The work-meeting over the project “Perfection of protected wetland biodiversity that are the main territories for Siberian crane and other migratory waterbids” (UNEP/GEF project) took place on November, 14. The results of the 2008 and plans for the 2009. Top reports were presented by: - Aleksey Blagovidov, Technical Manager of the Russian part of the Project and Yulia Gorelova, National Project Manager for Russia. Report “The results of the Project realization in 2008 in Russia”. (pdf-file, ~1.5Mb) - Michael Stishov, the Councilor of the International coordination group for Russia and Kazakhstan. Report “The main international results of the Project in 2008”. - Elena Iljashenko, Migratory ways coordinator. Report “The results of the International meeting about cranes and of the Conferences of the Ramsar Convention Parties”. (pdf-file, ~4.8Mb) - Vadim Avdanin, the president of the Club “Birds and People”, analytical review consultant. Report “The results of monitoring of Siberian crane population and its habitats in Russia (based on the Project materials)”. - Sophia Rosenfield, Kazakh coordination group consultant. Report “Monitoring of Siberian crane and other indicator species in Kazakhstan”. (pdf-file, ~1.1Mb) -Yury Kotyukov, Oksky State Nature Biosphere Reserve deputy director for environmental enlightenment, coordinator of the action “From the egg to the flight”. Report “The results of the action, scientific and enlightenment sense of the action”. (pdf-file, ~2.4Mb) Also the results of the 2008 year are: 3 expeditions were conducted on the environmental assessment of the waterbids populations’ and their habitats on the project areas in Yakutia. Among the main measures – setting of the 2 satellite transmitters on the Siberian cranes nestlings and monitoring of their migration. Equipment for protected areas on the project areas in Yakutia was bought and delivered in accordance to the part of the Project related to PA. Management plans for PA on the project areas of Yakutia were development and sent for adjustment to the local authorities; the review on the ecological tourism development on the project areas in Yakutia was prepared for publishing. Substantiation of the creation of Synsko-Vojkarsky Nature Park was prepared and presented to the Department of Biological Resources of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area Government. Also the typical waterbirds species were banded, the plans of biotope distribution of the typical waterbirds species were prepared, census of cranes and other waterbirds were carried on the left-bank of the Kolyma river in collaboration with the project ECORA, the samples for avian flu detection in typical species were collected in collaboration with NGO “Vector” (Novosibirsk). One of the important parts of the Project was environmental enlightenment. Russian-unique project “From the egg to the flight” with the publishing in the Internet of the chronicle of nestling by Siberian crane family in the Oksky Strict Nature Reserve Nursery was realized in 2008. The action “From the egg to the flight” that was conducted within the framework of UNEP-GEF Siberian Crane Wetlands Project, not only answered a lot of questions about Siberian crane biology, but also give a unique chance to see everything that happens in Siberian crane family from the moment of nest building till flying lessons of the growing Siberian crane. More than that, all these events could be observed not only by specialists in biology, but also by common people that are not indifferent to these birds. Siberian crane family’s life was observed during five months, and red little baby-crane became a graceful bird. Security camera was established in the cage where Siberian cranes – Kieng and Glass live on April, 4, before the breeding season. The main moments of Siberian cranes’ life were fixed: nest building, oviposition, brooding, hatching, life and growing of the nestling. Methodical materials for the open ornithology-lessons were published and delivered to the teachers of Allaikhovsky and Ust’-Maysky uluses during the environmental enlightenment part of the Project. Experience exchange seminars on the summer ecological camps organization and additional ecological education were carried on for the teachers of Allaikhovsky and Ust’-Maysky uluses. At the present moment the work on the preparation of scholar field guide of migratory waterbirds is going. Folklore stories collection of the Eastern Siberia nations, devoted to migratory birds, was composed and now is prepared for publication as a work-book for out-of-school work. Among the Project plans for 2009 year are: Preparation of a package of document for the UNESCO biosphere reservation status appellation to natural-resources reservation Kytalyk. It is planned to finish mapping of Siberian cranes nest territory in the mid-channel of the river Elon’; to inventory nest territory along the coast of Khromskaya Bay; to finish mapping of the nest territories of Black cranes couples in the valley of the Chabra river, to census Siberian cranes on the nest territories on the interfluve of Anbar and Olenek rivers. The preparation of the management plan for Synsko-Voykarsky nature park on the project area “Kunovat” and on other project areas in Yakutia will be continued and its realization will begin. Trainings on the management plans realization techniques for the staff of the Department of biology resources of the Ministry of environment of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and for the PA staff are planned to be carried on during the realization of the Project. Environmental enlightenment work will be continued, also summer seminar-school on the cordon “Chbda” will be conduct for the local teachers and pupils from Ust’-Maysky, Tattinsky, Tomponsky uluses and seminar about ecological camps organization will be conduct for teachers in Allaikhovsky and neighboring uluses. Allaikhovsky ulus Administration is ready to render this initiative assistance. Also they will continue to render support for the holidays, connected with migratory birds on the project areas in YNAA and Yakutia. Also the program of scholar monitoring within the Internet on the web site www.birder.ru would be developed and realized. In the meeting participate: - Vadim Olegovich Avdanin – International Forest Institute, consultant. Club “Birds and People”, president. – Consultant of the analytical review about conditions of Siberian crane population and its habitats in Russia (based on the results of the Russian part of the Project). - Olga Yurievna Anisimova – Coordinator of the Russian Program Wetlands International - Elena Alekseevna Armand – UNDP Russian representatives. Counties program coordinator. - Aleksey Konstantinovich Blagovidov – Technical coordinator of Russian part of the Project - Irina Bredneva - UNDP Russian representatives. Projects coordinator. - Julia Vitalievna Gorelova – Russian Project manager - Vasiliy Isakovich Grabovsky – Centre of the NonBlack Earth Zone Forests Conservation. Consultant of the scholar monitoring web site creation. - Marina Viktorovna Didorchuk Okskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve deputy director for environmental education. Coordinator of the action “From the egg to the flight”. - Vladimir Petrovich Zakharov – Socio-ecological Union Forest campaign, portal Forest.ru, ООО “Lesnaya Strana” (Forest country). Consultant of the scholar monitoring. - Olga Anatoljevna Zakharova - Socio-ecological Union Forest campaign, portal Forest.ru . Information distribution consultant. - Valentin Yurjevich Iljashenko – A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, the Head of Biodiversity conservation laboratory. Consultant of the works with RTT, getting the permissive documents for Siberian cranes capture. - Elena Ivanovna Iljashenvko – International coordinator of the migratory ways of the Project. - Viktoria Borisovna Kopejkina – Ecology club “Eremuse”. Director-consultant on public relations. - Vitalij Grigorjevich Krivenko – Scientific Centre “Biodiversity conservation” RANS. General Manager - Nina Nikolaevna Ladonina – International Forest Institute, programs coordinator. Project manager assistant. - Oleg Mikhajlovich Prigorjanu – Oryol Oblast (Regional) Environmental Public Movement “Center Kovyl”, the director. Coordination of the publishing works and ZK-actions. - Ivan Vitaljevich Rekubratsky – Comteck – Web site birder.ru support Sophia Borisovna Rosenfeld - A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, member of the Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation. Migratory birds monitoring in Kazakhstan. - Ivan Yurievich Smirnov – consultant for the folklore stories collection preparation. - Michael Sergeevich Stishov - СоProject Councilor for Russia and Kazakhstan. - Natalja Ivanovna Troitskaya – “Partnership for the reservations”, chief executive. Coordination of the management-planning works. - Ludmila Olegovna Khorosheva – UNDP Russian representatives. Coordinator of the projects. - Nina Vitaljevna Gorelova – Organization of the working meeting.