Earth Hour 2011
// Mar. 25, 2011 - 08:02 GMT
Kazakhstan joins Earth Hour initiative
Kazakhstan has joined the global Earth Hour lights-out event to be held March 26, a press release on the website of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued on Friday said.
// Mar. 25, 2011 - 08:02 GMT
WWF cancels Amur Leopard count due to lack of snow
The World Wildlife Fund said on Wednesday it was postponing a large-scale count of the endangered Amur Leopard in the Russian Far East until next year due to a lack of fresh snow fall.
// Mar. 09, 2011 - 06:01 GMT
Environmental study center opens in Moscow
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin opened Moscow's first environmental study center, Vorobyovy Hills, and launched the city's “environmental clock.”
// Jan. 23, 2011 - 05:00 GMT
Moscow garbage cannot make green electricity - Greenpeace
Electricity generated by waste incinerator plants is not “green” energy, Geenpeace Russia said on Friday.
// Jan. 21, 2011 - 10:02 GMT
Wolves return to Moldova for first time in 40 years
Wolves have returned to the territory of Moldova after 40 years of their absence, with more than 20 predators seen in several areas of the country, Moldovan Deputy Environmental Minister Lazar Chirica said on Wednesday.
// Jan. 19, 2011 - 09:48 GMT
Ecologists to count Amur leopards in Russia's Far East
Ecologists in Russia's Far Eastern Primorye Territory will count endangered Amur leopards inhabiting the region, Sergei Aramilev of WWF's Russian branch said on Monday.
// Jan. 17, 2011 - 07:16 GMT
Kuril Island volcano eruption threatens health of locals
An ash cloud that erupted on Thursday from the Ebeko Volcano on the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East could threaten the health of local residents, a spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry said.
// Jan. 13, 2011 - 09:17 GMT
Officials go on trial for hunting endangered animals in Siberia
A court case opened on Thursday in the southern Siberian Altai Republic in which several high-ranking officials are accused of hunting endangered animals leading to a deadly helicopter crash two years ago.
// Jan. 13, 2011 - 07:17 GMT