Sochi, Russia: Two more leopard cubs have been born in Russia just two months after two kittens were born to a pair of Persian leopards brought to the same centre from Lisbon Zoo.

On 14 September a garbage collection will be held around Gosh Lake in “Dilijan” National Park, as we learn from the statement on Facebook social network. The garbage collection is implemented in the frames of “Save Lake Gosh” initiative. The organizers are ‘Association of Young Biologists’ NGO, Pan-Armenian Environmental Front and Dilijan Aarhus Center. “The aim of the event is to clean the lake surroundings from the household garbage, as well as to draw public attention to the problems of Gosh Lake,” the statement says. The supporters of this event are CNF, WWF Armenia and Dilijan National Park.

On June 13th, 2013, Director of the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF), Mr. David Morrison, Chairman of the Agency of Protected Areas (APA), Mr. Rati Japaridze, , and the In-Country Coordinator of U.S.

The memorandum aims to improve coordination of the capacity building work of USDOI and the work carried out by APA and CNF and to strengthen cooperation between the three organizations in the technical and design aspects of infrastructure refurbishment and development projects.

We are very pleased to announce that TBC Bank is our latest private sector partner. TBC, one of Georgia’s largest banks, has agreed to work in cooperation with CNF and the Agency of Protected Areas and other stakeholders to upgrade the riding and trekking trail connecting the spectacular mountain regions of Tusheti and Khevsureti. 

While the Caucasus region is mostly known outside Russia as a place of conflict, it has much to offer hikers, backpackers and other adventurous tourists. Hikers in Adygea’s mountains can experience a range of vegetation zones; glaciers, jagged peaks and scree fields loom above overgrown subalpine meadows featuring dozens of flower species, dense Caucasian fir and chestnut forests; on the other side of the mountains is the subtropical climate of the Black Sea.

Conservation is in the midst of a fundamental shift that I call "The Pivot." Conservation is pivoting from being backward-looking to forward-looking. This reorientation promises to expand what conservation can achieve by setting the stage for Conservation 3.0.

Despite frequent reference to the interests of future generations, conservation has mostly been a backward-looking endeavor. Hearkening back to "good old days" before extensive human impact on nature, conservation resisted change. It used verbs like "protect," "preserve," and "restore." It benchmarked success in terms of similarity to historical baselines. In short, conservation sought to make the future look as much as possible like the past.

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Rising demands for food, water, energy and other natural resources are straining the ability of natural ecosystems to produce what people need, not to mention putting the plants and animals with which we share the planet at risk.

How can nature be saved at this time when we need it most?

The rehabilitation of 2000 ha of pastures, as well as rehabilitation of forest belts (60 ha) is targeted in theVardenis sub-region of Gegharkunik Region is planned in the frames of UNDP/EU “Sustainable management of pastures and forest in Armenia to demonstrate climate change mitigation and adaptation benefits and dividends for local communities”

Caucasus is a terrific place for not only living, climbing, skiing and enjoying mineral springs. It is an ideal place for riding horses and biking in the wild. Unlike Europe, Caucasus has plenty roads among hills and wild fields.

The public hearings on the resort complex in forest area no. 4 of Dilijan National Park submitted by Levon Akhsharumov will be held at Dilijan Aarhus Center, Tavush Region, at 12:00 p.m. on 22 August, as the official website of Nature Protection Ministry informs. Under the project the resort complex is planned to be constructed in the territory of 1.10 ha of “Dilijan” National Resort in Dilijan Community, Tavush Region.

CNF's National Coordinator Arman Vermishyan takes us on a tour of the magnificent nature on offer in Khosrov Forest, Armenia.

Conservationists are used to justifying their work. Since the movement first took shape in the 1800s, they’ve provided a litany of contemporary arguments for conserving the natural world, from economic (protecting forests for wood) to spiritual (preserving places that stir the soul) to scientific (safeguarding biological systems). But lately they’ve been wrestling internally with another fundamental question about their task: not why we should save nature, but what exactly we should save and how we should save it.

On 19 July EcoLur Press Club hosted a press conference devoted to development issues in Armenia. Press Club guests Movses Manukyan, Director of Writers’ House in Tsaghkadzor, “Healthy Hrazdan” initiative member and Apres Zohrabyan, ecotourism expert and guide, spoke about tourism perspectives and problems. “Under the governmental decision, tourism is recognized as a priority in the country. And the same government declares development of mining industry a priority,” Movses Manukyan thinks. Under him, in such a small country as Armenia is it’s impossible for both fields not to be interconnected and not to oppose to each other.