#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) conducted a study of biodiversity in the Norilsk industrial region and discovered five rare species of birds: white-tailed eagle, gyrfalcon, bean eagle, whooper swan and Siberian grey-tailed tattler, some of which are listed in the Red Book of Russia. Whooper swan and bean swan were found even in areas with industrial impact, TASS reports.
“The study included 20 routes with a length of 85 kilometers in different zones from enterprises. A total of 1800 sightings of birds were recorded, representing 68 species, mainly passerines, geese and charadriiformes”, the source says.
This work is a continuation of research begun by Nornickel and the SB RAS in 2020. It aims to assess the company’s impact on biodiversity and develop conservation programs.
Information obtained from the study is used to develop a corporate system for managing impacts on biodiversity and programs for its conservation and monitoring.
Let us remind you that a Moscow university is creating a database of the Red Book Arctic animals’ habitat.
Previously, we reported that in Taimyr we managed to photograph one of the rarest and most beautiful birds in Russia – the screeching duck, and how Norilsk residents worried about the swan, which did not fly away with its flock and lived within the city limits on lake Dolgoye.
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