Author participates in the anti-poaching raid in one the remote areas of Manchuria | Russian Far East

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APPLIED SPECIES CONSERVATION
: anti-poaching raid in the Koppi River State Reserve

2. Pacific coast near Emperor’s Bay | Russian Far East
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3. Skyline | Khabarovsk, Russia
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4. Historic waterfront | Khabarovsk, Russia
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5. Manchuria | Russian Far East
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7. Orochi tribal chief performs ritual dance | Russian Far East
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8. Rangers commute more than 100 km between the Reserve Headquarters and inspection sites
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9. Only such long, flat-bottom boats are able to withstand the Koppi River rapids
and navigate through its shallow channels. The boats are not built commercially
and constructed exclusively by the native tribes and handful of local villagers |
Koppi River, Russia
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10. The downstream of the Koppi River | Russian Far East
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11. Fishermen village in the downstream of the Koppi River | Russian Far East
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12. In ranger’s boat, the Koppi River | Russian Far East
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13. Sign at the boundary of the reserve “State Nature Reserve ‘Koppi’ -
Presence Without Permit is Forbidden” | the Koppi River, Russian Far East
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14. Aquatic boundary of the "Koppi" Author with ranger's rifle | "Koppi"
Nature Reserve | Russian Far East Nature Reserve, Russian Far East
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15. Brown bear on the hunt for the moose calf |
"Koppi" Nature Reserve, Russian Far East
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Moose calf climbs out of water as moose-cow watches
over him| "Koppi" Nature Reserve, Russian Federation
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16. Summer office at the ranger's station | "Koppi" Nature Reserve, Russian Federation
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17. Riverbanks with blooming Rhododendron manchuricum
| "Koppi" Nature Reserve, Russian Far East
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18. "Bolshekhekhtsyrsky" State Nature Preserve, panorama | near Khabarovsk, Russia
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