Information from Anatidae Network Site First announcement International Conference "The Sustainable Arctic - Sustainable North - Sustainable World" Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 4-7 August, 2003 [ Back ]

The first announcement of the Conference was provided from Lena-Nordenskiöld Biological Station. The Conference has pre-conference tour to Lena Delta.

An International Conference The Sustainable Arctic - Sustainable North - Sustainable World will be held in the City of Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 4-7 August, 2003. The Conference will address the issues of international cooperation in environmental protection and security in the Arctic and the North.

Conference sessions:

• Northern ecosystem preservation as a global factor of biosphere sustainability;

• Environmental security and reasonable resource use;

• Northern ethnic culture and traditional environmental knowledge.

Post-conference events include sight-seeing tours in Yakutia:

• Lena Delta tour

• Oimyakon, the Pole of Cold

• Moma National Park: nature of mountain northeastern provinces

• Kytalyk Resource Reserve: nesting sites of Siberian white crane

• Ust-Vilyui National Nature Park: ornithological and fishing paradise

• Olyokminski Reserve: Southern Yakutia's nature

• Kempendyai and Muosany Lakes: nature "pearls" of Western Yakutia

The tour costs are available upon receiving applications.

Preliminary conference application form:

Conference applications shall be sent before 31st March, 2003 to the First Minister for Nature Protection, Mr. Valentin Ivanovich Arkhipov, with a mark "Sustainable Development - Sustainable Arctic"

Mailing address:

Ministry of Sakha Republic for Nature Protection,
ul. Dzerzhinskogo 3/1, Yakutsk 677000,
Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Tel: +7 4112 24 12 90
Fax: +7 4112 42 13 72.
E-mail: sterhⓐsakha.ru

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The "Action Plan for the Conservation of Migratory Anatidae in the East Asian Flyway" is a component of the "Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy", and the "Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway" is a programme of international co-operation to enhance the conservation of the wetlands of international importance for Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) in the flyway under the "Action Plan". The "Anatidae Working Group" of Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee oversees the implementation of these programmes with technical support from Anatidae Flyway Officer. For further information, please contact the Anatidae Flyway Officer. Posted 6 March 2003.