One hundred and thirty-two young experts from the All-Russian Okean Children's Centre took part in a tree-planting drive organised by the Amur Tiger Centre with support from the Primorsky Territory’s Forestry Department outside the village of Alekseyevka in the Nadezhdinsky District.

The students planted 5,000 Siberian pine seedlings in the taiga. Of course, not all of them will take root, but many will, and will grow to replace the oaks. The location of the event is included in the public reforestation programme: the seedlings will be under special protection measures, including measures to protect them against wildfires. Young people participated in the rare tree planting drive, gaining new knowledge in the process. Employees of the Amur Tiger Centre told the students about the endemic flora and fauna of the Primorsky Territory, which is unmatched in its beauty and diversity anywhere in the world.

Preserving cedar (Siberian pine) plantations is good for deer and other hoofed animals, which means it is good for the Amur tiger. The fruit of a rare tree, often called the bread tree, serves as food for wild boar, whose nutritious meat accounts for more than 50% of the tigers’ diet.

Employees of the Amur Tiger Centre worked hard to facilitate an increase in the population of the ungulates. They have built feeding stations for wild boar and vaccinated the wild boar population that roams local nature reserves and hunting grounds.