Vladimir Putin visits Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve
Vladimir Putin visits Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve this summer where he observed the habitat of a snow leopard. 01.11.2010, Sputnik International
The Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve is one of the unique places in Asia where nature has created a wonderful phenomenon – a specific “parade of landscapes.” Photo: Vladimir Putin during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
The Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve has a variety of ecosystems: from mountainous tundra zones to deserts. Photo: Vladimir Putin during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
The Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve is a special model of the world, a little biosphere that lives by the same law as the planet’s biosphere. Photo: Vladimir Putin during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
In 1997, the preserve was awarded international Biosphere Reserve status. Now the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve is expected to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Photo: Vladimir Putin during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
The preserve is located in South Siberia, the eponymous mountain hollow near the Ubsu-Nur Lake in Tyva. Photo: Vladimir Putin during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
The Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve actively cooperates with the nearby protected territories of Mongolia. Photo: Vladimir Putin during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
An Ubsunur international center of biosphere research was created in 1992 in Kyzyl under the auspices of the Siberian department of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Republic of Tyva to protect and examine the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
Vladimir Putin and Sergei Sobyanin during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve.
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