8 September 2023
Participants of the business programme of the Falcon Day International
Forum, which will be held on 10 September in Vladivostok on the opening day of
the 8th Eastern Economic Forum, will discuss effective methods of restoring the
populations of rare bird species, the functioning of their breeding centres, as
well as the use of birds of prey for practical purposes. Participants of the
Falcon Day – representatives of Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,
Mongolia, and the UAE – will sign a declaration of intent on the conservation
of the gyrfalcon population. EEF is organized by the Roscongress Foundation.
“The environmental
agenda is traditionally one of the key elements of the Eastern Economic Forum
programme. Representatives of relevant international organizations, leading
experts from Russian companies and agencies, heads of regional authorities, and
leading ornithologists have been invited to Vladivostok to identify specific
mechanisms to protect and increase populations of rare birds and birds of prey.
The broad composition of the Forum’s participating states and signatories of
the declaration confirms the importance of the topic of population development
for birds of prey and the relevance of the measures we are taking in this
area,” said Anton Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation
and Executive Secretary of the EEF Organizing Committee.
The business programme
of the Falcon Day International Forum will include four discussions. The key
event will be the plenary session ‘Conservation and Harmonious Use of Birds of
Prey in Different Countries of the World’. Its participants will define a set
of measures necessary for the conservation of these birds and specify the tasks
of nurseries as part of breeding rare species of falcons. The
following speakers will join the plenary session: Sergey Anoprienko, Deputy
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation; Badmaanyambuugiin
Bat-Erdene, Minister of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia; Sergei Ivanov,
Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on
Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport; Kubat Kaseinov, Deputy
Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz
Republic; Vladimir Solodov, Governor of Kamchatka Territory; and Nurken
Sharbiev, First Vice Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic
of Kazakhstan. H.E. Majed Al Mansouri, President, International Association for
Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey, will address participants and
guests of the plenary session with welcoming remarks.
During the sessions, experts will
also discuss the history of falconry in Russia and other countries, consider
the legal basis for the conservation and restoration of birds of prey in
different countries, and the use of modern technologies to prevent population
decline. The following experts are expected to participate: Askhat Akibaev,
Director, Cultural and Integration Center of the SCO countries and the Silk
Road; Mohammed Saleh Hassan Al Baidani, Director General, International Fund
for Houbara Conservation (IFHC); Mubarak Swilim Al-Swilim, Founder, Chief
Executive Officer, Sixty Minutes Consultation (SMC); Otgonsaikhan Dorjsuren,
Vice President for Asia, International Association for Falconry and
Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF) (Mongolia); Daniil Putyatin, Director,
All-Russian Research Institute for Environmental Protection; and Shukhrat
Razakov, General Director, Kamchatka Falconry Center.
In addition, as part of the Falcon
Day, the first falcon auction will take place. It will be held by Russian
Auction House jointly with the Kamchatka Falconry Center and the Roscongress
Foundation with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of
the Russian Federation. Over 30 gyrfalcons, saker falcons, peregrine falcons,
which were bred in the largest nurseries of Russia, will become auction lots. A
significant part of the auction proceeds will be used to support the population
recovery programme.
Guests of the 8th Eastern Economic
Forum will also have the opportunity to see live trained birds of prey in the
Falcon House at the ‘Far East Street’ exhibition. Visitors will learn more
about the peculiarities of birds of prey of the falcon family, the threat of
extinction of the gyrfalcon population, support measures and the history of
falconry. The Falcon House is organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment of the Russian Federation, Government of Kamchatka Territory,
Roscongress Foundation and Kamchatka Falconry Center.
A display of
traditional Bedouin tents – an Arabian village – was erected as part of the ‘Far East
Street’ exhibition near the Falcon by the Roscongress Foundation and with its
Arab partners. The guests of this exhibition will be offered to taste real Arab
coffee and sweets made according to old recipes, to plunge into the hospitality
of the Middle East residents.
Official
Partner of the Forum is Norilsk Nickel. Partners are OKEANRYBFLOT, Tymlatsky
Rybokombinat, Republic of Kalmykia, Archipelag Onekotan Development Company,
Highland Gold Group, Ustkamchatryba, and Vostok-Fish. Organization partner is
Russian Railways.
The Falcon Day International Forum
is designed to become an international expert platform for comprehensive
dialogue and attracting the attention of government officials, experts and the
scientific community to the issues of conservation, protection and increase in
the population of birds of prey and rare species of birds, including birds of
the falcon family. Since 2023, the Forum has been held annually in Russia.
Official Forum website: falconday.ru.
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