November 22 of 2025 marked the conclusion of the three-day All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Monitoring Wildlife in Specially Protected Natural Areas" in Moscow.
The Conference was initiated by public organizations: the V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Far Eastern Leopards NGO, and the Expert Council for Nature Management. The conference's organizers also included the M.A. Menzbir Russian Society for the Conservation and Study of Birds, the A.M. Nikolsky Herpetological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Entomological Society, the Russian Committee for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program, and the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The conference was attended by 144 people—heads and specialists from 59 federal state-funded institutions managing protected areas (including 20 directors), as well as staff from the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Geography, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, the Lomonosov Moscow State University Zoological Museum, the All-Russian Research Institute of Ecology, the Moscow Zoo, and other relevant government and public organizations. Thirty-two members of the International Public Organization "Expert Council on Nature Reserve Management" also participated.
The final resolution of the Conference can be viewed at this link.
Conference materials will be gradually posted at this link.
