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Updated May 05, 2013

April 29, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Bison go north

The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" and the company "Interservice" signed a contract for the delivery of 10 bison (5 males and 5 females) aged 2 to 5 years. Now the National Park is home to 456 animals of this species. That is much more than the number science-based for this ... Read more here.

April 27, 2013 Website "Belarusian Radio Station" News: Protest between Hajnowka and Bialowieza against forest policy (photos) (Poland)

"Defending Polish forests from quasi-ecologists and sabotage" – that is the slogan near the Nature Reserve, by the road from Hajnowka to Bialowieza. It was used for the picket against state forest policy, particularly with regard to the Bialowieza Forest. The company "SANTA" organized the picket and called to allow residents of local districts to use fallen trees, as the spokesperson of the company "SANTA" ... Read more here.

April 26, 2013 "Komsomolskaya Pravda" (The Komsomol Truth) newspaper News: Belovezhskaya Pushcha to sale 10 bison, paid over $ 6,000 for one animal

"For the present five young bison sent to the Vitebsk region. They are now 4 and years old," Deputy Director for Since of the National Park Vasily Arnolbik confirmed to KP. "We caught them for a month, near different feeders that to take animals with different gene pools. Prior to the relocation of bison, experts from the ... Read more here.

April 23, 2013 Website "Naviny.by" News: Red deer to bring to Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Red deer were brought to Belovezhskaya Pushcha for the first time in the last century, as BelTA learned from Director General of the National Park Alexander Bury. Five males were brought from a hunting ground in Ust-Donetsk district of the Rostov region, Russia. Immigrants are now in a quarantine enclosure. A blood serum was taken to test the presence ... Read more here.

April 23, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Be visiting the Bog "Wild"

From 12 to 16 April of 2013, the next field seminar "Night Forest Dwellers", organized by the Brest Regional Branch of the NGO "Belarus Birds' Life" in cooperation with the Scientific Department of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha", was being held using the facilities of the village of Zalesie, Pruzhany district. Every day the participants of ... Read more here.

April 23, 2013 Website "Travel and Leisure" News: "Cycling season" to open in Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Finally, the long-awaited spring has come. This means that Belovezhskaya Pushcha open "cycling season." The National Park offers cycling along four specific routes: - "Royal Meadow" (route length is 10 km ... Read more here.

April 23, 2013 By Egor Martinovich, "Solidarity" Publication: Is there plagiarism in dissertations of Belarusian officials?

The struggle against "fake diplomas" continues in neighboring Russia. It reached the highest level. This discredits the Russian science. Newspaper "Nasha Niva" decided to check for plagiarism of thesis of Belarusian officials and persons close to authorities, and to learn about what is written in research papers by these people. Where to find the Belarusian thesis? We found electronic versions of several 'fresh' theses. Nikolai Bambiza, the former director of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" is one of the authors. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Belarusian here.

April 22, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Belarusian Father Frost was at a birthday party

Belarusian Father Frost from Belovezhskaya Pushcha made a fabulous trip to Kostroma (Russia) to visit the celebration of the birthday of Snow Maiden. He was accompanied by his wife – Mother Winter, and by Guardian of Pushcha's Tales - Puschik. On 5 and 6 April of 2013, they visited in Kostroma the Granddaughter of Russian Father Frost. The program of the visit was to attend the opening of a post office of Kostroma's Maiden, to participate ... Read more here.

April 19, 2013 Website "BelTA"

Important news: The boundaries of Belovezhskaya Pushcha as a World Heritage Site to expand significantly

It is expected that the boundaries of Belovezhskaya Pushcha will significantly be expanded for a UNESCO's List of World Heritage Sites, as BelTA learned from Vasily Arnolbik, Deputy Director for Science of the National Park. "Examination of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, initiated by the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, has shown that the National Park earlier was not estimated ... Read more here.

April 19, 2013 By Valentina Lesnova, "Wild Nature" Publication: It is about volunteers who helped owls settle in Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Birdwatchers from Brest, Grodno and Minsk conquered the rugged places of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, hung new "houses" for owls and learned to watch this kind of birds. Active bird lovers gathered in the National Park to participate in the environmental field workshop "Night Forest Dwellers". Birdwatchers are in search of owls. Reclamation of the Bog "Vygonoshchanskoye" scares owls. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

Updated May 04, 2013

April 18, 2013 By Ekaterina Sinyuk , "TUT.BY"

Important publication: Council of Europe has returned a Diploma to Belovezhskaya Pushcha, which the National Park lost in 2007

A few days ago the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" has received a European Diploma for a period of 5 years. This is stated on the official website of the National Park. The European Diploma is granted to natural objects, which have a unique value and are protected and managed in a special way. The National Park acted to reach this event since 2007, as it was stripped of its Diploma in that year. ... Read more here.

April 17, 2013 By Nikolai Cherkas, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper Publication: An Album "Imperial hunting in the Bialowieza Forest in photos and watercolors" to present in Moscow

A newly published Album "Imperial hunting in the Bialowieza Forest in photos and watercolors" was presentation during the first day of the museum libraries' conference "Romanovs and Book Culture" in Moscow. The authors are the employees of the Museum "Moscow Kremlin" Irina Parmuzina and Anna Tikhomirova. They presented photographs and watercolors to readers that are stored in the Museum and are dedicated to the stay of Emperor Alexander III and Nicholas II in the Bialowieza Forest. Thus, the Museum "Moscow Kremlin" has now more than 150 images of the Bialowieza Forest. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

April 15, 2013 Website "ANTRAKT.BY" News: Another four sites in Belarus may be inscribed on a UNESCO Heritage List

Olga Klavsut, a spokesman for the Belarusian National Statistics Committee, said that at the moment there is the prospect of four historic sites in Belarus to be inscribed on a UNESCO's List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage... Read more here.

April 13, 2013 "ABW.BY"

Important publication: The road to bypass Belovezhskaya Pushcha is uninteresting to investors

A road around Belovezhskaya Pushcha was built at the end of 2011. It seems to be the new great highway has to attract travelers, but they do not go there. The bypass does not become attractive for drivers of heavy vehicles either. There is no infrastructure yet. What will build on the bypass in the Grodno region. ... Read more here.

April 11, 2013 By Natalia Korneeva, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper

Important publication: Unknown for tourists forever

A road around Belovezhskaya Pushcha was built at the end of 2011. It seems to be the new great highway has to attract travelers, but they do not go there. The bypass does not become attractive for drivers of heavy vehicles either. There is no infrastructure yet. What will build on the bypass in the Grodno region. ... Read more here.

Updated April 24, 2013

April 05, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: For reforestation

This week the forestry areas of the National Park forest finished harvesting the forest seed material. To collect seeds is a labor-intensive work. However, despite the vagaries of the weather, there were collected 6,420 kg of pine cones which are sent for processing to the National Selection and Seed Center. About 90 kg of seeds ... Read more here.

April 04, 2013 Website "Naviny.by"

Important news: Belovezhskaya Pushcha to get back a European Diploma

The validity of a European Diploma for the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" is renewed until September 30, 2018, as BelaPAN reports referring to the press service of the Belarusian embassy in France. "By adopting this decision, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe confirmed compliance of the management ways for the National Park with the CE environmental standards," it is said in a statement ... Read more here.

March 27, 2013 "Polesskaya Pravda" (The Polessie Truth) newspaper News: Red deer from Belovezhskaya Pushcha to settle in Polessie around the Pinsk city

Last Tuesday, two female of red deer were delivered from Belovezhskaya Pushcha to the hunting grounds of the Soshnenskoe forest enterprise. Two males will soon bring here. All this was done as part of the Program of Development of Pripyat Polesie. This project is expensive, so only three deer animals will be in the hunting area for the present. There are plans in the future to bring a few individuals more. No deer is in the forest hunting grounds ... Read more here.

Updated April 15, 2013

April 04, 2013 By Nikolai Cherkas, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper Publication: Scientist from Belovezhskaya Pushcha to fall in disgrace for the research of the storks' ecology

Science in our country was always on terms of an inadequate relationship. This is about the conditional division of science to "practical" and "academic." The second was rarely treated well. But very few scientists can "brag" that their work was awarded attention of top officials. Ornithologist Alexander Krapivny is among them, who started working as a junior researcher in the Reserve "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" in 1953, after the University of Kharkov. He gathered much of the material for his thesis in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, which was then given a sound scolding by Nikita Khrushchev from a rostrum. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 24, 2013 Website "Real Brest" News: Bialowieza Forest to join a list of the most expensive tourist routes

Belarusian beauty are entered into a tourist route of the cost of £ 1 million. The British website VeryFirstTo.com prepared an extraordinarily extravagant offer for tourists – during two years to visit all 962 objects from a UNESCO's List of World Heritage Sites. The trip is for two persons and costs no less than 990,000 pounds... Read more here.

March 24, 2013 By Anastasia Solonovich, "Naviny.by" Publication: Wild cat and wolverine are not reintroduced for the time being

Over the last hundred years, at least 10 species of animals including mammals, fish and insects have vanished in Belarus. Beautiful butterfly Apollo, wild cat and even such a beast as wolverine populated our country once. There are attempts to reintroduce some extinct species in Belarus, but hunting species basically get the right for the new life. Naviny.by spoke about the reasons for the disappearance of the animals in Belarus and their possible reintroduction to Professor Mikhail Nikiforov, Director General of the Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources at the National Academy of Sciences. Animals do not have time to adapt. Reintroduction of the animals. Belovezhskaya Pushcha is mentioned, in which extinct species lived and were reintroduced. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 20, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Bialowieza bison to preserve the gene pool

On March 12, 2013, the Belarusian part of the Bialowieza Forest was visited by Professor Wanda Oleh, Head of Department of Genetics at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Wanda Oleh heads the international bison-breeding group and coordinates the work program. From our country Sc.D. Petr Kozlo (Minsk, Belarussian Academy of Sciences) and Ph.D. Alexei Bunevich (the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha") are members ... Read more here.

March 18, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Snow Maiden departed

On March 9, a holiday "Send-off the Snow Maiden and Mother Winter" and Carnival was in the Manor of Belarusian Father Frost. This day many entertainments were prepared for guests of the Manor. An Winter effigy was burned in the Twelve Months Glade. A performance with wooden spoons was given in honour of Snow Maiden and Santa Claus. The Ensemble "Fidget" danced as incendiary as the guests who arrived at the Manor also joined to it. Visitors could sing and dance in a ring near ... Read more here.

March 17, 2013 "Hunting and Fishing" Publication: The history of dissemination of red deer in the Russian plain

The history of dissemination of red deer in the Russian plain. The tradition of trophy hunting for red deer. Askania Nova. Voronezh Reserve. Belovezhskaya Pushcha. First red deer were delivered into Pushcha's forest in 1865. In total, 522 ani,als were imported from the Carpathian Mountains, the Alps and the lowland Western Europe. A big population was formed. Then it was reduced to the number of 6 or 8 individuals in the 20-ies of XX century, after the vicissitudes of World War II. At least 1,500 deer were moved from Belovezhskaya Pushcha to Belarus, eastern Poland, Germany, the Baltic countries and to Ukraine. During 150 years, this group of animals had breeding in isolation, "in itself", without hybridization with other groups. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 15, 2013 Tamara TIBOROVSKAYA, "TOMIN.BY" Publication: In company with White-Tailed Eagle. The first cafe was opened at a bypass road around Belovezhskaya Pushcha (27 photos)

Opening of the first public feeding in the village of Lyskovo of the Pruzhany district at a bypass road around Belovezhskaya Pushcha is a remarkable event. It is the first step to serve the road and to develop the infrastructure. It looks beautiful, comfortable and cozy. The interior of the cafe follows the style of XVI and early XVII centuries. Why should you come here? The bypass road around Belovezhskaya Pushcha starts from the village Peschatka of the Brest region and ends at the town of Svisloch of the Grodno region. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 13, 2013 Website "BELTA" News: Santa Claus from Belovezhskaya Pushcha expects to serve the millionth visitor in 2013

Santa Claus from Belovezhskaya Pushcha expects to meet the millionth visitor in 2013 as BelTA learned from the administration of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". The number of tourists who visit Belovezhskaya Pushcha is growing from year to year. Five years ago, the National Park served up ... Read more here.

March 13, 2013 "Official web-portal of Poland" Publication: We boast of bison

Where to see the bison, the lord of the Polish forests? You can visit one of the reserves, to go to places in Europe where they live or just use the Internet. The first bison were returned to freedom in Bialowieza Forest in 1929. Today there are about four thousand individuals in the world and half of them live in Central Europe. In Poland three-quarters of the local population of these big mammals live in freedom – in Bialowieza Forest first of all, as well as in Bieszczady, Masuria and Western Pomerania. The most famous fence is in Bialowieza Forest. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 13, 2013 By Alla GOLODOK, "Mass-Media Portal" Publication: About guys from Svisloch who communicate with Japanese peers

Unusual English lesson was recently held at school ¹ 3 of the Svisloch town. The guys interacted with their peers in Japan on-line. First, the guys exchanged general information about the countries in which they live, and made a presentation. Then our party asked 3 questions to Japanese children. They were related to the national cuisine, our country's capital and animals inhabiting Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Japanese children answered that pizza is our national dish, but the capital of Belarus and the main animal of Belovezhskaya Pushcha were identified correctly. It is hoped that meetings like this will continue to achieve goals and children increase their language skills to obtain during English lessons in cross-cultural communication. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

Updated March 25, 2013

March 06, 2013 Website ""The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Belarusian Father Frost returned from Buryatia

Guests from Buryatia came to the Belarusian Father Frost in Belovezhskaya Pushcha on the New Year's Eve. They invited him to celebrate Sagaalgan - New Year in the Buddhist calendar. In the Buddhist tradition, it comes in different years between late January and mid-March (spring for the first new moon of the lunar calendar). Together with ... Read more here.

March 06, 2013 Website ""The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Returned victorious

On March 2, the team of the National Park took part in the finale of the regional competition of the intellectual game "What? Where? When?" among forest industry's unions was held in Pinsk. It was attended by 19 teams from different parts of the Brest region. Our team consisted of researchers and guides of the National Park. They took an honorable third place prize ... Read more here.

March 05, 2013 Website "Tourism and Leisure" News: Miss Supranational and a Belarusian stand at ITB in Berlin will represent the beauty of our girls

On Wednesday, March 6, the Berlin Tourism Exchange ITB will be open. The Belarusian delegation in Germany will present 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship and recreation in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Recall that eight companies from Belarus - hotels "Planet" and "Orbit" Business Center "Capital", companies ... Read more here.

Updated March 25, 2013

March 04, 2013 By Jadwiga KOBRINETS, "BELSMI.BY" Publication: The land of Pushcha's wonders and mysteries calls to visit

On February 21, the United States Agency for International Development' Project (USAID) «Local Entrepreneurship and Economic Development", implemented by UNDP, summed up the contest of tourist destinations of Grodno and Brest regions. The destination "Land of Pushcha's Wonders and Mysteries" from the Svisloch deistrict was among the winners. The Svisloch district has a huge potential for the development of rural tourism due to its environment and natural resources - a unique ancient forest, artificial lakes, bog "Wild" and clean air; that's the Biosphere Reserve and National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". Possibilities of our country can successfully develop tourism in the different areas: sports, culture, education, recreation and wellness. The project applicant together with partners decided to implement a business idea through organizing leisure for customers "in the chain." ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 02, 2013 By Vasily Karpinchik, "BelStroyTsentr" Publication: Border Crossing "Peschatka" changes status

Going abroad, few people think about the fact that all the border crossing points have a certain status. There are only two of them - the international and interstate. Of 6 crossings on the western border, one car crossing - "Peschatka" - has the interstate status. This means that only citizens of Belarus and Poland have the right to cross it. But "Peschatka" will also change its status to an international one in two years. Border Crossing "Peschatka", located in Kamenets district, next to the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha", was developed in 1993 in the so-called temporary scheme. Recently, the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus has come to the conclusion that the checkpoint is not outdated. With the expansion of the checkpoint, there will be new opportunities for tourists from different foreign countries. A highway of 200 km length around the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" is functioning for about a year and originates from this border crossing. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 01, 2013 By Julia Byk, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper Publication: Polesie Woodland "Amazon" awaits Robinsons

The owners of farms presented business ideas. Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses from the Brest region decided how to attract tourists, in the competition of tourism development projects. Presentation of business ideas was last week in Grodno, in the frame of the USAID Project «Local Business and Economic Development". Cycling and water routes are planning to create near Belovezhskaya Pushcha, close to the main road. Another project is related to the buffer detour road around the Forest. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

March 01, 2013 By Vera Arteaga, "Respublika" (The Republic) newspaper Publication: Belarus is full of bison, Russia to queue

Scientists are preparing a project for partial relocation of the forest giant. The first forest giants appeared in Belarus in the 40s of the last century in the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". Our country makes home in the wild live for about ten bison micropopulations with a total of close to thousand animals (this is the world's second largest after Poland). The biggest population is in Belovezhskaya Pushcha - more than 450 bison; Ozery and Osipovichi have almost 200. Today there is a problem - what to do and which way to take? During the 15 years of the program on bison conservation, resettlement and use in Belarus, the number of species has increased almost threefold. Bison are to be settled in other regions. Belarus is a small country, while Russia is huge. Today, there is an interest of both states to settle bison, so it could live on a huge range. That is a guarantee it will be saved in the long term. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

February 28, 2013 "Tourism in Belarus" Publication: Ecotourism for the nature conservancy!

It's no secret that people are part of nature. However, with the advancement of technology, the humans are like being taken out of their natural environment: more concrete and glass around us, and less greenery and trees. More and more people are beginning to feel the lack of contact with nature and wildlife. The desire to spend time in the pristine natural areas not only makes sense, but also is useful - as you know, the contact with nature stabilizes the psycho-emotional state of the person. This kind of travel is called "eco-tourism", and the money earned from it aims by the government at the protection and support of conservation areas of the country. Perhaps one of the most popular objects of this type of tourism in Belarus is a truly unique place - the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

February 27, 2013 By Janna Baigot , "Grodnenskaya Pravda" (The Grodno Truth) newspaper Publication: Offering to admire a 600-year-old king-oak-tree in Belovezhskaya Pushcha

What novelties will the upcoming tourist season bring and which recreation centres are the most fashionable? Grodno travel agents learned from the State Tourism Operator "TsentrKurort" about the new trends in the Belarusian tourism – about recreation in national parks. Each one has hotels and holiday camps. Belovezhskaya Pushcha, in addition to trips to the estate of Santa Claus and the enclosure with wild animals, offers to admire a 600-year-old oak tree and a 350-year-old pine-giantess. Other areas of Belarus. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

Updated February 25, 2013

February 19, 2013 Website "Second National Channel (ONT)" News: Scientists will improve the gene pool of Belarusian bison

A hybrid-breeding center to improve the bison breed will appear in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. 70 years ago the population of bison was revived from only five animals. Today, there are more than one thousand animals in the country, but the gene pool of this rare species is much ... Read more here.

February 18, 2013 Website "BelTA" News: A hybrid-breeding center to improve the bison gene pool will be in Belovezhskaya Pushcha

A hybrid-breeding center to improve the bison gene pool is to appear in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. This was announced today at a press conference by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus Anatoly Lis, as BelTA learned. "We got conditions for work in this area after ... Read more here.

February 13, 2013 By Grigory Mikhailov, "Independent Newspaper" Publication: Prisoner of Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Former Kyrgyz President Bakiyev was sentenced in his absence sent to jail. 24 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property to be served in a maximum security colony is the sentence passed by the Military Court of Bishkek Garrison for former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. There is one important "but" in this judicial saga. The sentence was passed, but the perpetrators are unlikely to be prosecuted, as Kurmanbek Bakiyev is in Belarus under the protection of Alexander Lukashenko. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

February 12, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Bison inventory is complete

Bison inventory was finished in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. It was carried out by the visual method. The Park's staff had to find each bison, see and determine its sex and age. It is good that the herd of the forest giants has been steadily growing in the National Park. So, while there were 428 animals in 2012 (including 40 calve-yearlings), the inventory at the beginning of 2013 showed that 456 bison are now in Pushcha. This is about 100 animals ... Read more here.

February 12, 2013 By Elena Zhuk, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper Publication: And the entire area to tramp with patrol trails

Chief of the Frontier Outpost "Pererov" Lt. Eugene Pawlowski have already waited us at the gate to the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". After greeting, he said "Get a pass for the car and go." The very location of the Outpost in Belovezhskaya Pushcha Gate says a lot. We followed the frontier car through the Forest about 20 kilometers and admired the snow-covered giant trees. Fabulous scenery and unreal silence somehow peculiarly emphasized the proximity to the border. The specifics of the oldest Outpost. That's such autonomy. Parallel paths. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

February 10, 2013 Website"Capital TV (CTV)" Video: Goshawk actively hunts for decades at backyard in Kamenets district

Predators are terrorizing villages near Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The villagers lost poultry. Ferrets and foxes have long turned to the unfriendly neighbors there. Goshawks are the "owners" in backyards of the village of Sedruzh of the Kamenets district for decades. Poultry only dream to be free because they walk only under the supervision of the mistress. Valentina Danilovna sees every morning and evening a hawk circling over houses and ... Read more here.

February 08, 2013 By Tatiana Reut, "Komsomolskaya Pravda" (The Komsomol Truth) newspaper Publication: Missing the original Belovezhskoe Agreement on the liquidation of the USSR

"KP" learned who was the last to see a historical document, and where it might be. In December 1991, heads of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed in Belovezhskaya Pushcha a historic agreement that marked the demise of the USSR and established the Commonwealth of Independent States. At the end of last year, "KP" was trying to find a Belarusian-language version of the Belovezhskoe Agreement, which, as it turned out, never existed. It turned out that there is no Russian-language original agreement either. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

February 07, 2013 Website "Arguments and Facts" News: The original "Belovezhskaya Agreement" cannot be found in Belarus

The original "Belovezhskaya Agreement," according to which the Soviet Union was dissolved, cannot be found in Belarus, as RIA Novosti reported. Previously, it was found out that a copy of the document is only in the CIS Executive Committee. "We paid attention to an emerging interest in this situation. Clarification of the actual situation requires work in the ... Read more here.

February 05, 2013 "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper News: Bison have again grown

The bison population in Belovezhskaya Pushcha is 1.5 times bigger than normal. The winter wildlife survey has given the exact number of bison inhabiting the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". According to the Park's Deputy Director General for Science Vasily Arnolbik, there are 456 bison in the Forest t at present, while their optimal number for the Reserve makes 250 to 300 ... Read more here.

February 04, 2013 Website "TOMIN.BY" News: Bison census in Belovezhskaya Pushcha is complete. The new record makes 456 animals

On February 4, the exact figures became known - 456 bison dwells in the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". This is the winter census data. "The Belovezhskaya Forest was preserved because bison lived in it; and bison was survived because the Forest existed", as said by the famous zoologist S.A. Severtsov in 1939. In 1919, the last free-living she-bison was killed in the ... Read more here.

February 04, 2013 Website "ABW.BY" News: A bypass around Belovezhskaya Pushcha is still not on maps

But the situation should be changed in the near future. The road bypassing Belovezhskaya Pushcha will be drawn on maps, as the Pruzhany district newspaper "Raennya Budni" learned from the deputy chief of the Enterprise "BrestAvtoDor" S.Panchenko. The new road was put into operation last year. The section of it in the Brest region is served by the Pruzhanskoe ... Read more here.

Updated February 15, 2013

February 04, 2013 By A. Raevskaya, "Belarusian Green Portal"

Important publication: Problems in Belovezhskaya Pushcha are still more than enough

In early February, one year has passed since the signing of the Presidential Decree No 59, which provided for a significant expansion of the strictly protected area of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". How has this event had an influence upon the situation in Belovezhskaya Pushcha? We asked PhD of Biology Heorhi Kazulka to tell about this as he was directly involved in the issues of the preservation of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha for many years. What is currently the situation regarding the prolongation of the European Diploma? Unsolved problems. Belovezhskaya Pushcha is also a place of special spiritual power coming from the living Earth. Pushcha has a great spiritual potential. It is holy and sacred place. Bialowieza Forest is to get the spiritual status and become a center of spiritual rebirth and spiritual enlightenment (education). ... Read more here.

Updated February 08, 2013

February 02, 2013 "Nasha Niva" (Our Field) newspaper News: Bialowieza Forest in old postcards and prints + photo

The ancient Bialowieza Forest has long been interested by people. Drawings and photographs with its images adorned old books and postcards. Let's try to see only the bit, which is now sold on Polish auction allegro... Read more here.

January 31, 2013 By Valentina Kozlovich, "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" (The Russian Newspaper) newspaper

Important publication: Clumsy neighbors for bison to appear

Belovezhskaya Pushcha will be "testing ground" for the joint environmental projects in Belarus and Russia. Russia will help "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" to re-introduce the brown bear population. The last bear was killed in Pushcha in the XIX century. The attempts to return the predator in Bialowieza were taken before the war. But this venture failed. The increase of the strictly protected area of the National Park in half gives the opportunity to come back brown bear to the land of Pushcha. The development of the project began last year. In fact, today 428 bison live in Belovezhskaya Pushcha - with the optimal number of 300 animals. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

January 30, 2013 Website "Pruzhany.net" News: 2000 people crossed the border with Poland on a bike within the year

Pedestrian and bicycle border crossing "Pererov" located in Belovezhskaya Pushcha on the border with Poland is becoming more and more well known and popular among tourists. Thanks to it, nature lovers, who came to the Belarusian side of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, can get acquainted during the visit with the Polish part, while visitors to the Bialowieza National Park can see our ancient ... Read more here.

January 28, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Bison inventory

At present, the winter registration of wildlife is carried out in the country. Bison is the dweller of highest priority in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Therefore, the number and the demographic structure of the bison population are calculated in the National Park's forest and adjacent areas where ... Read more here.

January 24, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: "Great winter" came to Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Snowy winters were coming in recent years in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. This winter is not the exception either. The snow covered the ground since November last year. Although it was melting during a small thaw to a great extent, the snowy weather was back again to Belovezhskaya Pushcha. According to the meteorological station of the National Park, snowfall was 118 mm just for one day of the 16th January. That was one-fifth ... Read more here.

January 21, 2013 Website "BelTA"

Important news: Sheyman was appointed Manager of Affairs of the President of Belarus

President Alexander Lukashenko has appointed Viktor Sheiman as Manager of Presidential Affairs, freeing him from the post of Assistant to the President of Belarus for special assignments, as BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. Viktor Sheiman was born in 1958 in the village of Soltanishki, Voronovo district, Grodno region. He graduated from the ... Read more here.

Updated February 07, 2013

January 18, 2013 Website "BelTA" News: Nearly 70,000 tourists visited Father Frost in Belovezhskaya Pushcha in December and January

Nearly 70,000 tourists visited Father Frost in Belovezhskaya Pushcha in December and January, as BelTA learned from the National Park's Administration. The number of tourists who visit Belovezhskaya Pushcha is growing year by year. So, 379 thousand persons visited the excursion objects of the National ... Read more here.

January 18, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: An unusual find

Encounter occurred on a forest road in the Yasenskoe forestry area of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" - an exhausted bird was found on the road side. It was a bittern; a rare species in our country. Bittern is listed in a Red Data Book of the Republic of Belarus (Category 3 of protection). The species is protected in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The species is ... Read more here.

January 17, 2013 Website "BelTA"

Important news: Plans to return Brown Bear in Belovezhskaya Pushcha

With the increase of the strictly protected area of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" in half (it is now more than 50,000 hectares), there are preconditions for returning brown bear to the Forest, as BelTA learned from Director of the Nongovernmental Organization "Belarus Birds' Life" Victor Fenchuk ... Read more here.

January 17, 2013 By Ekaterina Sinyuk, "TUT.BY"

Important publication: Russian bears will be delivered to Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Each of 50 thousand dollars?

Experts of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" and the Academy of Sciences are actively discussing the possibility of re-introduction the brown bear population, which was almost completely exterminated during the First World War. Today there are no bears in the National Park. The Frankfurt Zoological Society is an initiator of the project. It offered the financial assistance for us. The Academy of Sciences is actually making a report on the feasibility of the project. According to the Deputy Director for Science of the National Park Vasily Arnolbik, the project is to be implemented in three phases. The first phase - a survey of local residents - is over. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

January 15, 2013 Website "The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"" News: Charity Campaign "Our Children"

From December 10 of 2012 to January 11 of 2013, the Republican Christmas Charity Campaign called "Our Children" was held for the 16th time. The National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" took part in it. Tours of the facilities of the National Park for small kids from children's homes at no cost and New Year holidays in orphanages were organized. On the eve of the New Year, the Pushcha's Santa Claus, Snow Maiden and ... Read more here.

January 15, 2013 Website "Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine" Video: Vitrenko from Belovezhskaya Pushcha - "Revive the Union!"

Chairman of the "Eurasian National Union of Ukraine" Natalia Vitrenko when visiting Belarus specially came to Belovezhskaya Pushcha where the three presidents-traitors – Kravchuk, Shushkevich and Yeltsin - destroyed our great motherland against the will of the people of the USSR (as revealed at All-Union Referendum on March ... Read more here.

January 15, 2013 By Alexandr Pekach, "Ukrainian Forester" Publication: Summer meetings with bison (+31 photos)

I would like to tell you a little about an object for photography, such as European bison, and also, since had a chance, to dispel the view of most people that this beast is "clumsy" and "domesticated". Pictures of bison have being made in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

January 14, 2013 Website "Naviny.by" Video: Parrot Mikesha sings "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"

Parrot Mikesha does love to sing. He sings exclusively Soviet pop hits. The list of the songs learned by Mikeshs has also the song "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" – the creation by Nikolai Dobronravov and Alexandra Pahmutova has got the Union glory thanks the performance of the pop group "Pesnyary". ... Read more here.

January 11, 2013 By A.Raevskaya , "Belarusian Green Portal" Publication: Day of Reserves and National Parks: results of the year

Environmentalists from different countries celebrate the 11th January as a Nature Reserves and National Parks' Day. This Day was established in 1997 from the initiative of the Center of Biodiversity Conservation (Russia) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The memorable date makes a good ground to remember the most remarkable events regarding the activities of our national parks and reserves in the past year. Five-year story of attempts to get back a European Diploma for the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" has ended. The strictly protected area of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" expands almost twice. In June the National Park got certificates for the forest management system and wood products. And other events regarding nature protection areas of Belarus. ... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

Updated January 14, 2013

January 10, 2013 "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper News: Several cases of illegal hunting revealed on the territory of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha"

During the month, employees of the operative hunter service of the Park identified at least six cases of illegal hunting in the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". A resident of the village of Jubileiny, who trapped martens without a special ... Read more here.

January 09, 2013 Newspaper "Kobrin Messenger" News: Bison made home in Kobrin district. It can be seen in the woods between the villages of Kamen and October

"We found the place of bison bed near the village of Rachki," chief of the Inspectorate of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Valery Prokopyuk said. It turned out that the bison came ... Read more here.

January 08, 2013 By Nikolai Cherkas, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper Publication: Bear back

Whether will the largest predator be returned in Belovezhskaya Pushcha? In January of 2013, the project for the reintroduction of brown bears in the forest ecosystems of Belovezhskaya Pushcha will be finalized. The issue on the reintroduction of brown bears into the Forest is quite complex and requires careful consideration of all aspects of the problem. Still, I hope the brown bear as the largest carnivore in Belarus will be returned to the Bialowieza Forest; the trophic pyramid of the ancient forest will be at last restored, and Forest will get back the status of the primeval forest, alas, lost at present. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

January 05, 2013 "Interfax-West" Publication: Presidential residences: where heads of states take the rest

All heads of states and governments usually have an official residence, where they perform their duties. Some of them also have a private residence, where they go after work. But only a very few have a place to stay, where they spend the holiday or weekend. Being public property, these residences are in the use of kings and presidents. There are no more than 30 such countries worldwide. Viskuli in Belovezhskaya Pushcha and Drozdy are in Belarus. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

December 27, 2012 By Boris Pavlovsky, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper Publication: Jagiello: stranger among natives

The few biographical facts about the Jagiello, which were possible to extract from the hearth of the historical Medieval "bog", show that many of his actions and decisions were beyond the understanding of even his contemporaries. What to say about our generation, whose life belongs to a completely different era, with different values and perceptions of morality? However, if you look at the philosophy of the current politicians in the light of behavioral fashion, believe me, there are not many differences between them and their "colleagues" in power 600 years ago. A battle of cousins. Baptism of fire. A "gentlemen" agreement. Hunting in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The integrator of the Middle Ages. Rather, Jagiello and Vytautas so much loved the Pushcha's forest as did not want to allow other people with a gun and bow to be there, no one but themselves. Since then, the Forest has gained the status of the reserve and was called "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

December 26, 2012 By Elena Tribuleva, "Vecherniy Brest" (The Evening Brest) newspaper Publication: Is wolf a friend to the human?

The issues wolves were discussed at a recent international seminar held in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The talk was about the possibility to carry out the comprehensive research of the population of the "gray robber" in the Belarusian part of Forest." It's about to tag animals with special radio collars and using navigation devices to track their migrations. So far, these studies have not been conducted in our country. Wolf is considered in Belarus as the typically unwanted species and hunting for it is allowed year-round. Meanwhile, scientists from the Frankfurt Zoological Society are very interested in this predator. It is fair to recognize that not all Germans are happy to reintroduce this predator into their forests. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

December 25, 2012 By Daria Gubar & Irina SEMCHENOK, "Naviny Kamyanechchyny" (The Kamenets News) newspaper Publication: I hope while I live

Anna Dengubenko is responsible for the chronicle of nature at the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" for the last twenty years. She gives well, knowledge, care and wisdom to the most beautiful area of the homeland. She is a biologist and says that she fascinated by the study of nature since childhood. We also believe that thanks to the professionalism and loyalty of these kinds of people to the homeland, our native land will bloom and its wealth will be preserved for posterity. The comments to the article give the refutation of the contribution of this woman to the preservation of the Bialowieza Forest. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Belarusian here.

Updated January 13, 2013

December 24, 2012 Website "Capital TV (CTV)" Video: Belarusian Father Frost in Belovezhskaya Pushcha served the first passengers of a train with holiday carriages

The truly "sold out" is in these festive days in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Thousands of visitors from around the world travel to the National Park. The Belarusian Father Frost's Estate served the first tourists who get by rail. Three festive carriages in the passenger trains will run from Minsk to Brest until 12 January. This project lasts already for ... Read more here.

December 24, 2012 By Katerina Kuzmich, "Onliner.by" Publication: Report from Belovezhskaya Pushcha: Belarusian Father Frost gets letters from Taiwan and China (62 photos)

For several years, for New Year and Christmas holidays, the Belarusian Railway Company specifically organizes trips for children and adults to the estate of Santa Claus. Onliner.by reporters joined to the first group and went to Belovezhskaya Pushcha, met with Santa there and talked about the letters he receives. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

December 21, 2012 By Valentina Kozlovich, "Sovetskaya Belorussia" (The Soviet Belorussia) newspaper Publication: There were secret, now are dangerous

There are many military installations in the country as the legacy of the Soviet Army. Two bunkers were survived not far from Brest, in Kamenets district. One is a receiving radio center - located near the sanatorium "White Tower." The other is a coupling radio center - long abandoned. The radio center is located on the outskirts of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha", near the presidential residence of Viskuli, where the Soviet Union de jure collapsed in 1991. Tourists were not allowed during the "cold war" there. The unapproachable object was securely guarded. Now the situation differed. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

December 20, 2012 By Vasily SEMASHKO, "Naviny.by" Publication: Chronicles of doomsday. The deepest bunker on Belarus - not look for it on the map

During the Cold War, underground command posts have been built all over the Soviet Union. No one thought about the end of the world then, but were seriously preparing to a nuclear attack. One of such super-bunkers is in Belarus, near the Belovezhskaya Pushcha. It is no longer a secret object, but one can find it today if just having the exact coordinates. The state could not and did not want to use this unique facility for others goals (such as the tourist one) and got rid of the problem of the maintenance of the facility to the easier way - to bury it. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

December 20, 2012 By Janna Baigot, "Grodnenskaya Pravda" (The Grodno Truth) newspaper Publication: Has your child already written a letter to Father Frost?

Since 2003, when the residence of Belarusian Father Frost was open in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, the number covers thousands of letters. Guys are writing not only from Belarus, but from Russia, Moldova, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, France, Israel, Switzerland etc. Father Frost keeps all messages in special storage. Besides it, there are a Father's two-storied mansion, a Snow Maiden's house and a Christmas tree within the area of 15 hectares. Russian Santa Claus lives five hundred kilometers from Vologda - in Veliky Ustyug. In 1985, the Finnish Santa Claus – he is also called Yolupukki - moved from Lapland in the Arctic Circle on the outskirts of the city of Rovaniemi. .... Use a special (web)software (for example, "Translate-Google") to translate the text or read it more in Russian here.

We are asking KIND PEOPLE, SPONSORS, COMPANIES and ORGANIZATIONS for financial DONATION of our public activities on protection and conservation of the Belarusian part of the Bialowieza Forest (Belovezhskaya Pushcha). Even small-sized contributions are very welcomed because of the dramatic situation. We are also asking TRANSLATORS and other experts for help and bilateral cooperation to protect and conserve the Bialowieza Forest. We will also be VERY GRATEFUL for your technical and other assistance. Thank you in advance.

With your offers, please address to our email pushcha-XXI@tut.by. Your questions and other related information are also welcomed.

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At present, Belovezhskaya Pushcha, which is a National Park, a Biosphere Reserve, and part of the World Heritage, is in danger. There has been intensive activity started in the unique wilderness complex using unsound economic and management methods that threaten to destroy this unique virgin forest.

If the current management policies of destroying this ancient relict forest are not stopped today, then tomorrow will be too late. In this scenario the Belovezhskaya Pushcha will be transformed into specialized forest management enterprise where, under the guise of "wilderness conservation" or "nature protection" the remnants of the primeval old-aged Belovezha forest, ancient flora and fauna species will be ruined. The huge tree stumps and steady unnatural lines of artificial forest regeneration will be all that is left to show to the tourists. Read more [ here ]

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