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The director of the Altai Reserve about the history of one of the oldest reserves in Russia and its most interesting natural attractions

Director of the National Park Viktor Grishenkov spoke about reserved lands, rare animals and cultural and historical landmarks

The key to a successful ecotourism destination lies in active participation of the local host community, says Partha Pratim Das, a wildlife conservationist from Assam (India)

The director of the WWF-Russia shared his plans for the next five years

Aged 89, he opens the mountain skiing season in Bansko in winter together with famous champions, and in summer, he climbs up to the mountains to remove rubbish

The story of how the founder of a successful online farm food store moved from Moscow to a village in the Yaroslavl forests near the ancient Lake Pleshcheyevo and launched a new project - a farm and a weekend restaurant

Once the cultural and political centre of ancient Russia, Suzdal is annually visited by about 1.5 million tourists

‘Ecotourists are the best choice for volunteer forest restoration,’ says Elena Gorokhova, director of the ECA Movement

Dmitry Bogdanov, director general of the ‘Znanie’ Health Centre, speaks on how the health centres and resorts in Sochi emerge from the Covid-19 quarantine

Anatoly Kalina, director of the Curonian Spit National Park, speaks on how the cultural landscape influences the relations between people and tells about the creation of information corridors, and the development of ecotourism