gimadutdinov Ayrat (Kazan’)
Melnikova Ekaterina
(Novoural’sk)
Golovacheva Elena
(Khanty-Mansiysk)
Misan Gennadiy (Irkutsk)
Golovin Aleksandr (Irkuck)
Ivanov Aleksey (Murmansk)
Izmest’jeva Elena (Izhevsk)
Bogdanov Aleksandr
(Kondalaksha)
Kashirina Tatjana
(Severo-Zadonsk)
Kataev Maksim (Ufa)
Ryzhenkov Vladimir
Borisenko Inna
(Nizhniy Novgorod)
Skopets Kristina
Borshch Tatjana (Yaroslavl’)
Rostov-on-Don
Bulatova Svetlana (Yaroslavl’)
Bova Valeriy
Burundukova Adelina (Orsk)
Glotova Tatjana
Butorina Irina (Tver’)
Kukunov Oleg
Cheptsova Maria (Tolyatti)
Kurasova Anna
Chuprova Ksenia
(Nizhniy Novgorod)
Rovda Oleg
Medvedeva Maria
Pogorel’skikh Mikhail
Stepanovich Elena
Doroshuk Alina (Nizhnevartovsk)
Dovbysh Irina (Noril’sk)
Drobyshev Aleksandr (Voronezh)
Khludova Ol’ga (Krasnodar)
Kirpishchikov Yuriy (Tyumen’)
Kitaeva Marina (Irkutsk)
Kopachelli Larisa (Sochi)
Kostomarov Sergey
(Sovetskaya Gavan’)
Myslyaev Valeriy (Chelyabinsk)
Sannikova Irina (Abakan)
Zhuravleva Irina (Novokuzneck)
Naraykina Tatjana (Zarinsk)
Saprykin Oleg (Tolyatti)
Zverev Evgeniy (Tol’jatti)
Naumenko Aleksey (Kaliningrad)
Sarycheva Svetlana (Obninsk)
Nenashev Vitaliy (Magadan)
Savostina Svetlana (Samara)
Nikolaev Igor’ (Nizhniy
Novgorod)
Semenova Elena (Tver’)
Bisembaev Alimzhan
(Kazakhstan)
Sergienko Vladimir (Sochi)
Goldstein Bit (Switzerland)
Shershenkova Svetlana
(Magadan)
Kiselev Stanislav (Ukraine)
Okhotina Evgenia
(Novyy Kremenkyl’)
Ol’khovatyy Anatoliy (Smolensk)
Ol’shanskaya Elena (Volgograd)
Oparina Tatjana (Irkutsk)
Ostanina Nadezhda (Khabarovsk)
Otto Ekaterina (Khabarovsk)
Pazenko Elena (Nizhnevartovsk)
Perevertajlova Elena (Stavropol’)
Kozlova Elena (Dzerzhinsk)
Petrov Aleksandr (Khabarovsk)
Krivcov Aleksandr (Perm’)
Pilicyn Nikolay (Cherepovec)
Kuz’mina Ol’ga (Krasnodar)
Pitovskiy Konstantin
(Khabarovsk)
Kuznecov Denis (Samara)
Zakharov Dmitriy (Kazan’)
Safonov Vladimir (Anapa)
Zherebyat’jeva Ol’ga
(Chelyabinsk)
Grigor’jev Aleksandr
(Nizhnevartovsk)
Ishchenko Natalia (Khabarovsk)
Yurin Anatoliy (Katav-Ivanovsk)
Ryzhkin Andrey (Voronezh)
Safronov Maksim (Kaluga)
Moskvin Boris
(Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy)
Kalenchenko Mikhail
(Murmansk)
Pushkin Andrey
Morgun Dmitriy (Omsk)
Goncharov Andrey (Volgograd)
Bersenev Evgeniy (Oktyabr’skiy)
Kozhakhmetova Yulia
Medsen Marta (Elisovo)
OTHER CONTRIES
Petibon Peter (USA)
Shishkin Dmitriy (Krasnodar)
Shlykov Vladimir (Ryazan’)
Shkuropat Galina (Ukraine)
Sobakina Elena (Switzerland)
Skorkin Oleg (Novotitarovskaya)
Skovorodko Zinaida (Kyzyl)
Stapel Allard (Netherlands)
Zykov Vitaliy (Kazakhstan)
Smirnova Irina (Yuzhnoural’sk)
Tarazanov Aleksey (Samara)
Tishin Vladimir (Orenburg)
Tkacheva Irina (Krasnodar)
Totulis Elena (Strulino)
Tsypkina Yulia (Omsk)
Tyatyushkin Denis (Tolyatti)
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We would like to thank all of those who, in 2009, spread the word
about WWF programmes, who helped carry out our events and actions,
and who distributed WWF’s public service announcement free of charge.
COMPANIES AND INSTITUTES
5 Stars Cinema
Academy of Russian Television
Adekvat Advertising Agency
Afisha Publishing House and Bolshoy Gorod
Magazine
AKOS
All Russia Interregional Press Agency
and Village
ASKO
BBDO Advertising Agency
Brand Boutique Zoloto
Canon
Cascade-film
Centre of Perspective Projects, Moscow
Chateau Le Grand Vostok winery
Coca-Cola
Creolab
Creolab Advertising Agency
Cross-Media Advertising Group
Drevo Art-gallery
Estee Lauder (DKNY, BE Delicious)
European Media Group and Radio 7
EYE DO film
Ferrero
Fly cards
Fly cards
FOTOLAB
Free cards
Google Russia and You-Tube
HeadHunter.ru
Iceberry
IKEA
Independent Media
Information&Post Service
Institute of Energy Systems, Moscow
KOM studio, Saint-Petersbourg
Krasnoyarsk Museum Center Photogallery
Kubanagroprod
Lavazza
LCD media
Live Journal
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Lufthansa Airlines
Matrix production
MAXI POST Delivery Service
M-CITY
Medved Hunting reserve, Primorsky region
MEGA Belaya Dacha
MEGA Khimki
MEGA Tyopliy Stan
Mercury Bank, Vladivostok
Mirax Group, Aminona Luxury Resort
Moscovites for Tramways
Moscow veterans fund
Multon
Munchies
National Press Institute
Natur Park
Nespresso
Newsland
Odnoklassniki.ru
Ogilvy
Openspace.ru
Organizatsya Vremeni, Moscow
Planeta Inform Agency
Plastic Media
Prof Media Holding
Propaganda Advertising Agency
RTM Advertising Agency
RTM Agency, Moscow
Russia without cars
Russian State Fond of TV&Radio Programs
Russian-German Exchange
Smith&Hartman, Moscow
Sozvezdie Energeticheskih Resheniy
St.Petersburg State University and personally
Svetlana Chernikova
State Television and Radio Company «Yugoria»
Swiss Airlines
Tecon
TNT-expo
Traffic Agency, Saint-Petersbourg
Troyka Dialog
Utro.ru
VTB Bank branch, Vladivostok
We live on one Planet Photo project
Media
Russkaya mysl newspaper, France
MOSCOW
Newspapers
Argumenty I Fakty
Izvestia
Kommersant
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Lesa Rossii
Lesnaya Gazeta
Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung
Moskovskaya Pravda
Moskovskie Novosti
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Novaya Gazeta
Noviye Izvestiya
Prirodno-Resursnye Vedomosti
Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Rossiyskaya Lesnaya Gazeta
Rossiyskaya Okhotnishya Gazeta
The Moscow news
The Moscow times
Tribuna
Trud
Vechernyaya Moskva
Vedomosti
Vlastnaya Vertikal Federatsii
Vremya Novostey
Magazines
Aeroflot
AEROFLOT in-flight magazine
Afisha
Afisha Mir
Animal style
Arkticheskaya Idea
Arnold Style Magazine
Avtomobili I Skidki
Biblioteka Vavilona
Billiard Sport
Biographia
Bolshoi Gorod
Bolshoi Sport
Bolshoy Biznes
Bon Ton
Bravo
Business Club SSE Russia Magazine
Business Week
CAR
Chip Detyam
Cosmo Shopping
Cosmo-Beauty
Cosmo-Magia
Cosmopolitan
Cosmo-Sibir
Cosmo-Ural
Delovoye Sovershenstvo
Dengi I Blagotvoritelnost
Dinamo
Diners club
Discovery
Dive Tek Magazine
Doctor travel
Domashniy Doctor
Domashniy Ochag
Domashniy Rebyonok
Ekologia I Zhizn
Ekspeditsya
ELLE
ELLE girl
Energy, Ecology, Economy
Energy, Ecology, Economy
Eurasia Segodnya
Expert
Extreme force Magazine
Ezhenedelniy Zhurnal
Fashion week
Fly&Drive
Forbes
Formula Zdorovya
Foto travel
Frantsiya
ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ ПОДДЕРЖКА
Uyutnoe nebo UT Air in-flight magazine
Vanderbilt
Vash dosug
Vassiliy
Vim-avia
Vogue
VOLVO Magazine
Voyage
Voyage I Otdykh
Vsyo dlya Doma
Vsyo dlya Sada
Vsyo Yasno
Vybiray
Where Moscow
XXL
Yes!
You magazine
Young Traveller (National Geographic)
Za Rubezhom
Zdorovye Shkolnika
Zhenskie sekrety
Zhurnalist
Znanie-sila
TV companies and channels
1st Channel CIS
Channel 3 (Moskoviya Television and
Domashniy
NEO TV
NTV
NTV-Media
O2 TV
Ocean TV
Radio Broadcasting Company)
Rambler TeleSet
RBK-TV
Rossiya
Russia Today
SGU TV
Stolitsa
TeleInform
TNT
TVC
Zvezda
А1TV
Radio
BBC
City FM
Golos Rossii
Mayak
Nashe Radio
Radio Purga
Radio Rossii
Radio Svoboda
Radio Zenit St.-Petersburg
Russkaya Sluzhba Novostey
UN Radio
Publishing houses
7 Dney
Afisha
Afisha Industries
Arnold Prize
Axel Springer Russia
Condenast
Forward media group
Geocentre Group
Gruner + Jahr AG & Co KG
©©Alexander
Александр
Evgrafov
Евграфов
/ /
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WWF России
Ona
Oops
Panorama Klub
Parad
Passage
Pets
Podvodniy Klub
Politicheskiy Zhurnal
Populyarnaya Mekhanika
Predelnaya Glubina
Pro sport
PRO Sport
Profil
Promyshlennaya bezopasnost I Ekologia
Ptitsy, ryby, zveri
Put I Voditel
Puteshestvia po Svetu
Putevoditel po Internetu
Rastenia v Interyere
Rasti Pervoklashka
Reader’s Digest
Real Estate
Restorany Sankt-Peterburga
Rezepty Uspeshnogo Biznesa
Robb Report Russia
Rovesnik
Russian Newsweek
Russkiy vzglyad
Sad Svoimi Rukami
Sakvoyazh
SamaYa
Samodelka
Seasons
Seventeen
Shtab-Kvartira
Shtuchka
Sibir in-flight magazine
Sibir Press ID
Sibiryachka
Skies & Snowboards
Smena
Sportivnaya Rossiya
Story
TekhnoGid
Top manager
TopBashnya
Transaero in-flight magazine
Travel + Leisure
Trend
Tsvetniki
Turbiznes
Turisticheskiy Olymp
© Alexander Evgrafov /
WWF-Russia
FreeTimeCity
Gala
GEO
GEO Focus
GEO Traveller
Geolyonok
Glamour
Gloria
Gold mustang
Gorod Zhenschin
Harper’s Bazaar
Imeesh Pravo
Ineit
Isskustvo Upravleniya
Itogi
IVAN
Kommersant-Dengi
Kompania
Krestyanka
Kultpokhod
Landshaft Plus
Landshaftniy Disain
Letniye Terrasy
Lichnoye Vremya
Light
Liniya polyota
Lyubimaya Dacha
Men’s Health
Millioniare International
MINI
Mirovaya Energetika
Modern
Modniy Magazin
Modniy Sezon
Moscow Nights
Motorz
Motozhurnal
Mountain Biker
My holidays
Na Novoy Rige
Na Rublyovke
National Export Today
Nauka I Tekhnika
Neftegazovaya vertikal
Neptun XXI Vek
Nicotiana Aristocratica
Novaya Federazia
Novoye v Stomatologii
Nozh
Ogonyok
Okhota
OM
Earth Hour – thanks to support from the Moscow City
Government, the lights on more than 20 well-known
illuminated buildings were switched off for an hour on
28 March. From now on, Earth Hour will be an annual
campaign in the capital. In 2009, the campaign was joined
by 20 other cities and 10 subjects of federation in Russia.
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Independent Media Sanoma Magazines
Krestyanka
LK Press
Magazines
Mediacrat
Nexion Publishing
Ostrov
Sekret Firmy
SPN Publishing
Zdes I Seychas
News Agencies
Agency of Social Information
Interfax
ITAR-TASS
RBK
Regnum
Reuters
RIA Novosti
Illuminated board and screens
3Stars
5 Stars Cinema
7 Continent Supermarkets
Alternativniye seteviye Telesistemi
Astart Luxe
ATV-Media
City Advertising
Cityvision
CityVision Telesystems
Displays advertising systems
Edinaya Evropa Holding
Farmkom Media Managing Company
Fitness TV
Gallary media
ITM
IVM news
KSD-Group
LCD media
Magitel
Manezhnaya Ploschad Managing
Marshrut-TV
Mirax TV
Online TV
Orion city
Passazhir TV
Peren TV
Pervoye Marshrutnoye TV
Petrov Complex
Plasmavision
Plasmavision Ural
Plasmavision Volgograd
Prime
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T-Modul Exhibition Centre
Video International Plazma
SAINT-PETERSBURG
Digitalads Monitors
KTV Peterhof
Leningradskoye Regionnoye TV
LespromInform
Magazines:
Regionalniy Institut Pressi
Top-manager
U-Journal SSE Russia
ZOO-Peterburg
ARKHANGELSK
TV companies and channels
AGTRK Pomorye
ATK-Media – Archangelsk city TV
Illuminated
board and screens
MediaBus Advertising Agency
Pervoye Marshrutnoye TV – Arkhangelsk
Newspapers
and magazines
Business Class
Lesniye Novosti
Lesnoy Region
Pravda Severa
Volna
News agencies
Dvina Inform
Ecological website of the Arkhangelsk
Region (www.arkheco.ru)
Ragnum
Rosbalt-Sever
BRATSK
My Television Broadcasting Company
VORONEZH
Oxygen Magazine
FAR EAST
5 channel St. Petersburg
Araliya, Birobidzhan
Broadcasting Companies
Bureaus of Russian Television
Channel 1
Ecological Press Clubs
Kedr, Blagoveschensk
Lesniye Zhurnalisty, Khabarovsk
NTV
Poslednyaya Sreda, Vladivostok
RTR
TVC
TELEVISION BROADCASTING
COMPANIES AND CHANNELS
Alpha-Kanal, Blagoveschensk
Amur State Television and Radio
Bira State Television and Radio
Company, Birobidzhan
Company, Blagoveschensk
Dalnevostochnaya State Television and Radio
Company, Khabarovsk
Gorod Television Company, Blagoveschensk
Litsa, Vladivostok
Panorama Information TV Agency, Vladivostok
Primorye Public Television, Vladivostok
REGION Channel, Zeya
TNT - Vladivostok
TRIO-Khabarovsk Information Agency
TV-Gubernia, Blagoveschensk
TV-Gubernia, Khabarovsk
Vladivostok State Television and Radio Company
Regional News Agencies
Deita.RU
Ekho-DV
News.Vl.Ru
PrimaMedia, Vladivostok
Vostok-Media
Radio Stations
Lemma, Vladivostok
Primorskoye Radio, Vladivostok State Television
and Radio Company
VBC, Vladivostok
Vostok Rossii, Khabarovsk
NEWSPAPERS:
Primorski Region
AiF – Primorye
Argumenty nedeli
Arsenyevskiye vesti
Dalnevostochniye Vedomosti
Khasanskiye Vesti
KP-Vladivostok
Narodnoye Veche
Nashe vremya
Novosti
Primorskaya Gazeta
Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Rybak Primorya
Svezhiy Veter Primorya
Vestnik Spasska
Vladivostok
Vybor
Zolotoy Rog
KHABAROVSK REGION
Khabarovskiy Express
Khabarovskiye Vesti
KP-Khabarovsk
Mestnoye Vremya
Molodoy Dalnevostochnik
Nash Gorod
Priamurskiye Vedomosti
Tikhookeanskaya Zvezda
AMUR REGION
AIF-Dalniy Vostok
Amurskaya Pravda
Blagoveschensk
Dilizhans
KP-Blagoveschensk
Zeiskiy vestnik
Zeya
EVREYSKAYA AUTONOMOUS REGION
Birobidzhanskaya Zvezda
Birobijaner Stern
Magazines
Rodnoye Priamurye, Khabarovsk
Zov Taigi, Vladivostok
EKATERINBURG
MAGAZINES
Kolumb
Shagay
Sport’s
Vybiray Soblazny Bolshogo Goroda
Radio
Radio Maximum
IRKUTSK
Baikal-TV
KAMCHATKA
Newspapers
Rybak Kamchatki
Vesti
Zapovednaya territoriya
TV
Kamchatka department of Russian State
TV&Radio Company
TRIO Information Agency
Radio
Kamchatskoye TV and Radio
Information agencies and Internet:
Centre
FishKamchatka.ru
Lach Ethnic and Ecological Information
ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ ПОДДЕРЖКА
KRASNODAR AND YUZHNIY
FEDERAL DISTRICT
Novoye televidenie Kubani
Sochi State Television and Radio Company
Television Broadcasting Companies and Channels
TV Maks
RADIO
Pervoye Radio
Radio 107
Russkaya Sluzhba Novostey - Krasnodar
MAGAZINES
Energiya Yuga
Kavkazskiye Avialinii
Kurorty I Turizm
Realniy Biznes
Territoria
NEWSPAPERS
Delovaya gazeta - Yug
Komsomolskaya Pravda - Kuban
Kubanskiye Novosti
Novaya Gazeta
Severniy Kavkaz
Yuzhniy reporter
INTERNET AGENCIES
DP.Ru
KubanInfo
Yuga.Ru
Zver Yuga
Information Agencies
Interfax - Yug
RIA Novosti - Yug
ADVERTISING COMPANIES
Ok Press
KRASNOYARSK AND ALTAI-SAYAN
Newspapers
Abakan
Altayskaya Pravda
Argumenty I Fakty
Center Asii
Dom snaruzh i vnutri
Khakasiya
Kommersant
Krasnoyarskaya Gazeta
Krasnoyarskiy rabochiy
Lesnaya Gazeta
Listok
Nash krai
Postskriptum
Rossiyaskaya gazeta
Segodnyashnyaya gazeta
Svobodniy kurs
Zapolyarnaya Pravda (Norilsk)
Magazines
Dom snaruzhi I vnutri
MOST
Navodka Turistu
Pozitiv
Strana Sibiria
Usadby Sibiri
TV, radio
Afontovo Television and Radio Company
Altai Television Broadcasting Company
Altai Transgranichniy
Katun Television and Radio Company
Krasnoyarskaya Television Broadcasting
Company
Noviy Vyek Television Broadcasting Company
Russkoye Radio - Barnaul
STS-Prima
Telesfera-7
TV Yenisey-Region
Tyva Television Broadcasting Company
Vesti-Altai
Yeniseiskoye Radio, Abakan
NEWS AGENCIES
24rus.ru Independent News Agency
Altapress Information Agency
Amitel
Federal Press Information Agency
Khakasya Information Agency
Newslab
Press Line Independent Agency
REGNUM–NEWS
Siberian News Agency
Sibir Information Agency
Sibterra travel portal
Tuva Online
Companies
SIMEDIA Yellow Pages
MURMANSK
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES
(Rosprirodnadzor)
Administration of Nenetskiy Autonomous
Region
Directorate of Regional Protected areas of the
Murmansk Region
Garmonichnoye Razvitie Ecological Foundation
Kandalakshskiy State Nature Reserve
Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine
Fisheries and Oceanography
KolaRegionErergoSbyt
Kolskiy Centre of Biodiversity Conservation
Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the
Murmansk Region
Murmansk Marine Biology Institute of Kola
Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences
Murmansk Regional Department of Russian
Federal Service for Nature Management
Oversight
Nenetskiy Information Analytical Centre
Nenetskiy State Nature Reserve
Park Inn Polyarnye Zori Hotel
Sberbank Rossii
Newspapers and Magazines:
Murmanskiy Vestnik
Polyarnaya Pravda
Rybnye Resursy
Shopping in Murmansk
PSKOV
TV and radio
Pskov City Television
Pskov State Television and Broadcasting
Company
Telecom
Information portals
Forest Industrialist’s Portal
Forest.ru
Lesnaya Rossiya Magazine
LesPromInform Magazine
Newspapers and magazines
Novosti Pskova
Pskov News Agency
Pskovskaya Guberniya
Pskovskaya lenta novostey
Pskovskaya Pravda
Pskovskaya Provintsya
Strugi, village Strugi Krasniye
Vremya Pskovskoye
YAKUTIA
Yakutia Newspaper, Yakutsk
Milkovo.ru
VestiPK.ru
Companies and Institutes
Akros
Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Institute of
Geography, Far Eastern Branch Russian Academy
Sciences
Kamchatsky Exhibition Centre
Russian University of Cooperation, Kamchatka
TV AND RADIO
Blits
Murman Television Broadcasting Company
Power Hit Radio
TV 21
News agencies
Murmansk Business News mbnews.ru
Murmansk Business Portal
Advertising Agencies
Design Bureau Premiart
Navi Advertising Agency
Raditsa Publications Centre
Severo-Zapadniy Konsalting
CHUKOTKA
Traditional day without cars – organized by
WWF on 22 September and widely covered in the
media, ie. more than 150 publications, dozens
of items on leading TV channels and many radio
announcements.
Purga Radio
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INFORMATION SUPPORT
WWF IS GRATEFUL TO
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS
WHO HAVE PROVIDED THEIR WORKS
FREE OF CHARGE:
Bakhtin Viktor
Baranov Piotr
Belko Nikolay
Blinnikov Viktor
Bogomolov Denis
Bok Alexey
Bormotov Maksim
Bush Vladimir
Chaplinskiy Kirill
Chikin Alexander
Chistyakov Yuriy
Chugaev Alexander
Chumakov Sergey
Davkaev Evgeniy
Delvin Nikolay
Dementievskiy Ivan
Doroshenko Nikolay
Dyukarev Vladimir
Filonov Vladimir
Golovin Artyom
Gorinov Evgeniy
Goroshko Oleg
Gudkov Andrey
Ignatenko Sergey
Ivanitskiy Igor
Kalmykov Igor
Kartashov Nikolay
Kashintseva Tatiana
Khaytman Igor
Khrapova Marina, WWF-Russia supporter
Kirillyuk Vadim
Kischenko Sergey
Klimov Vassiliy
Kochineva Anna
Kochnev Anatliy
Konstantinov Igor
Krasnov Yuriy
Krestov Pavel
Kruglov Leonid
Kuchma Dmitry
Kudryashov Vladimir
Kuzhavskiy Sergey
Kuznetsov Nikolay
Kuznetsov Sergey
Lange Anton
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Lemeshev Konstantin
Lnogradskoy Yuriy
Lotov Alexander
Loyanich Vitaliy
Lukankin Sergey
Lukarevskiy Victor
Lukonina Ekaterina
Lyapustin Sergey
Maksimov Vassiliy
Maleev Valeriy
Medvedev Vladimir
Mikhailov Konstantin
Mironov Gennadiy
Naymushin Ilya
Neyfeld Nikolay
Numerov Alexander
Onipchenko Vladimir
Paltsyn Mikhail
Pavlishin Gennadiy
Permyakov Alexander
Petrov Anatoliy
Popov Alexander
Posokhin Artyom
Ratnikov Alexander
Rudakov Yuriy
Sankov Vseslav
Sertun Vladimir
Shalikov Gennady
Shpilenok Dmitry
Shpilenok Igor
Shpilenok Tikhon
Sklyarova Marina
Sobolev Sergey
Sokolenko William
Solkin Vasily
Sorokin Pavel
Surmach Sergey
Tabakayev Ivan
Travnikov Vladimir
Trepet Sergey
Valchuk Olga
Vysotskiy Mikhail
Yakovlev Yuriy
Yegorchev Ivan
Yerenkov Alexey
Yurchenkov Yevgeniy
Zhivotchenko Viktor
Zinchenko Yuriy
The concept of the “Do you
see the tiger?” campaign
and the logo “Let’s
protect the tiger!” were
developed for WWF by
the advertising agency
Imadesign.
WWF-RUSSIA PUBLICATIONS-2009
FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
The authors of this manual have extensive professional experience in
tthe theory, teaching and practical application of sustainable forest
management and reviewed both Russian and foreign approaches to
sustainable and ecologically, economically and socially responsible
forest management. The language used in the manual is simple and
easy to understand and there are many illustrative examples and
iillustrations. The manual has been approved by the Educational
and Methodological Forestry Board of the Ministry of Education and
Science of the Russian Federation and is recommended to students at
forestry universities and colleges, as well as to specialists whose work
is related to forestry.
A BOOKLET FOR VOLUNTEERS HELPING TO SAVE BIRDS
AFFECTED BY OIL SPILLS
This booklet, which was put together jointly by WWF, the Committee
for Nature Management, Environmental Protection and Ecological
Safety of St. Petersburg, the Russian Bird Conservation Union and
Moscow Zoo, describes the equipment used by rescuers, how to
remove oil and transport birds without injuring them and how to
correctly arrange for the rehabilitation of animals before they are
released back into the wild.
THE MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE POLICY OF ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MINING COMPANIES
A
Nowadays, an increasing number of mining companies around the
world have been implementing responsible approaches to business
w
tthat help minimize possible risks when exploiting mineral resource
deposits. Intended as voluntary standards for the mining industry,
WWF developed The Main Provisions of the Policy of Environmental
W
and Social Responsibility of Mining Companies. These provisions are
bbased on progressive international standards and have been approved
bby a coalition of environmental NGOs in Russia.
THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE UTILIZATION
OF OIL ASSOCIATED GAS IN RUSSIA
The present survey addresses the problems and prospects for
the utilization of oil associated gas (OAG) in Russia. It provides
basic information about the production and utilization of OAG in
Russia today and gives recommendations as to how to resolve the
problem faster.
GOLDEN MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL EURASIA –
IN THE ALTAI-SAYAN ECOREGION
The year 2008 marked the 10th Anniversary of WWF’s
work in the Russian sector of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion.
In recognition of the Anniversary, an illustrated album
was published that presents one of the world’s unique
corners and provides information on what WWF is doing to
conserve it.
SUMMARY OF NICHOLAS STERN’S REVIEW ECONOMICS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE, 2nd AND ENLARGED EDITION
The review by Nicholas Stern is a voluminous scientific paper
that is aimed at the informed reader. The review, however,
does not raise issues that are relevant to Russia and there is
no basic information aimed at a wider audience. To popularize
the Stern Review, WWF published its summary that especially
focuses attention on those issues of greatest interest to Russian
readers. The information has been expanded considerably and
updated. New data on the development of carbon markets and on
measures to augment energy effectiveness and the development
of renewable energy sources have been added. A special section
deals with the development of a new agreement on climate
change, which, from 2013, is intended to replace the Kyoto
Protocol.
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DAMS AND DEVELOPMENT – A NEW METHODOLOGICAL
BASIS FOR DECISION MAKING. REPORT OF THE WORLD
COMMISSION ON DAMS
NATIONAL PROTECTED AREAS OF THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION – PRESENT-DAY STATUS AND PROSPECTS
FOR DEVELOPMENT
This report of the World Commission on Dams was released in
November 2000. Regrettably, its content and recommendations
have not been accessible to a wide Russian expert audience. At
the same time in Russia, the development of the hydropower
industry is actively being resumed. It is necessary to find ways
of mitigating against the risks involved in the construction
of new hydropower plants while also looking for ways to
increase the efficiency of existing ones. In addition, world
experience and standards in their construction need to be
taken into account to avoid repeating past mistakes and to also
take into consideration rivers and riparian ecosystems. WWF
therefore produced a compact disk of the WCD report intended
for members of environmental organizations and specialists in
the Russian energy industry and also for specialists engaged
in planning and management in the energy industry, water
management and nature management.
WWF prepared this publication to meet Russia’s obligations
towards fulfilling the CBD’s Programme of Work on Protected
Areas. For the first time in Russia, it analyzes how representative
the system of federal protected areas is and what its role is in the
conservation of rare and endangered animal and plant species.
WWF addresses issues concerning protected area classification
and the optimization of their categories and management forms
and also proposes pathways for the further development of
the protected area system. Some sections in the book focus on
Russia’s marine protected areas.
PROGRAMME OF WORK ON PROTECTED AREAS UNDER
THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.
COMMENTS ON PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN RUSSIA
This book contains comments on the Programme of Work on
Protected Areas under the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD). The Programme is aimed at the establishment of
protected areas that can be managed effectively and in an
integrated manner and which would represent the entire
diversity of landscapes and species of living organisms. Using
these systems, one could substantially decelerate the rate
of decline of biodiversity throughout the Earth and in some
particular countries and regions. WWF’s comments contain
additional information to help fulfill the Programme in Russia.
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WWF Russia ❘ 2009
For these and other WWF publications, please contact
Julia Kalinicheva, Brand and Publications Manager,
Email: [email protected], Tel: +7 (495) 727 09 39.
For electronic versions of the publications,
see www.wwf.ru/resources/publ.
– money can help buy everything animals need: for example, for leopard in the Caucasus one
can buy food, equip an enclosure well and hire qualified personnel. Conservation research can be
organized. Money is needed to organize rescue operations and, of course, to publish our favorite
newspaper, Panda, and other campaigning materials. Maria Krysanova, 13 years old
– money is spent to purchase equipment for nature reserves, hire workers, buy food,
photo-traps and many other things… Lyuba Malofeeva, 10 years old
– I decided to help WWF when I read that 500 roubles can cover vaccinations
for 10 European bison. It means money plays an important role in saving nature
because one can’t buy vaccine without it. Alexander Grishin. 12 years old
D
espite the global economic crisis in 2009, we managed
not only to retain the volume of financing for our
programmes, but also to increase it by 8%. Without doubt,
the biggest source of financing to us has been the international
network of WWF. This provided EUR 4.4 million to the
y,
conservation of biodiversity in Russia. Unfortunately,
due to the crisis, this was EUR 840,000 less than last
year. At the same time, however, international and
governmental organizations, such as the Ministry of
Ecology in Germany and the World Bank, funded us
with the EUR 880,000 we lacked. Being a national
Russian organization, we actively involve members of
the public and business in our own country in nature
at
conservation activities. It is very important to us that
the proportion of Russian donors has been growing from
year to year and 2009 was no exception. Their contribution has
increased by EUR 202,000, almost 14% of the total volume of
funding granted to Wwf-russia.
The staff of Wwf-russia numbers 138 employees, working
in either Moscow or in the regional offices in Arkhangelsk,
Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Murmansk, Vladivostok and Yelizovo
(Kamchatka). In 2009, the remuneration bill (including social
security taxes) was EUR 2,256,000. Our employees are recognised
and qualified specialists who personally implement projects,
except if particular problems require the involvement of
th
third-party partners and specialists. Wwf-russia staff
members are devoted professionals who help to ensure
the global success of WWF.
Each year in WWF, an independent audit of accounts
takes place. The audit report, which is posted on
the website www.wwf.ru , verifies the reliability of
accounting and that it conforms with the laws of the
Russian Federation. Regular internal and third-party
ch
checks
confirm that all the funds that we receive from
our supporters, business partners and international donors
are used to attain our major objective – nature conservation for
the people and together with the people!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TRUST!
Piotr
Gorbunenko
Executive Director
Wwf-russia
Finance
in 2009
Adelia Karimova, Ufa
Ksenia Vedernikova, Chuguevka
How can money
help protect nature?
FINANCE IN 2009
6
EXPENDITURES, IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS
PERCENTS
1. Biodiversity Conservation in Priority Ecoregions
4540
53%
2. Keeping Our Ecological Footprint within the Biocapacity Limits
1072
13%
3. Scientific and Methodological Support
849
10%
4. TRAFFIC – WWF and IUCN’s global wildlife trade programme
74
1%
5. Living Planet Programme
996
12%
6. Project administration
941
11%
TOTAL
8472
5
4
1
3
INCOME, IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS
PERCENTS
1. WWF International
61
1%
2. WWF-UK
264
3%
3. WWF-Germany
812
10%
4. WWF-Netherlands
1580
19%
5. WWF-Sweden
696
8%
6. WWF-US 737
624
7%
7. WWF-Japan
169
2%
8. Other WWF
195
2%
9. Corporate fundraising
720
8%
10. Individual fundraising
476
6%
11. World Bank
130
2%
12. German Ministry for the Environment
1034
12%
13. Norwegian Embassy / Norvegian MFA
526
6%
14. TACIS
135
2%
15. Other governmental agencies 88
227
3%
16. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
265
3%
17. MAVA Foundation
263
3%
18. Coca-Cola Foundation
138
2%
19. Other NGOs and private foundations
114
1%
20. Other sources
43
1%
TOTAL
8472
2
17
16
18
1
2
20
3
19
15
14
13
4
12
11
5
10
9
8
6
7
www.wwf.ru/report
WWF is one of the world’s largest and most experienced independent
conservation organizations, with almost 5 million supporters and a global network active
in more than 100 countries.
WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment
and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by:
conserving the world’s biological diversity
ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable
promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
●
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WWF-RUSSIA
19, bld.3 Nikoloyamskaya St.,
P.O. Box 3, 109240 Moscow, Russia
Tel.: +7 495 727 09 39
Fax: +7 495 727 09 38
[email protected]
www.wwf.ru

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