China, Russia provinces agree to first transboundary protected area to conserve Amur tigers
Jilin province of China and neighbouring Primorsky province in Russia agreed today to collaborate formally in working towards the first transboundary Amur tiger protected area amidst celebrations for the second annual Amur Tiger Cultural Festival in the northeastern Chinese city of Hunchun.
France gives major boost to international water treaty
France is set to become the 20th country to sign up to a key international convention governing the use and protection of rivers and lakes crossing or forming international boundaries.
Disappearing Greater Mekong tigers underscore global threats
Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the region’s five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a new WWF report.
Land of Leopard in Flames
Satellite monitoring of the worst fire season since 1996 in key biodiversity areas of the southernmost part of the Russian Far East has pinpointed a need to make landholders and state authorities take greater responsibility for fires on their land.
Amur tigers threatened by economic crisis
Loggers in Russia’s Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising concerns that the endangered Amur tiger could lose critical habitat and its prey could lose a major food source.
Skin of rare Amur leopard discovered in car
Police are investigating the killing of an Amur Leopard – one of the rarest animals on earth with only a few dozen left in the wild – after officers discovered the skin of an adult leopard in a private car.
Steal for it, shoot for it or sign for it - Stark choices facing a world running short on water
Bringing into force an existing UN global agreement on sharing and caring for international fresh water resources has been a surprisingly contentious international issue. But in a world running short of water and facing up to the impacts of climate change, an international framework for water management and resolution of water disputes is more and more vital. This article details the evolution of global law on international rivers and why it is taking so long to put in place.
Tracking the elusive Amur tiger by foot, ski, and snowmobile
Researchers in the Russian Far East are tracking the elusive Amur tiger by foot, ski, and snowmobile this month to better understand the endangered species.
Outrage as protected forests go under the hammer in Russia
Protected forest in Russia including a “maternity hospital” for the Amur tiger and unique Korean pine stands have been sold for logging in controversial circumstances and in the face of protests by WWF-Russia and the local population.
Snow deluge drives WWF to seek aid of hunting estates
Heavy snow that fell just after new year in the north of Russia’s Primorye Territory, in the far south-east of the country, has had a potentially devastating effect on the local ecological system and prompted WWF-Russia to seek the help of local hunting estates.
