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The webinar will take place on the 10th of June and will be devoted to the topic of youth cross-border cooperation from the Black to the Caspian Sea. Key focus areas of the webinar include the 2024 Kerch Strait fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, and pollution and degradation of the Caspian Sea. Speakers … Continue reading “Lake Baikal Foundation and Youth Water Council have initiated a webinar within 2025 UN Ocean Conference”

            	            

Today Omsk is hosting the SCO International Forum on Sustainable Development, which is attended by representatives of the Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the People’s Republic of China. Olga Amelkina, Deputy General Director of the Foundation, moderated the environmental area at the interactive session “Fundamentals of Sustainable Development Goals for Youth”, which brought together … Continue reading “Youth Water Council proposed the idea of a project on preservation of transboundary water bodies for implementation in the SCO countries”

            	            

On April 12, the budgetary educational institution of additional education of Omsk “Children’s Eco-Centre” hosted an extended meeting of representatives of youth water associations: environmental druzhiny Omsk region from Bolsherechensky, Sargatsky, Gorkovsky, Lyubinsky and Tavrichesky districts, Omsk Regional Youth Water Parliament and Youth Water Council. The children and their mentors made presentations of their work: … Continue reading “The first unit of the Youth Water Council in Omsk was formed”

            	            

We are pleased to announce our continued partnership with LAB Industries in 2025! For five years in a row, the company has been supporting the Foundation’s efforts to create a separate waste collection system and implement closed-loop principles in the national parks on Baikal. This year’s donation totals RUB 1 million and will be used … Continue reading “LAB Industries has supported the programme “Trash Free National Parks” for the fifth time”

            	            

On 10 April, at the IX Russian Water Congress, Olga Amelkina, Deputy Director General of the Foundation, made a report in the panel discussion “Development of Human Resources Potential in the Water Sector”. Olga shared the interim results of the sociological research “Personnel for the Water Sector” initiated by the Foundation, which will find out … Continue reading “Lake Baikal Foundation and Youth Water Council performed at the Russian Water Congress”

            	            

On 10 April at the awarding ceremony of the II national award “Rassvet” in the field of eco-education and nature photography The Lake Baikal Foundation and the A.N. Severtsov Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences became the winner in the nomination “The Best Project for a Protected Area“! … Continue reading “Lake Baikal Foundation and IPEE RAS became the winners of the “Rassvet” Award”

            	            

On Transparent Philanthropy Day, we’re excited to share our annual report for 2024! We always strive for maximum openness and transparency in our activities, and this report is our confirmation that your support helps to preserve the Baikal Natural Area. Transparency in reporting is not only one of the key principles of our work, but … Continue reading “Lake Baikal Foundation presents the 2024 Annual Report”

            	            

On 21 March, the UN Information Centre in Moscow held a traditional online roundtable dedicated to World Water Day. Representatives of UN agencies, Russian environmental scientists, as well as teachers and students from leading Russian universities took part in the discussion. Director General of the Foundation presented the “Review of the COP29 water agenda”, focusing … Continue reading “Anastasia Tsvetkova presented “Review of the COP29 water agenda” at the UN Information Centre in Moscow”

            	            

In summer 2024, scientists from the A.N. Severtsov Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPEE RAS) conducted the fifth expedition to study the Baikal seal. The fifth expedition to study the Baikal seal was conducted by scientists from the A.N. Severtsov Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution … Continue reading “Results of the 2024 expedition to study the Baikal seal on the Ushkan Islands”

            	            

On 22 March, World Water Day and International Seal Day, the first Russian popular science film about the Baikal seal “The Nerpa and the Man” premiered at the “Pristine Russia” festival in the New Tretyakov Gallery. The film attracted the attention of many viewers, and there were not enough seats in the cinema hall. A … Continue reading “The premiere of the first Russian popular science film about the Baikal seal “The Nerpa and the Man” was held”

            	            

Today, on International Earth Day, we are pleased to present the Development Strategy of FSBI “Zapovednoe Podlemorye” until 2050, created by the Foundation together with a team of experts to help protected areas adapt to environmental and social changes that can be predicted. The document can be viewed HERE. The strategy is aimed at the … Continue reading “Lake Baikal Foundation presents the Development Strategy of FSBI “Zapovednoe Podlemorye” until 2050″

            	            

On 17 March at the Wunderpark International School the Foundation staff held a screening of the film about the Baikal seal ‘The Nerpa and the Man’. After watching the film, pupils from grades 3-8 took part in a fun quiz, and the winners received memorable prizes – postcards and stickerpacks with a cute Baikal endemic, … Continue reading “The Foundation staff held a preview screening of the film “The Nerpa and the Man” for pupils of Wunderpark International School”

            	            

On 22 March, World Water Day, the long-awaited premiere of our popular science film about the Baikal seal “The Nerpa and the Man” will take place at the All-Russian Nature Festival ‘’Primordial Russia‘’! After the screening, the audience will have the opportunity to take part in the discussion, ask questions to the film’s creators, the … Continue reading “Lake Baikal Foundation invites to the premier of Russia’s first popular science film about the Baikal seal!”

            	            

The Director of Lake Baikal Foundation will present the organisation’s experience and expertise in the work of the National Committee of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration. The years 2021-2030 have been proclaimed by the United Nations as the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration as a call for the global community to unite to protect and … Continue reading “Anastasia Tsvetkova joined the Expert Council of the National Committee of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration”

            	            

On 17 February, a briefing was held for 27 employees of FSBI “Zapovednoe Podlemorye”, during which the participants discussed the main provisions of the project “Save the Bear” and the specifics of using waste accumulation sites protected from bears and other wild animals. As a reminder, as part of the project, the Foundation has already … Continue reading “Employees of the FSBI “Zapovednoe Podlemorye” got acquainted with the “Save the Bear” project”

            	            

17 February is Wild Reindeer Day in Russia. On this date, the Lake Baikal Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a new programme aimed at studying and preserving the population of the forest subspecies of wild reindeer living in the central part of the Khamar-Daban Range in the Baikal State Natural Biosphere Reserve. … Continue reading “Baikal State Natural Biosphere Reserve with the support of the Lake Baikal Foundation launches a comprehensive research programme for the conservation of the Khamar-Daban group of forest subspecies of reindeer”

            	            

FSBI “Zapovednoe Podlemorye” staff held a series of lectures for children from local schools on how to properly handle food waste so as not to attract wild animals. Already 112 young visitors have undergone a cycle of eco-lessons at the Baikal Reserve School environmental education site using the interactive “Bear’s Corner” on the topic of … Continue reading “A cycle of eco-lessons was organised under the project “Save the Bear” with the support of the Foundation”

            	            

A previously unstudied endemic may help in reconstructing the “family tree” of the Siberian Diamond flora The Baikal Museum of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the Study of Endemic Algae completed a year-long project to study rare, endangered species of the flora of the Baikal natural territory. The research work … Continue reading “Baikal scientists have discovered a new species of unique algae”

            	            

On 23 December 2024, Anastasia Tsvetkova spoke about the activities of the Lake Baikal Foundation at the Ecology of Russia online Festival. The event was organised by the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection of Moscow in cooperation with the Ecology of Russia media project. The CEO of the Foundation spoke on “Conservation of … Continue reading “The Lake Baikal Foundation at the Ecology of Russia Festival”

            	            

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