Tiger Day-2012

The 13th annual Tiger Day Celebration was held in Vladivostok on September 30, 2012. The weather was beautiful, and the parade was a great success. Over 4,000 brightly colored costumed participants proceeded down Okeansky Avenue, and at the intersection of Okeansky Avenue and Svetlanskaya Street circled the downtown square. Продолжить

Fire in Forest

“The fight against fires should begin with the fight for hearts and minds of the local people” – is a strong assurance of the Phoenix Fund staff who have been involved in conservation of Amur leopard habitat for more than 10 years. Продолжить

Tiger in Schools

Alexander Vrisch, coordinator of Phoenix’s educational projects, presented an Educator’s Tool Kit on Amur tiger, including a Teacher’s Guide and a DVD. The Kit was developed by 20 educators from eight districts of Primorye, representatives of Wildlife Conservation Society-Russia, Greenpeace-Russia, Primorsky Institute for Further Training of Educators, Lazovsky Nature Reserve, and representatives of Khabarovsky National Pedagogical University and All-Russia Nature Conservation Society from Khabarovsky krai. Продолжить

Educator’s Tool Kit on the Amur Leopard Awarded a Gold Medal

A unique Educator’s Tool Kit on the Amur leopard was awarded a gold medal as the best electronic publication at the 13th Far-Eastern Fair “Publishing House-2009”. Also, at the Second Far-Eastern Contest “Higher Education Publications-2009” the Kit was nominated as the best higher education publications in pedagogy and psychology fields and won the award. Продолжить

Educational kit “Flora and Fauna of Russian Far East”

2006 Phoenix Fund and Primorsky Institute of Retraining and Advanced Training of Teachers with financial support from Vladivostok administration and with participation of “Computer Innovatiotions” Ltd. published educational kit “Flora and Fauna of Russian Far East” with teacher’s guides to them. Продолжить

Leopard posters educational kit

In August 2003 Phoenix with support from AMUR and Fauna and Flora International developed a Leopard Posters Educational Kit for Schools of Primorye. Продолжить

“Tiger at Home” educational kit

In August 2004 Phoenix with support from Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Foundation produced “Tiger at Home” educational kit for schools in Primorye. This kit consists of 4 colorful posters on the Amur tiger as well as teachers’ guide. Продолжить

Seminars for Teachers

Beginning from 2006, we annually gather our educational coordinators for a pedagogical seminar. It lasts several days and its objective is to unite like-minded people, acquaint the beginners with the affair, share experiences with each other, learn about new interactive methods of work on the topics of “Nature of Primorsky region”, “Amur tiger” and “Far Eastern leopard”, get familiar with new Phoenix’s educational materials, and of course, have a good time in a friendly atmosphere. Продолжить