State Nature Biosphere Reserve “TAIMYRSKY” http://taimyrsky.ru http://taimyr.info http://byrranga.ru

The reserve is located in the tundra

zone, its territory is represented by

mountain and lowland landscapes. It

also hosts unique areas of the world's

most northern forests - Ary-Mas and

Lukunsky.

Fauna of the reserve includes 25 species of mammals, 127 species of birds and 24 of

fish. Among them there are 26 rare and protected (Red Books of IUCN, Russia and

Krasnojarsky region).

Muskox, acclimated to the site

"Bikada" in 1974 is now widely

spread through the north of Taimyr.

Taimyr population of wild reindeer

is the largest in the world.

The Laptev Sea Atlantic subspecies of

walrus is included in the IUCN Red List

and Red Book if Russia. Since 2013,

reserve launched a long-term program

to study its population with the support

from WWF .

Red-breasted Goose is also included

in the list of rare and endangered

animals.

Research & monitoring In 2012, the research department of the reserve included 20 people, 7 of them with

a degree. Research on 14 scientific topics, including:

- Inventory and monitoring flora of the reserve and neighboring territories.

Flora of the reserve includes 484 species of vascular plants and 287 species of

mosses. Results of multi-year research are published in the monograph "Flora of

vascular plants of Taimyr and neighboring territories". Scientists of Reserve also participate in the

international program “Arctic Shorebird

Demographics Network”. There carry out

coordinated demographic studies of model species

of waders to determine the factors influencing

their numbers. Participation in the "Programme

for the collection of data on the conditions of the

arctic breeding birds", which aims to create an

information resource on Arctic biodiversity

(http://www.arcticbirds.net/) continues as well.

Project to

monitor waders

on the Taimyr

Peninsula.

- Inventory of reserve soil cover, moni-

toring of seasonal thawing and tem-

perature of the seasonal thawing layer.

- Landscape mapping of the territory and inventory of reserve ecosystems, carried out on

the basis of "Nature of Eastern Taimy" database and GIS "Eastern Taimyr“.

According to the research, 147

scientific papers were published in 2012

only. Total of more than 1,500

publication were created during the

whole history of the reserve, including

foreign publications. 5 "Transactions"

of the reserve were published, and also

series of monographs on the flora,

fauna and ethnography. The staff of the

scientific department created and

maintains websites "Taimyr Reserve",

"Flora of Taimyr" and WEB-GIS

"Taimyr Reserve”.

Reserve contribution to the

preservation of

biodiversity of the Arctic. Scientists of the reserve participated in the

design and organization of the territory of

traditional nature use "Popigay"which is a

regional level Protected Area. Reserve puts

forward proposals to expand the network of

protected areas north of the Krasnoyarsk

Territory. Reserve scientists collaborated in

the project to organize 2 regional wildlife

preserves. Scientists of the reserve

participated in UNDP project "Expert

assessment of landscape diversity and the

integrity of the landscape, the impact of

natural and anthropogenic factors on the

landscape, the preparation of proposals to

reduce the threat landscape diversity and

preserve the integrity of landscapes." The list

of rare and threatened plants of Taimyr is

included in the new edition of the Red Book

of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Plants &

Mushrooms). Certain scientists of the reserve

are included in the group of CAFF experts to

develop a plan for pan-Arctic terrestrial

ecosystems monitoring.

Cooperation with local communities and

environmental education.

Museum of Nature and Ethnography is based at the reserve and successfully

develops. The staff of museum and of the department of environmental

education is formed exclusively of the members of the indigenous population

of Taimyr. The museum provides exhibits and photos telling about the

nature of the region, and keeps palaeontological and mineralogical

collections as well as extensive ethnographic collection - national costumes,

handicrafts.

Officers of the protection department,

in addition to protection of the cordon

territories, are involved in the

protection of tribal lands of the

indigenous population.

Reserve stuff members are actively

involved in the promotion and

implementation of national

holidays and regularly travel with

lectures and exhibitions to remote

communities.

Development of tourism. Remoteness and inaccessibility of the Taimyr

Reserve, as well as extreme weather conditions

hinder the development of mass tourism in the

region. However, the region is attractive for

birdwatching enthusiasts, for water and water-

hiking, tracking, skiing and mountain hikes.

Tourists from Kazan on

Lake Taimyr, 2011

Specialized types of

northern tourism - Spring

race by dogs and

reindeers .