New protected areas in the Arctic
Russian authorities intend to establish five new specially protected areas in the Arctic, one of them in the Barents Sea.
The new protected areas are located respectively in the area of the Bear Islands in the far east, in the peninsula of Chukotka, in Taymyr and in the Barents Sea, Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev told journalists this week.
The new nature reserve (zapovednik) in the Barents Sea will be named after the town of Kandalaksha in the Kola Peninsula, the minister said.
Russia from before has nine nature reserves (zapovedniki), one national park and two federal wildlife reserves (zakazniki) in its Arctic, RIA Novosti reports.
As previously reported, Russia is also cooperating with US. authorities about the establishment of a huge natural park which is to stretch over both the parts of the Chukotka Peninsula and Alaska.
