ORPHAN
Un orphelin recueilli avant hier dans un état d'extrême faiblesse (source : WWF Russia, ce jour)
Barely a live tiger cub was found by hunters in the February 25 hunting "Borisov."
Specialists of the Office of hunting supervision of Primorsky Krai took steps to rescue the baby and to investigate the situation.
Tiger in the extreme exhaustion and symptoms of hypothermia was found by hunters hunting Ussuri military society in the woods near the village of Borisovka during routine work on the integration of game animals. The beast was so exhausted that it could take almost with bare hands. Small striped predator was released in the cabin area, as if asking people for help. Because of the direct threat to the life of the animal experts of the Office of hunting supervision of Primorsky Krai, who controls to account, quickly made the decision to withhold the nature of the cub and put it in a warm place for overexposure. Was organized by the duly qualified veterinary care of the Maritime State Academy of Agriculture, which gave the first results.
"Now the state of the cub serious but stable, there were trends towards improvement. World Wildlife Fund is ready to provide the necessary financial support to save this animal, - says program coordinator of WWF Russia Amur branch biodiversity Sergei Aramilev. - Despite the fact that the tiger was discovered at the weekend, the Office of hunting supervision immediately took steps, so there was no wasted time. According to our estimates, if the animal did not save the day, the next night would be his last. "
It is also important to understand why the baby was in trouble and got one. Normally, as the S. Aramilev, broods break up to the end of the second - at the beginning of the third year of life. This is Tiger Cub for about a year old. Specially organized group hunting supervision of the Office is currently in search of traces of mother-tigress.
"The main task of the group - to establish the reason why the cub separated from mother at an early age, to find a tigress or her tracks. And then, in the case of confirmation of the death of a tigress - to investigate and determine the cause, and in case of violent death - bring materials to the Ministry of Interior authorities for criminal prosecution, "- said the acting Head hunting supervision of Primorsky Krai, Vladimir Vasiliev.
Federal Law N 52-FZ "On Fauna" from 24.04. 1995 to the Office of hunting supervision of Primorsky Krai in charge for maintenance of the Red Book and the settlement of conflicts between humans and large predatory species of wild animals, including those listed in the Red Book of Russia. If you created the Office task force to resolve conflicts on the territory of Primorsky Krai. During 2011 there were more than 80 messages from people about the conflicts between tigers and humans, 13 of them confirmed and successfully resolved. In 2012 received 10 reports of conflict situations, six of whom had actual confirmation.
LE COURAGE DE SE PARLER
CHOIX SIMPLES
Instantanés européens: les barbares, entre infantilisme tardif et sénilité précoce.
1.La Grèce, berceau de la civilisation européenne, se voit imposer une séance de torture sociale pour un minimum théorique de 8 ans, qui l'enfoncera plus encore dans l'abîme. Ce pays de culture orthodoxe n'acceptera pas longtemps ce colonialisme de pillage et se tournera nécessairement vers un grand pays qui a historiquement assumé son héritage, qui plus est aujourd'hui et pour les décennies à venir financièrement excédentaire.
2.L'agriculture française n'est plus la première d'Europe, dépassée par l'Allemagne et les Pays Bas, à l'orientation résolument artificialiste privilégiant des fermes géantes hors sol (voir aussi ce qui se passe au Danemark avec les cochons).
L'Europe, comme Lilliput, a peur du Monde, de la Vie, de son Ombre. Elle s'assourdit et s'aveugle volontairement dans le bruit et la lumière du déni de réalité, et se noie dans sa propre barbarie.
Elle est, à tous points de vue, à la croisée des chemins, entre résignation à un contre modèle poussé à ses plus extrêmes conséquences, et choix économique et géopolitique permettant une sortie de crise civilisationnelle.
LA LOI DU PLUS FORT
En Juin prochain, la Russie célèbrera le deux centième anniversaire du début de la Guerre Patriotique contre l'Empire napoléonien. Le facteur décisif dans la victoire russe fut, plus encore que l'Hiver et la tactique de la Terre brûlée, la possession par l'armée du tsar d'un type de soldat qui fit la différence.
Si les Scythes, puis les Princes varègues, slaves et mongols, arrachèrent peu ou prou leur cheptel équin aux tigres et panthères d'Europe orientale, ils surent conserver à leur conquête l'essentiel de ses qualités originelles. Dans l'introduction de son ouvrage "Russia against Napoleon, the Battle for Europe", Dominic Lieven considère que, "de bien des manières, le plus grand héros de l'effort de guerre russe fut le cheval", et celui ci "constitua un facteur crucial, peut être même le facteur le plus décisif dans la défaite de Napoléon en Russie". Les chevaux du Don, qui feront toute la gloire de la Cavalerie légère, étaient à la fois rapides, bien plus résistants que ceux de la cavalerie française, capables de creuser le sol gelé à la recherche d'un peu d'herbe, avec des sabots très durs n'ayant nul besoin d'être ferrés (voir M. P. Rey. L'effroyable tragédie. Flammarion. 2012).
LA PRESTATION DE SERVICE SOCIAL DU SAUVAGE PEUT AUSSI SE CONCRETISER
AINSI.
LA CIVILISATION, C'EST LA DECENCE.
"Il le contempla avec affection au fond des yeux pendant un moment, puis étendit sa patte et lui tapota tendrement la face comme un chaton câlinant sa mère." Extrêmement prudent et précautionneux, le chasseur traditionnel demande la permission de tuer et marque sa reconnaissance à la victime quand son voeu est éxaucé. Il s'agit en l'occurence d'un grand puma, couché de tout son long, faisant face au gros mouton bighorn qu'il vient de tuer et qui gît sur le flanc (E. Marshall Thomas. THE TRIBE OF TIGER. 1994. Irrevocable trust).
GRANDIR OU MOURIR
LES GRANDS TIGRES N'EXISTENT PLUS. Il y a un siècle, un tigre du Nord mâle atteignait communément 320 kgs, certains se rapprochant des 400 Kgs. Aucun tigre sauvage ne dépasse 230 kgs aujourd'hui.
NETTEMENT PLUS PETITS, BEAUCOUP MOINS NOMBREUX. Même phénomène pour d'autres grands carnivores et herbivores terrestres, aussi bien que pour les cétacés ou les poissons. Et bien sûr les arbres géants.
UN MONDE D'ENFANTS. La société de consommation, fonctionnelle aux USA dans les années 20 et en Europe dans les années 50, a fait dégénérer la civilisation occidentale dans l'infantilisme physique, mental et psychologique. La métamorphose vers cet "homme nouveau" impliquait un environnement entièrement réaménagé à sa mesure : domestique et réifié. Le Monde sauvage, comme le monde Adulte, n'eurent plus alors qu'un caractère relictuel.
LA LYSE. A l'époque des premiers supermarchés français, des pêcheurs du dimanche observèrent, effarés, la véritable dissolution des populations des poissons dans les rivières. Dans le Bocage Bourbonnais, zone de l'Allier que je connais assez bien, Gérard Chambaron décrivit en son temps ce véritable printemps hydrographique silencieux.
LES VOYAGES FORMENT LA JEUNESSE. En 2014, Jacques Rougerie, architecte français passionné d'Océanographie, va se lancer, aux côtés de scientifiques, dans un voyage singulier à bord d'un véhicule unique de sa conception, Sea Orbiter, qui se déplacera grâce au Gulf Stream. J. Rougerie compare, à juste titre, son expédition à celle vers une autre planète, les Océans, leur fonctionnement, leurs habitants restant essentiellement méconnus. L'instantané historique des relevés et analyses de ce voyage sera très probablement un "point bas". Depuis le milieu du siècle dernier, les créatures marines (vertébrés notamment), n'atteignent plus leur âge ni leur taille adulte. Sans adultes, sociétés et océans dysfonctionnent jusqu'à la nécrose.
UN DIAGNOSTIC SOCIO ECOLOGIQUE REALISTE établi au plus vite avec lucidité et courage par la féralisation ("réensauvagement") de l' esprit est désormais d'une urgence vitale. Réapprendre l'Age d'Homme, seul à même de retrouver LE CHEMIN ("METHODOLOGOS") pour un Nouvel Âge de la Modernité (voir page "Modernité prospective", publiée le 21 août 2011 sur le présent blog).
RESTAURER TIGRIS MAJOR, DANS TOUS LES SENS DU TERME.
CE QUI FUT, ET QUE SEA ORBITER NE POURRA PAS REPERTORIER (cette fois ci...)
Un esturgeon de la Caspienne et un saumon de Chine occidentale aussi longs qu'un requin pélerin et aussi volumineux qu'un hippopotame mâle.
Un silure de la Volga aussi long qu'un crocodile géant.
Une truite de Sakhaline aussi longue et volumineuse qu'un thon.
Un requin baleine d'une longueur de 20 mètres.
Des troupeaux de 100 requins pélerins.
Une Morue du Labrador aussi volumineuse qu'un ours brun de la même région.
PEUT - ETRE LORS D'UN VOYAGE ULTERIEUR, SI DESORMAIS, NOUS REAPPRENONS A GRANDIR...
LA MORT DANS UN RUCHER
MORT D'UNE JEUNE TIGRESSE AFFAMEE DANS UN RUCHER LE 30 JANVIER DANS LE DISTRICT DE KHABAROVSK, AU DELA DU 51ème PARALLELE (source : Pavel Fomenko, ce jour).
"In this tragic case is, of course, that shoot almost an adult female, which in the long term, could leave offspring, - says program coordinator of WWF Russia Amur branch biodiversity Pavel Fomenko. - The most disturbing and alarming are the potential motives which prompted concealed under normal conditions, the tiger to go to housing rights and carry out an attack. Research and analysis of causes of death of the physiological state of the predator, conducted by veterinarians of the Maritime Academy of Agriculture, pointed out that the beast was in a high degree of exhaustion and, moreover, bore traces of the old skin of a gunshot wound. "
The most difficult part of the project by WWF and the Swedish zoo "North Ark", aimed at preserving the most northerly in the Sikhote-Alin group of Amur tiger is the most extreme track calls of predators. This is important, especially in terms of prevention of conflicts between tigers and humans, as the tiger, getting in terms of unusual for him, as a rule, the lack of basic food items, may pose a threat to humans or pets. The key point of this monitoring is to fix sound scientific information about the pulsations of tiger habitat, species dispersal, and its adaptation to new conditions. Therefore, the incident in the district of the Khabarovsk Territory Vaninsky immediately attracted the attention of WWF.
January 30, 2012 a young female tiger about six o'clock in the evening came to an apiary, standing on the bank of the river Tumnin. To make it clearer where it is - you find on the map 51 parallel and back on it 60 kilometers inland from the coast of the Tatar Strait. Most likely, the tiger caught the barking of dogs, which were near the home.
Hunter received a call from the Director of Services for the protection of fauna and especially protected natural territories of Khabarovsk Krai, Yuri cap on January 31. "Blocked" the guard apiaries in the back room, but the shot was driven away into the forest. The next morning, the beast came back to the shelter and attacked a guard dog. Hunter came out on the dogs barking and saw rushing upon him, and a predator had been shooting to kill ...
Immediately after the call has been collected a commission composed of the Director of Services for the protection of wildlife, Head of the Department of Rosprirodnadzor DFO Dmitry Grankina and program coordinator of WWF Russia Amur Branch of Pavel Fomenko. By investigating officer was involved district police office.
"The observed traces on the ground shooting a tiger, the evidence and situational analysis along with the interrogation of witnesses confirmed that the shooting of the tiger did not occur intentionally. Explicit aggressive predator could lead to loss of life, and in this case, in the opinion of the commission, of the person who committed the shooting of a tiger are compelled and justified ", - said Yuri cap.
According to the latest extreme northern approaches of predators observed in the Khabarovsk region in almost Amur estuary, the transition was recorded on the left bank of the Amur tiger. Traces of the tiger have been met this winter in the Jewish autonomous and Amur regions. All these reports are closely reviewed by experts from the WWF and, if necessary, made the field of certification information in order to create the conditions for human security and the preservation of the predator.
The conditions under which the predator was in Vaninsky region of Khabarovsk Krai, were really supercomplex to the survival of young females.
"The current Federal Reserve Tumninsky close with a unique geographical position, which could potentially be home to the northern tiger is now virtually unattended and not secured. The virtual absence of typical food resources and poaching - this is the main limiting factor for the dispersal of tigers "- draws the attention of the public and the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources Director, WWF Russia Amur Branch Yuri Darman.
NOUVEAU RENFORT
LES TIGRES LES PLUS AU NORD ETOFFENT LEURS EFFECTIFS, EN LIEN AVEC DE MEILLEURES CONDITIONS DE VIE POUR LES HABITANTS (source: Pavel Fomenko, coordonnateur de l'Inspection Tigre pour le District de Khabarovsk, ce jour).
New vehicles GAZ-66, UAZ, cargo "Mitsubishi L200» and snowmobiles, which are in a festive atmosphere in the presence of the media in early February, stuck Pandu - the symbol of WWF, will help inspectors and staff Anyui National Park Service to protect wildlife and protected areas more effectively patrol the specially protected areas and hunting grounds in the area Nanaiskiy Khabarovsk Krai. This is where the edge of the area is the Amur tiger, which is aimed at preserving "Northern Tiger" - a joint project of WWF and the Swedish zoo.
"As shown by monitoring of the territory inhabited by the National Park today, 10.8 Tiger. Particularly positive is that among them is not the first we register three females. This year they are all in place: one without cubs, another tigress - two two-year baby, and still have one - three year-old cub. After all, if females choose breeding place of national park, so they feel comfortable in this territory, and we have taken security measures to bring results, "- said the director of the National Park "Anyuiskiy" Alexander Samarin.
During 2.5 years of service natspaka compiled 557 different protocols for violators of environmental laws, but it is, so to speak, an indirect indicator. A basic, one that can be seen this year in the forest - is to increase the number of ungulates - the main forage resource for the tiger.
"Most importantly, we were able to establish an effective system of ungulates. After all, when we have 3 years ago set about the work area was thoroughly destroyed - says A.Samarin. - The staff at the National Park Service Protection must be 60 inspectors working the same 17. On the other bets simply do not yet have financing. But even the available number of inspectors we have been able, I think, to do a lot. And in many ways - through the World Wildlife Fund, which not only helps us to build up technical equipment guards, shoes, dress Polevikov, but also made a major gift to the park - has acquired office building, reconstruction of which we are doing now. "
"Anyuiskiy" - the largest of the protected areas created in Russia for the protection of tigers in the past few years. "Horseshoe" area of 429,000 hectares of land it covers the middle of the Sikhote-Alin on the right bank of the Amur. This is a particularly protected area (PA) plays the role of ecological corridor linking the beasts Anyui river basin with the rest of the area.
"Northern Tiger" is focused on the one hand, the most northern group of Amur tiger, it stabilized and, in the long term, population growth, on the other hand - those people who live next to this formidable predator and which largely depends on its well-being - says program coordinator of WWF Russia Amur branch biodiversity Pavel Fomenko. - The area of our project - a place inhabited by the indigenous peoples of the Amur Region, Udege and Nanai. The fight against poaching and specific actions to increase the number of wild hoofed animals, including non-ethnic food for local communities and also the main food resources tiger, will help avoid conflicts between predators and humans. The development of the traditional nature, hunting, tourism and new jobs in the National Park will enable local residents to experience the importance of this federal protected areas for themselves and their children. No accident that one of our key partners is the Association of Indigenous Peoples of the north of Khabarovsk Krai. "
This year in the National Park are fishing Anyui 14 local hunters in the past year there were 17. Anyone who has had hunting areas in this territory before the creation of the park have the opportunity to hunt in the park in the area of traditional land. In 2011 the park began to take by dividing the firewood for local residents. 172 applications were received last year and was harvested 5.5 thousand cubic meters. This year already 220 families from the surrounding villages have filed an application in a national park for firewood. This is not the primary activity of the National Park, but the administration of federal protected areas it is also engaged in the framework agreed at the MNR forest development plan to ease social tensions and to help people with firewood in the implementation of sanitary felling. Among the anti-poaching ranger brigades, created by the project "Northern Tiger" operating in the National Park and Aboriginal people: for the best local resident will understand their fellow tribesmen, such as Nanai and Udege. Summer in the village of Trinity, in the building of the national park office, visitor center will open, which means new jobs for working with tourists. Not far off - arrangement of ethnic villages, which will feature homes, gun production, objects of everyday life of indigenous peoples, and even the demo will be equipped with a hunting Putikov. All these examples suggest that more people in the area Nanaiskiy somehow already involved and will continue to participate in the activities of the national park, and most importantly, it will be good neighbors. If you recall the years of survey materials, which is held by students in the district, then 52% of people not only willing to cooperate with the park, but also know in what area of work.
WWF Project "Northern Tiger" is to ensure environmentally sustainable development Anyui National Park and surrounding areas. Because of the striped cats inhabit, of course, outside the federal protected areas: in Nanaiskiy area, according to monitoring data, recorded about 15-17 tigers. Their guards outside the park in partnership with the Service for the protection of wildlife and protected areas and hunting Office of Natural Resources of the Khabarovsk Territory.
"Our primary goal - to combat poaching and the maintenance of the protected areas of regional significance. On this project since September 2011 in Nanaiskiy area in the Natural Park "Gur Hoso" has already conducted 12 raids, patrols, revealed 34 cases of violations of environmental laws, including 2 - illegal hunting of elk, 11edinits seized firearms, of which 7 nezaregistrirovanny in the organs of Internal Affairs - told reporters at a press conference at the National Park Director of Services for the protection of wildlife and protected areas, Yuri cap. - The load on our inspectors lies a large: 74 million hectares of hunting grounds of the Khabarovsk Krai - 32 inspectors, that is, more than 2 million per person!. With the WWF for the protection of tiger habitat, we purchased a car UAZ, snowmobile "Buran", a boat engine. But what else is missing, it's all-terrain vehicle. In the same park "Gur-HOSO," where there are practically no roads, no all-terrain vehicle to patrol the area very difficult. "
Support WWF is not limited to the acquisition of technology, investment in environmental education, counseling. "North Ark» WWF Russia sent a group of employees and the National Park Service to protect wildlife and protected areas of the Khabarovsk Krai in this northern country to explore the experiences of sustainable environmental management. First of all - to increase the number of hoofed animals. The harmonious existence of a stable tiger population and the indigenous population in one area - the main objective of the project "Northern Tiger."
VIGUEUR SOLAIRE
L'APPEL AU SOLEIL DE L'OURS DEBOUT SUR SES PATTES POSTERIEURES. "Celui que je regarde, c'est moi - même".
Deuxième édition, ce jour, d'une CHANDELOURS EURASIENNE, initiée l'an dernier avec Stephan Carbonnaux, naturaliste, responsable du site ARTZAMENDI
http://www.artzamendi.fr
et du blog
Nature Sauvage et Civilisation
L'appel de l'ours au soleil au début du mois de février est dans la continuité de celle du tigre du Nord à partir de la mi - janvier.
A nos yeux, ours et tigre, en tant que véritables constructeurs et mainteneurs de vastes et complexes milieux fonctionnels, constituent les deux têtes de l'aigle bicéphale eurasien, symbôle d'un espace geopolitique du bois, de l'herbe et de l'eau (comme il y eut, au début des années 50, l'Europe du charbon et de l'acier).
Le tigre du Nord est intimement lié au pignon du pin de Corée, graine qui offre survie et prospérité aux créatures de l'extrême orient russe, herbivores et carnivores (espèce humaine incluse), terrestres et aquatiques. A ce titre, tigre et ours agissent de concert dans la maintenance de l'arbre, par différents apports, dont celle du saumon et d'autres poissons, partiellement dévorés en pleine forêt.
En Asie centrale, les ours "cultivent" et bonifient une pomme sauvage d'une qualité exceptionnelle, depuis la préhistoire. Cette pomme est pour la Russie méridionale ("les pommes du jardin des Hespérides" de la Colchide géorgienne) et la Haute Asie l'équivalent écologique du pignon de pin pour l'extrême - orient russe. Les espaces kazakhs furent aussi le plus vaste verger au monde.
Ours, tigre et écureuil furent par ailleurs associés dans l'édification d'une immense forêt de noyers dans le sud de l'actuel Kyrgystan.
A ce titre, l'ours centre asiatique fut clairement à l'origine d'un écosystème qui, jusqu'au début du siècle dernier, fut l'espace ouvert le plus riche au monde (plus encore que l'Afrique orientale). L'ours est donc aussi un agent tigrogène.
Avant l'annexion de la Haute Asie par les russes, cette région comptait autant de tigres que de loups dans le royaume de France au XVIIIème siècle.
LA VIGUEUR SOLAIRE EST EN TRAIN DE SE REACTIVER.
DAY OF TIGER SWAMPS, THE TRUE DRAGOON
AUJOURD'HUI EST CELEBREE LA JOURNEE DES ZONES HUMIDES LIEES AUX TIGRES EURASIENS.
CLASSEMENT D'UN ESPACE DE PRES DE 10 000KM2 SUR LA RIVIERE ILI, AU KAZAKHSTAN, ZONE D'ACCUEIL D'UNE POPULATION DE GRANDS FELINS DANS LES PROCHAINES ANNEES.
DEUX ESPACES HUMIDES SUPPLEMENTAIRES CLASSES EN RESERVE NATURELLE SUR L'AMOUR.
Source : WWF Russia, ce jour.
1. In anticipation of the holiday delta of the Ili River and the southern part of Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan declared wetland of international importance.
The total area of new land is 976.630 hectares - is a vast area, which is approximately equal to half of
Slovenia. Wetland located in southern
Kazakhstan, between the desert Sary Ishik-reflection and Taukum. Now this area is included in the list of Wetlands of International Importance of the Ramsar Convention, which was signed February 2,
1971.
Or Delta - the largest natural inland delta in Central Asia. It connects the river to Lake Balkhash, and is home to a rich desert flora (427 species) and
fauna (345 species), as well as habitat for rare species. These include, for example, gazelle (ghazal form), ligation (family
Mustelidae), white-headed duck and red-breasted goose (family Anatidae), tongue (a kind of sturgeon). Over 70 thousand birds inhabit the area, including more than 1% of world population 8 species of birds, such as
the Dalmatian pelican. On the
territory there are important fishery water bodies and its floodplains provide fertile pastures and hayfields.
"This is the area identified as a priority for the development of a tiger rehabilitation program in
Kazakhstan, - Olga Pereladova, head of the WWF in Central Asia. - Giving the area Ramsar site status is
extremely important as it allows to bring to these ecosystems more international attention and prevent a decline in the flow of water that can be caused by the development plans of the
irrigation systems in China's Ili river valley. "
The new wetland of international importance are located in three nature reserves - Balkhash, and Karoyskogo
Kukanskogo. The Government of Kazakhstan plans to significantly improve the conservation status of the territory, is based on
three single national park reserves.
2. Wetlands of the Amur augmented by new territories of international importance
In the Amur region to preserve rare cranes and storks Far East with the support of WWF are working on giving the status of wetlands of international importance for two more game reserves - Tashinskomu and Amur
February 2 is World Day of wetlands, designed to draw the attention of the public and governments around the world on the value of wetlands to maintain the sustainable development of our planet.
Vast flocks descend ducks, geese, snipe at the lake and tributaries of the great river swamps, resting, waiting for the weather, supported by a multi-day trips during the Arctic tundra in. And for the 300 species of birds Amur River basin - a place where they were born, grew up and where to return annually to build a nest and bring offspring.
Wetlands are of international importance of the Amur and as breeding sites of rare and beautiful birds of the world - Japan and the Daurian cranes, storks Far East. So here are declared Ramsar sites six areas, including transboundary reserves « Dauria and "Lake Hanka": Torey lake Baikal, Lake Hanka in Primorye, the Khingan-Arharinskaya lowland and Zeya-Bureya plain in the Amur region, and Bolon Udyl Lakes region in the Khabarovsk Territory.
"These areas are not enough to keep all the splendor of rare birds, which is home to the Amur basin. And it was here 95% of nests remaining in the world of the Far Eastern storks, 65% Japanese and 50% Daurian cranes. – Therefore, analyzing the long-term observations and counts, WWF Steel initiator to give the status of wetlands of international importance has two game reserves in the Amur region - in the area and Romnenskom "Amur" - in Constantine. Both these areas are of great importance for the conservation of rare wading birds - cranes and storks Far East. This work we do together with the Directorate of specially protected natural territories of the Amur region, "- says SvetlanaTitova, Program Coordinator, PA on the Amur branch of WWF Russia.
In spring and autumn thousands of birds flock to reserve located in the corn fields, resting after a long flight and accumulating strength before the next "Throw". During the autumn of counts in the reserve account for some years prior to 2500 Cranes - black Daurian, Japan. 2-3 pairs of Japanese and Daurian cranes annually chosen the area as a place for breeding chicks. Nest in the reserve and one of the largest in southern Zeya-Bureya plain grouping Far Stork - in 2011 there were reported 13 residential aistinyh nests. Birds in the reserve and help people - spend filing of trees suitable for nests, installed support for artificial nests, conduct fire wood.
Tashinsky Reserve, covering an area of 190 thousand hectares, is "Home" for 30 pairs of the Far Eastern stork. Nest here, and Japanese White-naped cranes, whooper swan, curlew Far East, mandarin, Sukhonos. Numerous lakes and rivers in the reserve are home to thousands of waterfowl - ducks and geese.
L'APPEL
L'éditorial du journal indien "The Hindu" du 14 janvier est un vibrant appel pour augmenter les territoires du tigre et réduire les conflits hommes - félins, au bénéfice des deux.
The distressing incident of a tiger killing a farmer and devouring part of the cadaver in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district highlights the need for scientific efforts to reduce conflicts between people and wild animals. Encounters between tigers and humans are likely to occur in less than one per cent of the country's geographical area today. Tiger numbers have dwindled because they were hunted down either as dangerous vermin that stood in the way of expansion of agriculture or as prized trophies. In spite of legal protection, poaching remains a threat. Also, habitat capable of supporting the large cats has shrunk and become increasingly fragmented. Yet some communities living close to forests face conflicts. It is important to understand that man-eating is not a widespread phenomenon, and the species generally avoids human encounters. Some tigers do get involved in opportunistic attacks and may begin stalking humans as normal prey. Man-eating is more common in the Sunderbans, where such attacks are often by more than one tiger. The answer to this human-tiger conflict lies in good conservation science and in mitigation measures that help people co-exist with the carnivores at the landscape level.
To many scientists, the most effective interventions to achieve a reduction in attacks by tigers are those designed to eliminate human pressures on the habitat. Relocation of people from tiger territory with handsome compensatory packages is a superior alternative to crisis management techniques that invariably follow attacks. Problems in voluntary relocation such as lack of alternative land, corruption, and cultural factors do persist, but suitable incentives can persuade more forest residents to move out. It may still be necessary to use lethal methods to remove some problem tigers in order to avoid widespread retaliatory actions by villagers. Protective fencing of habitations is sometimes advocated, but as studies by independent and Project Tiger researchers show, encounters take place mostly in free-ranging situations, particularly in forests where villagers graze livestock.
All this makes it clear that it is vital to maintain a strong prey base within the habitat. This can ensure that wild tigers do not seek out cattle. Connectivity between forest fragments free of habitations also needs to be ensured. India now has far fewer tigers than leopards. Unlike the spotted cats, they do not adapt themselves well to the presence of humans nearby. Both species are involved in conflicts, but tigers are less resilient. Creating wider undisturbed habitat will benefit both.
INDE : CONDITIONNEL PRESENT
LE BILAN OFFICIEL DES MORTS VIOLENTES DE TIGRES SAUVAGES DUES A UNE INTERVENTION HUMAINE EN 2011 EST D'AU MOINS 51 (Times of India du 5 Décembre dernier).
Nous publions ici la "bonne nouvelle" suivante publiée par le même journal le 23 Décembre.
Avec, pour notre part, une extrême prudence quant à sa réalité effective.
KOLKATA: Buxa Tiger Reserve, a favourite holiday destination for wildlife lovers where tales abound of phantom tiger sightings, may have finally regained its stripes.
A report by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has concluded that the North Bengal reserve - which has never had a steady tiger population and hasn't reported a sighting for over a decade - is home to 20 tigers, four of which are female. "The report was sent to us last week," said SB Mondal, principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife). "The scientists have done a DNA analysis of the scat samples sent to them in March. We always knew there were tigers in the park, but the sightings were low. Now, with the CCMB's report of 20 tigers, we have enough reason to back our claims."
Pendant ce temps, le gouvernement indien prépare pour cette année l'ouverture d'un centre de reproduction pour tigres blancs " who will eventually be released into semi-wild habitats"... (Hindustan Times du 1er janvier ).
CHINE : ANNEES DECISIVES
EN DECEMBRE 2011, LE CHINA DAILY APPELAIT LES AUTORITES A PRENDRE A BRAS LE CORPS LA PERTE D'HABITAT ET LE BRACONNAGE DES TIGRES SAUVAGES DE CHINE DU NORD ("TIGRES DE MANDCHOURIE). EN 70 ANS, LEURS EFFECTIFS SONT PASSES DE 300 A 20. SI RIEN DE COHERENT N'EST ENTREPRIS EN 2012, CES ANIMAUX AURONT DISPARU DE CETTE REGION DU PAYS AU DEBUT DES ANNEES 2030, VOIRE AVANT. MEME LES ECUREUILS Y SONT DEVENUS RARES.
L'AFFAIRE NECESSITE UNE GESTION TRIPARTITE RUSSO - SINO - NORD COREENNE.
LA CHINE FUT, HISTORIQUEMENT, LE PAYS DU TIGRE PAR EXCELLENCE. IL FUT LE SEUL A HEBERGER SUR SON TERRITOIRE, JUSQU'AU SIECLE DERNIER, les 5 VARIETES
GEOGRAPHIQUES CONTINENTALES EXISTANTES DE CET ANIMAL : tigre de Chine du Sud (aujourd'hui disparu, et que Li Quan tente de réimplanter à partir de l'Afrique du Sud), tigre de Mandchourie, tigre
d'Inde, tigre d'Asie du Sud - Est, tigre "de la Caspienne" (branche eurasienne occidentale du tigre de Mandchourie).
BEIJING - The last remaining Siberian tigers living wild in Northeast China could disappear within decades, as poaching and illegal logging continue to take their toll, experts have warned.
Research by Chinese authorities and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has discovered that the animal is already one of the planet's most endangered species.
In just the last 70 years, the estimated population of Siberian tigers, or Amur tigers, has plummeted from as many as 300 to just 18 to 22.
"If the government fails to take effective measures, it's foreseeable that these creatures could disappear from China within 10 to 20 years," said Zhu Chunquan, conservation director of biodiversity and operations at the WWF's Beijing office.
"The poaching of wild animals, which is the tigers' main food source, is the greatest threat to their survival," he said, adding that extensive logging in the mountainous provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin has also massively reduced their natural habitats.
Since 1996, when hunting for wildlife was banned in both provinces, authorities have noted a sharp rise in poaching with iron-wire snares.
Zhu said traps can be easily bought in small shops close to forest areas, with most used to catch red deer, sika deer, wild boars and roe deer, which Amur tigers hunt for food.
"A decade ago, we'd see roe deer while driving by (the forests)," said Cao Zhiquan, director of Qiyuan Forest Farm in Dongfanghong township, Heilongjiang. "Now it's even rare to see a squirrel."
Traps also pose a huge risk to the tigers, too. In October, a dead Siberian tiger was found with a wire snare around its neck near a reservoir in Mishan, Heilongjiang. Wildlife experts said the animal did not choke to death straight away, but instead died several days later from starvation.
A WWF survey of the wild tigers' habitats in Heilongjiang and Jilin found an average of 1.6 traps for every 10 kilometers.
"Volunteers from the WWF hold campaigns to remove traps every year, but we've gradually accepted the fact that we cannot clear all the traps ourselves," Zhu said. "To effectively protect the tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating wild animals. This isn't something that can be done over a short time, though."
As with poaching, illegal logging became prevalent after the government introduced restrictions, with a total ban placed on the felling of natural forest in 2000.
China's State Forestry Administration said that due to technical constraints and poor management, most wild Siberian tiger reserves, such as the one in Wanda Mountain in Heilongjiang, still lack effective monitoring systems.
In addition, these reserves are often short of workers and do not have enough people with sufficient knowledge about tiger protection.
To preserve the precious tiger species, experts are calling for more international cooperation, especially between China and Russia.
An estimated total of 500 wild Siberian tigers live in Russia's Far East and Northeast China, yet infrastructure construction has fragmented the populations.
"Border fences as high as 2 meters are a big obstacle for the tigers to get past," Zhu said, adding that the WWF is looking to help China and Russia protect and restore links between the tigers' habitats. "By doing so, hundreds of wild Siberian tigers in Russia will be able to travel to China, which will result in more cubs being born."
The conservationist said both countries should try to make agreements to use recording devices along the border, instead of fences.
"We are striving to double the population of wild Siberian tigers in China by 2022, but more international cooperation is needed," Zhu said.
The State Forestry Administration said China has paid great attention to international cooperation on tiger conservation and has promised more joint projects.
The country has already reached agreements with India and Russia on tiger protection, while a series of measures, such as habitat surveys and information exchanges, have been carried out with other countries and international organizations.
