(September 15, 2021)   -   Last weekend the annual Tiger Day Celebration came to the streets of Terney, a town in northern Primorye - home of the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Nature Reserve and WCS Sikhote-Alin Research Center.  According to most participants and organizers, this year’s Tiger Day Celebration was a great success. Despite weather forecasts promising heavy showers, everyone (both participants and organizers) wanted the holiday so badly that nature decided to take pity on us and produced wonderful w...

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(July 27, 2021)   -   Annual conference brings together experts from around the world to highlight urgent action needed on tiger conservation. Monday 19 July 2021 - The Singapore Wildcat Action Group (SWAG) announced today the programme for Singapore Tiger Week, their annual conference on the state of tiger conservation in the world. Coinciding with International Tiger Day on 29 July, this year’s theme is ‘Time IsRunning Out’ to reflect the urgent need for action.

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(February 03, 2021)   -   For the second week, our team has been working in the South-West Primorye within the framework of the Far Eastern Leopard monitoring project, which is being implemented jointly with the Land of the Leopard National Park. We should admit that despite that our employees have been working in this territory since the 2000s, but in such difficult conditions as this year, they have not yet had to work ...

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(September 12, 2020)   -    The 2020 season studying the breeding ecology of endangered Nordmann’s Greenshanks (Tringa guttifer) and Common Redshanks (Tringa totanus ussuriensis) in Schaste Bay, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia was a success despite the logistical difficulties caused by Covid-19.

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(July 26, 2018)   -   Amur (or long-tailed) goral - one of the rarest mountain ungulates - was captured by camera trap in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Nature Reserve.  This secretive species of goral, endangered within Russia and listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN, is found only in northeast Asia including the southern Russian Far East, the Korean peninsula, and northeastern China. Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve hosts about 180 individual animals - the largest single population of goral in Russia. 

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(April 05, 2018)   -   Recently, we added a new page to our website to feature our Training program based in Sikhote-Alin Research Center, Terney, Primorski krai, Russia. Our traininings and workshops are developed for wildlife researchers to provide them with all skills necessary for research and management of endangered species and other aspects of nature protection. You can read about the program in general, past workshops (2016-2017) and upcoming trainings.

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(December 22, 2017)   -   On December 15, 2017, WCS organized a staff training session on first aid in Terney at the Sikhote-Alin Research Center (SARC).Working in the field, especially with wild animals, poses a large number of health risks and potential dangers. Being prepared to deal with such situations can be critical when in the field. Therefore, being able to competently provide first aid to an injured colleague is a vital skill and mandatory requirement for employees of WCS Russia.

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(July 12, 2017)   -   A hands-on workshop, the first of its kind in the Russian Far East devoted to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), was held in the Land of the Leopard National Park last week. Over 20 specialists from various national parks and nature reserves of the southern Russian Far East gathered to participate in the training session organized by the Phoenix Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society, with funding from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The workshop let forest guardians de...

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(March 27, 2017)   -   In late March the Visit Center of the Annui National Park hosted yet another SMART seminar organized by WCS. Staff of the park and WCS specialists discussed the latest SMART quarterly patrol performance report.  One year ago WCS introduced SMART at Annui National Park, making this already the sixth  protected area in Amur tiger habitat that is using SMART to help manage anti-poaching work. During the seminar WCS representatives discussed the patrol efforts during the previous quar...

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(September 29, 2016)   -   The 17th annual Tiger Day Festival was held in Vladivostok on September 25. This year’s event continued the trend of ever increasing size and interest, with an approximately 15,000 participants and an estimated 50,000 attendees. The event kicked off with a huge parade that included 91 groups representing schools and both governmental and non-governmental agencies engaged in environmental protection. The parade ended in the main square downtown, where entertainment on the main stage was sup...

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