From 26 to 31 July, the 5^th International Wildlife Management Congress was held in Sapporo, Japan. It was attended by about 1,000 experts from over 50 countries, including experts from the Russian Academy of Sciences permanent expedition for the monitoring of animals from the Russian Red Data Book and other rare species of Russian fauna, who are carrying out a project of the Russian Geographical Society on the study of rare species (the polar bear, Amur tiger, Far Eastern leopard, snow leopard and beluga). 

Our experts reported on the results of activities carried out in Russia’s Far East and Far North. In particular, Nikita Platonov, an expert from the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the Russian Academy of Sciences, reported on the assessment of the vulnerability of polar bear ice habitats in the eastern sector of the Russian Arctic. In addition, Russian scientists reported on the evaluation of the physiological status of large carnivores, their cross-border movements in Russia’s Far East, the distribution of beluga whales in the seas of the Russian Far East and the principles of recovery of populations of large carnivores and the reintroduction of the Amur tiger and other big cats in Russia.

During the congress, the Russian participants also looked at samples on display of expedition equipment, assessed the achievements of their foreign colleagues and exchanged their experience.