The science and technology council of the Sayano-Shushensky Biosphere Reserve held a meeting to discuss the performance of the Kirzinsky Nature Reserve in the outgoing year. Reports were presented by area protection experts, the researchers who are compiling a Krasnoyarsk Territory Red Data Book, the deputy director for general issues, experts on environmental education, tourism and recreation, as well as other professionals.

Yelena Shikalova, deputy director for research at the Sayano-Shushensky Biosphere Reserve, reported on the results of research activities. This year, the reserve’s researchers determined the sex and made out the “passports” of two cubs of the female leopard that had been brought from Tajikistan. The reserve’s experience of wildlife translocation can be used in other Russian regions and abroad. The researchers have also compiled recommendations on the preservation of the snow leopard population based on the translocation method used at the reserve. They include a detailed algorithm for the restoration of small snow leopard populations.

The study of the snow leopard population at the Sayano-Shushensky Biosphere Reserve in 2021 was co-financed by a grant provided by the Russian Geographical Society within the framework of the Snow Leopard: Mysterious and Vulnerable project.