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Conservation and Education Initiatives at Kandalaksha Reserve

Discover the science and educational programs at the protected areas in Kandalaksha Bay, with seabird species counts and student involvement. Educational outcomes include thousands of young people and PhDs. Expert-led groups study seabirds along the coast and on Veliky Island.

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Conservation and Education Initiatives at Kandalaksha Reserve

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  1. Kandalaksha Reserve:Science & Education

  2. Protected areas in the Kandalaksha Bay

  3. Kandalaksha Reserve: • 9 areas in the Kandalaksha bay • 350 breeding islands in the protected areas • Total counts all nesting seabird species from the mid 1970s

  4. 3-4 ornithologists • Helpers: • 100-150 schoolchildren and students from different cities (Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, etc.) per year • Biology oriented groups with professional leader • Leader are scientists or biology teachers usually • Stable leaders

  5. Educational results: • About 5 000 young people had a field practice in the Reserve • About 100 PhD in different sciences • Distribution all around the world

  6. Seabird counts along seacoast, Veliky Island, 1982 (A. Kondratyev, A. Goryashko)

  7. Students measure the Eider duckling, Veliky Island, 1981(V.Pravosudov & A.Kondratyev)

  8. Self survival activity, Veliky Island, 1981(M. Gavrilo)

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