the Federal state budget institution "state Darwin
natural biosphere reserve" presented the first results
research work in the framework of the agreement with "Severstal".
"the Agreement with the Darwin reserve - this is our contribution to support and
conservation of biological diversity of the region and, in particular, is unique to
Russia populations of rare species of birds of prey, as well as in infrastructure
for development of ecological tourism," commented the first results,
presented by the specialists of the reserve, the Director-General of the division
"Severstal Russian steel" Evgenie Vinogradov.
the Agreement with the Darwin state nature reserve, signed on 15 July 2019
of the year in the development of the initiative "Business and biodiversity" Federal
the project "Preservation of biodiversity and development of ecological tourism" (included
in the national project "Ecology").
the Agreement, a complex of research works on the study of
the bird fauna and its seasonal variability in the territories of Cherepovets.
metallurgical plant (CHerMK), and adjacent to him.
According to the Deputy Director on scientific work of the reserve, PhD
of biological Sciences, ornithologist Miroslav Babushkin, the first studies talking
about the unique ecosystem of the premises as an attractive location
of nesting of rare bird species listed in the Red book.
Funding of reserve on the part of Severstal to development
research activities in 2019 amounted to more than RUB 6 million To the
allocated in 2019 reserve purchased optical equipment,
the quadcopter, weather station acquired GPS – trackers and camera traps for
surveys made improvement works to the access road to
reserve. In addition, there have begun to design environmental
trails.
