Events

The filed mission to the area of Lake Ugii and Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan (Mongolia) was organized to carry out activities consistent with project objectives to support the people and organizations most immediately responsible for watershed and basin-wide management of the lakes and its aquatic ecosystems. The main objective is organize meeting to motivate the local people the topic on the protection of the lakes and conservation of globally significant biodiversity, threatened and near-threatened species around the areas Ramsar sites including Lake Ugii and Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan (Ugii nuur an Tariat soum of Arkhangai province) involvement in decision-making and implementation of integrated natural and water resources management and consult with rangers and local Government representatives.

The VI international meeting of the Security Council was held in Ulan-Ude. A meeting of the representatives in charge of security, is held annually on the initiative of the Russian side.
It is attended by secretaries of security councils, ministers, assistant to the president and prime minister for national security, security chiefs and other responsible leaders of over 70 countries, and the UN delegation.
Russian delegation head is Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Security Council Secretary.

The issues related to international cooperation to combat the growing threat of global extremism and its new manifestations. In addition, participants discussed the theme: "Fresh water as a strategic resource for sustainable development of international security", "The role of Russia in ensuring biological safety at the international level", "Formation of the system of international information security."
Within a framework of the session, the photo show "Precious necklace of Baikal” was organized.

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http://baikalfund.ru/news/fund/article.wbp?article_id=e66c527b-13cd-48d2-aced-ec4fb0e86c5b

The  photo exhibition of the Lake Baikal was launched on 11 June 2015 in Terminal C  at the airport Sheremetyevo, Moscow. The main purpose of the exhibition  is to form pro-active attitude of the population in regard to the environment.

More than 50 000 people from around the world goes through Sheremetyevo International Airport per day.

http://www.baikal-daily.ru/news/16/145474/

http://www.svo.aero/news/2015/3661/

This event was organized by the Government of Zabaikalsky krai, Ministry of natural resources and industrial policy of Zabaikalsky krai and UNDP-GEF Lake Baikal Project.
The purpose of this event is demonstration of eco-touristic potential of reserves and national parks of Buryatia, Irkutsk oblast and Zabaikalsky krai.

http://news.sputnik.ru/sibirsky-fo/a3def11a2afab3e23679cd9eddbe57399a7f7597
http://www.забайкальскийкрай.рф/news/2015/06/09/27407.html

Ministry of natural resources of Russia together with Moscow Government traditionally organize the celebration of Environmental Day. In 2015 this event was opened in landscape reserve “Teplyy Stan” (Moscow).

The celebration is accompanied by ecological entertainment show. Media project “Precious necklace of Baikal” was presented during the celebration.

http://icmos.ru/news/27200-v-landshaftnom-zakaznike-tyeplyy-stan-6-iyunya-otmetyat-den-ekologa/

The Doors Open Day took place in Baikal Biosphere Reserve on 06 June 2015 as part of Earth Day and the 1^st All-Russian children ecological festival. The amusement rides were launched for children. Ecological games were organized by volunteers of the Great Baikal Trail.

http://baikal-zapovednik.ru/node/1252

The 1^st All-Russian festival was held on 05-07 June 2015, it combined two celebrations - the Children's Day and the Earth Day. This festival is a social and educational event, dedicated to the nature preservation, wildlife and plant life, organized specially for children. The main purpose of the event is development of ecological culture. The organizers of the festival in Buryatia are Rosprirodnadzor, Lake Baikal Protection Fund, UNDP-GEF Lake Baikal Project.

http://www.baikal-media.ru/news/society/299945/

http://baikalfund.ru/news/article.wbp?newsline_id=18f439af-50b2-46f9-b2f6-eb7ba6c9bb2b&article_id=4ad89455-9179-4879-90de-0be2558b66ef

http://prnadzor.e-baikal.ru/news/?record_id=1188

http://muzeyrb.ru/?option=com_content&view=article&id=269&Itemid=105

On 26^th May 2015 the 14^th meeting of the basin Council of Angara-Baikal basin area was held. The following issues were discussed during the meeting: the situation in Angara-Baikal basin during the winter season, the results of works of the governments of Irkutsk region and Buryatia. The results of the work of the Lake Baikal project was reported.

http://baikalinform.ru/ekologiya/zasedanie-basseynovogo-soveta-angaro-baykalbskogo-basseynovogo-okruga

http://www.minpriroda-rb.ru/pressa/news.php?ELEMENT_ID=45156

Media project «Precious necklace of Baikal” was presented on TV-channel, All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, Rostov-on-Don. The discussion of the new forms of ecological tourism in protected areas has been taken through the example of the Baikal region by way of the development of domestic tourism in Russia and dissemination of the experience of the Baikal region in the Rostov region and the South of Russia.

«Precious necklace of Baikal” in Russian

https://youtu.be/DYkSixKkD-A

Trailer of «Precious necklace of Baikal” in Russian

https://youtu.be/_n8wL_6bXTk

The second meeting for Strategic Action Programme development within the framework of the Lake Baikal Project was held in Moscow on 22 May 2015.

The national coordinator of the Lake Baikal Project, acting Head of Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage, Amirkhan Amirkhanov opened the meeting. The discussion of the offered changes of actions and indicators of the SAP was made by Russian and Mongolian experts together with international SAP consultant, Paul Gremillion. The conclusion on the work implemented, on interaction of the Russian and Mongolian experts with profile country ministries was made by the project manager, Sergey Kudelya.

In accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Mongolia for transboundary water preservation and usage, which was signed on 16 Feb 1995 (and by invitation of Mongolian side), the meeting was held on 28-29 April 2015 in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).

http://enbvu.ru/index.php

http://control.mnr.gov.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6860

The Fifth All-Russian ecological film festival “Meridian Nadezhdyi” has finished in St. Petersburg. The official ceremony was in the film art centre “Rodina”.

The award panel has determined the best films, which was awarded with the diplomas of the film festival and special prizes, manufactured in china workshop of Russian Academy of Education, under auspices of academician Lev Solodkov.

As part of competitive program, People's Choice Award was given to the documentary “Baikal without boundaries” (Rostov-on-Don) and «The Amur leopard. Struggle for the taiga throne».

http://www.rpnszfo.ru/index.php/14-novosti-meridian-nadezhdy/161-27-04-2015

During the official visit the information about the implementation of the Federal special purpose programme “The preservation of Lake Baikal and social and economic development of the Baikal natural area for 2012-2020” was presented by Ministers of natural resources of Buryatia and the Irkutsk Region.

The progress of the Lake Baikal Project implementation was presented by the project Manager Sergey Kudelya. Director of Institute of Geography SB RAS told about the Baikal basin Atlas.

http://www.binm.ru/ru/news/novosti-bip-so-ran/vizit_delegatsii_rb_v_ust_ordynskiy_buryatskiy_okrug/

The workshop of municipalities of Pribaikalye and heads of the protected areas “About the implementation of the Federal special purpose programme “The preservation of Lake Baikal and social and economic development of the Baikal natural area for 2012-2020 and integrated natural resource management in the Baikal basin transboundary ecosystem” was held on 23 April 2015. The report on the implementation of the Lake Baikal project and the presentation of media-project “Precious necklace of Baikal” were made by Sergey Kudelya. In the organization of the event took part the Ministries of Natural Resources of Buryatia and the Irkutsk Region, Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS and the Administration of municipality “Olkhonsky district” of the Irkutsk Region.

http://www.minpriroda-rb.ru/pressa/news.php?ELEMENT_ID=45138

The official visit of the delegation of Buryatia in Ust-Ordynsky national district and in Olkhonsky district of the Irkutsk Region was held on 23-24 April 2015. In the delegation were representatives of the Government of Buryatia, Project Manager of Lake Baikal Project Sergey Kudelya, Member of the Council of the Federation Arnold Tulokhonov, Deputy Director of BINM SB RAS Endon Garmaev.

The implementation of Federal Special Purpose Program for Lake Baikal, the information about the implementation of the Lake Baikal Project were discussed. The film “Precious Necklace of Baikal” was presented.

In 2015, the World Water Forum, the largest water-related event in the world took place in Daegu & Gyeongbuk of Korea. The World Water Forum is a large-scale international conference that is held every three years since 1997 in cooperation with the public, private sectors, academia, and industries. It was first launched in an effort to facilitate international discussions on global water challenges.

The objectives of the session are to identify the current situation of trans-boundary ecosystem management, to explore the opportunity to develop joint project among those countries. The session is made to strengthen the partnership and share information on trans-boundary ecosystem management in the region to accomplish the proposed targets. The presentation of the major achievements of the Lake Baikal project was made by Sergey Kudelya.

http://www.worldwaterforum7.org

The Strategic Action Programme (SAP) Development Meeting was organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 31 March – 01 April 2015. SAP consultants and Lake Baikal Project technical team took part in this event.

The activities to be conducted for updating SAP and deadlines were discussed.

The next day was dedicated to the Work Group Meeting in expanded format, including representatives of natural resources ministries, Mongolia and Russia. The role of ministries in SAP endorsement and implementation was discussed; review of targets, strategic actions was made.

The joint Russian-Mongolian meeting, specially organized to share and exchange information about transboundary water and environmental issues in regard to the implementation of the protocol of 4^th meeting of the commission of the Governments of Russia and Mongolia in the sphere of environmental cooperation. The joint meeting was organized in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 30-31 March 2015. The delegation of the Lake Baikal project took part in this event.

The Baikal Project presents a short World Water Day 2015 video message. Special acknowledgements to the administration and local environmental inspectors of protected area “Zapovednoye Podlemorye” who created amazing the GEF logo from ice directly on Lake Baikal (53°25'29.8699999"N, 108°58'53.94000000"E). You can try to find this sculpture using Google or Yandex maps. Also we express our sincere gratitude for production of this video to our partner Atlas Media Studio Co., Ltd.

Every year the world water day is celebrated on March 22nd. In the frame of this event, with the support of UNDP-GEF Project “Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Baikal Basin Transboundary Ecosystem” project the Orkhon River Basin Council organized the meeting on the theme issues regarding development of the IWRM in Mongolia and introduce the Mongolian Hydrologists Association among the water sector and administrative organizations as MEGDT. Totally 25 persons participated in the meeting. The meeting opened by the National Water Committee, Secretary General Ts.Badrakh The Head of the Yenisei Basin Water Management, Federal water resources agency of the Russian Federation, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Mr. Vladimir K. Blagov.