Scientists of the Saylyugemsky National Park (Republic of Altai) conducted a count of the Altai mountain sheep (argali, argali) and came to the conclusion that the number of these animals has grown to 2,488 individuals.
“For comparison, in 2014, during the first monitoring, scientists counted only 525 mountain sheep. The number has quadrupled. The positive dynamics in the conservation of the Altai mountain sheep is the result of many years of conservation work,” the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources reported on its website.
The current number of argali is 30 percent higher than was revealed during the previous monitoring.
The Russian Union of Travel Industry reported a significant increase in Russian tourists visiting Cuba. By the end of August, nearly 133,000 Russian tourists had arrived in the country, marking a 124% increase compared to the previous year
The press service of the Roscongress Foundation announced that the authorities of Kalmykia have developed a project for a program to restore the great bustard population in the Northwestern Caspian region
The press service of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the United States shared a story on Facebook about how a discarded chip packet nearly led to an ecological catastrophe
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