The Interregional Association "Irbis" will present Russia’s nature conservation experience at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17)

The Irbis Association acted as one of the organisers and partners of the meeting of participating countries, together with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia, and also supported the participation of leading Russian experts in the programme of the Russian pavilion.
On Snow Leopard International Day in Yerevan, at the meeting of the parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), sessions and events of the business programme were held in the following areas: "Conservation of the Snow Leopard in the World: Current Challenges and Issues of Transboundary Cooperation (within the framework of Snow Leopard International Day)" and "Ecology, Evolution and the Future of Big Cats".
Reports on the conservation of the irbis and the manul, as well as on the role and contribution of specially protected natural areas to snow leopard conservation, were presented by experts from environmental organisations and business leaders — partners of the Irbis Association: the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia; the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic; the Scientific Commission on the CITES Convention of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia; the Global Initiative for Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and Preparation of the Seventh National Reports; the SayanoShushensky Nature Reserve; Mars LLC; the Saylyugemsky National Park; the Amur Tiger Centre (ANO); the Land of the Leopard National Park; the International Big Cat Alliance; and the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPEE RAS).
During the meeting, experts from the Irbis Association and its partners will continue their work in the areas of business-state partnerships for nature conservation and corporate biodiversity projects of Russian businesses.