17 January 2018
Passenger flow at Khabarovsk Novy Airport has increased by 10% to 2 million in 2017. International flights showed the biggest passenger flow increase since the start of 2017 – the number of passengers went up by 33% compared to 2016 and totalled almost 354 thousand. Such growth was favoured by high demand for charter flights to the Asia-Pacific countries. In 2017, Khabarovsk Airport’s traditional international charter flights were supplemented by new flights to Yangyang and Jeonju in South Korea.
More than 1 million 693 thousand passengers took domestic flights. The number of passengers on Khabarovsk – Moscow flights saw an increase; more people were travelling by air to Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ekaterinburg, Krasnodar and many other cities. The passenger flow on these flignts in 2017 increased by 20%.
Source: http://tass.ru/ekonomika/4874037
18 January 2024
Bahrain Joins Framework Declaration on Conservation of Gyrfalcons
The Kingdom of Bahrain has become the seventh country to join the Declaration of Intent for the Conservation of the Gyrfalcon Population. The document was adopted by Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and the UAE as part the Falcon Day International Forum, which was first held in Vladivostok during the 8th Eastern Economic Forum. The event was managed by the Roscongress Foundation.
09 February 2024
The Carbon Unit Game: A New Environmental Monopoly?
The Roscongress Foundation prepared a report entitled ‘Carbon Neutrality: Saving the Planet or an Economic Weapon?’ on the prospects for managing greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the overall goals of combating global warming.
28 March 2024
Great Bustard Exploring Kalmykia’s Steppe
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, VNII Ecologia, the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia, the Roscongress Foundation and Kamchatka Falcon Centre, with the participation of experts and foundations from the Gulf countries, continue to work on the implementation of the order of the President of the Russian Federation and the comprehensive action plan for the establishment of Russian centres for the reintroduction and conservation of falconiform birds in Kamchatka Territory and bustards in the Republic of Kalmykia.
