• CURRENT EVENTS
• Appeal of the Federal Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
• Resolution of the All-Russian Emergency Environmental Conference
• First Intergovernmental Conference “Biodiversity of Europe”
• “Strategy of Bird Protection in Central Asia: the Role of Regional Specialists, Nature Reserves and the Public”. Meeting
• The Smallest Federal Reserve in Russia marks its 75^th Anniversary
• New Reserve in Tajikistan
  
  
• DECISION-MAKING ISSUES
• New Legislation
• Financing of State Nature Reserves in 1999 by the State Nature Conservation Committee of the Russian Federation: Basic Summary
  
  
• NEWS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS OF NATURE RESERVES
• Review of the Activity of the Scientific Departments of Russian State Nature Conservation Committee Reserves in 1999
  
  
• NEWS FROM NATIONAL PARKS
• Meeting to Determine the Objectives of the National Parks Development for Years 2001–2005
• Development of Tourism as a Source of Income and Employment for the Population of Russia’s National Parks
  
  
• MARCH FOR PARKS
• Biodiversity Conservation Center Honour Role
• Appeal of Alexander Rutskoi, Governor of the Kursk Region
  
  
• CHARITABLE GRANTS
• GEF Biodiversity Conservation Project Awards for the Support of Regional Associations of Reserves and National Parks Programme
• WWF Climate Change Problems Projects Competition Awards
• National Parks Fund Competition Awards for 1999
  
  
• UPCOMING SCIENTIFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORUMS
• International Conference “Relevant Problems of Research and Conservation of Birds of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia”
• First International Scientific Conference of Ornithologists of the Dvina-Daugava River Basin
• Third International Conference “Ecopolis-2000: Ecology and Sustainable Development of a City”
• All-Russian Conference “Social Partnership. Russia’s Experience. Year 2000”
• South Siberian Students and Young Scientists Conference “Ecology of Southern Siberia: Year 2000”
• Second Interregional Conference “Ecological Education in the 21st Century”
• Ninth Course on Plant Theoretical Morphology “Similar Types and Principles of Homologisation in Plant Morphology”
• Fifth Applied Scientific Conference “Ecological Problems of Historical and Cultural Heritage Preservation”
  
  
• ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
• Review of Ecological Education in Russian State Nature Conservation Committee Reserves in 1999
  
  
• DISCUSSIONS
• Discussion of the Draft Concept of Russia’s System of Nature Reserves
  
  
• YOUR BOOKSHELF
• New Books
  
  
• PROTECTED MARINE AREAS
• Protected Marine Areas — International Experience of Creation and Management
• The Zaliv Vostok Sanctuary is in Danger
  
  
• ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Russian version of this issue has been made possible by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Project “Biodiversity Conservation in the Russian Federation” and by the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation.

The electronic English version of the bulletin prepared with the support of Svanhovd Environmental Centre (Svanvik, Norway).

The Russian version of the bulletin is distributed in the former Soviet Union.

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