Phoenix Fund
organization
Phoenix Fund (Фонд "Феникс") is a Russian wildlife and forest conservation organization serving regions of the Russian Far East, especially Primorski Krai and Khabarovsk Krai. This area includes globally significant biodiversity, including the Amur leopard, Siberian tiger, and other predators, as well as a number of recognized Protected Areas including national parks, wildlife refuges, and nature reserves.
Phoenix Fund was founded by Russian and U.S. conservationists and registered in Vladivostok as a Russian non-profit, non-governmental organization in March 1998. It is headquartered in Vladivostok.
Programs
Phoenix Fund defines its programs as:
Anti-Poaching Activities, with the goal of ending the illegal hunting of tigers, leopards, and other protected species
Resolution of Human-Tiger Conflicts, with the goal of protecting human communities while preventing the killing of tigers
Forest Fire-Fighting
Compensation for Damages of livestock lost to leopards, tigers, and other predators
Ecological Education and Outreach in rural communities of the Russian Far East
Public monitoring of industrial projects, including oil and natural gas development
Mission statement
A collective biodiversity recovery programme.
Administration
The founder director of Phoenix Fund is Sergei Bereznuk. He was formerly a tiger inspector in Rosprirodnadzor, Russia's environmental protection agency.
Affiliations
Phoenix Fund is one of the implementing organizations of the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA) and partners with non-governmental organizations in Britain, the United States, Germany, and Finland as well as Russia to conserve the Amur leopard, Siberian tiger, and their habitat and ecology. Phoenix is also a member of the 21st Century Tiger#International Tiger Coalition, made up of environmental, zoo and animal protection organizations as well as the traditional Chinese medicine community. Phoenix Fund's other partners include Wildlife Alliance and Pacific Environment in the United States, 21st Century Tiger in the United Kingdom, and other international conservation and sustainable development organizations.
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