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International expeditions and seminars

IV Meeting of the Habitat Contact Forum in 2005

Promotion of the Nature Reserve "Ladoga skerries"

On the 30th of August 2004 representatives of Russian and Finnish administrative bodies and expert organisations for nature conservation met in Sortavala, Republic of Karelia. The agenda was built to encourage political decisions for the establishment of a Nature Reserve "Ladoga skerries" on the northern coast and archipelago area of the Ladoga lake.

Focus on Karelian Isthmus Forests

An ancient highway of species between Russia and Finland. Part of world widely poorly protected southern taiga. Long history of strongly - thanks to numerous successive wars and raids - varied anthropogenic influence. All this raises questions of the present nature conservation significance of Karelian Isthmus forests. The answers will be found by footwork on the field.

Survey on arctic bird migration and congregations in the White Sea 2004

The main purpose of the Survey Expedition 2004 was to confirm the most important staging areas of waterfowl in the White Sea area. This kind of expedition was conducted for the first time in 1999 by the Finnish ornithologists group and this was the second time.

Botanical and Entomological Expedition to the Zaonezhsky Peninsula on board "Ecolog" research vessel

The south-eastern part of the Zaonezhsky Peninsula and a number of adjacent islands of the Kizhi archipelago are formed of limestone. This determines the fertility of the local soils and the unique diversity of flora and fauna. Numerous rare calciphilous plant and lichen species are to be found here, as well as rich eutrophied wetlands.

Ornithofauna of Kargopol area as a pearl of North European biodiversity - Study tours in 2002-2004 to southern part of the Arkhangelsk region, NW Russia

Finnish-Russian Joint Expeditions crewed by Häme Regional Environment Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Karelian Research Centre, the Bird Ringing Centre of Moscow (in 2003), St. Petersburg State University and Nizhnesvirsky State Strict Nature Reserve (in 2004) have visited in Kargopol area, Arkhangelsk region four times in 2001-2004.

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