The delegation of the Arkhangelsk region presented achievements in nature protection

This happened at the X International Meeting of Friends of the Protected Islands and the Human Forum. Nature. Time in Moscow. The event brought together more than a thousand environmentalists from Russia, Belarus and Uzbekistan.

The project “Environmental Marathon 2025” of the Northern UGMS (head – Oksana Perkhurova) became the prize-winner of the contest “Reserve Islands of Russia – 2026”: experts noted the practice of assessing the anthropogenic impact on urban arboretums as an advanced experience of scientific volunteering. Employees of the Kenozersk National Park won the competition “Best in Profession: Eco-Enlightener” – Nadezhda Milivoevich (“Care for the Future”) and Yulia Devashchenko (“Volunteers are our support”), and Devashchenko’s project on civil science took first place in the competition “Reserve Islands of Russia”.

Within the framework of the festival "Golden Turtle" employees of Vodlozero Park told about the heritage of waterlozers and held master classes, and Victoria Bornyakova from the "Russian Arctic" held an eco-train for Moscow schoolchildren as part of the action "Reserve landing". At the “Reserve Time Ribbon” exhibition, the “Russian Arctic” showed a satellite collar to track polar bears, and the Pinega Reserve showed a collection of rocks and an archival photo album.

“The high recognition of experts and the victories of our specialists demonstrate an effective synthesis of the traditions of northern nature protection and modern technologies,” said Anna Sheveleva, Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife Industry of the region.