Bonn, 7 January 2013 – A forest management project designed to protect pristine
forest and endangered species in eastern Russia has just been approved under the
Kyoto Protocol's JI market mechanism. The project, in Primorsky Krai in south-eastern Russia,
aims to protect and preserve 461,154 hectares of forest, preventing an estimated 232,379 tonnes of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually.
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Amur Tiger - Panthera tigris. Source: Courtesy of Vasily Solin, WWF Amur Branch (From project design document)
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