On 23 May 2024, a ceremony was held in Astrakhan Oblast summarizing the results of the environmental and educational project “Let’s Save Our Environment”. Mikhail Grishankov, CPC Deputy General Director, Russian Federation Government Relations, representatives of Astrakhan Oblast Government, Oleg Malkin, Head of Volga-Caspian Territorial Department of the Federal Agency for Fishery, and Maxim Gorokhov, Head of Volga-Caspian Branch of All-Russia Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (KaspNIRH), participated in the final event.
The Project is being implemented for the ninth year jointly by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium and the Volga-Caspian Branch of All-Russia Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (KaspNIRH). It is aimed at increasing the population of endangered sturgeon species and fostering a respectful attitude towards nature in children and teenagers.
As part of the educational part of the Project, 30 demo lessons on the topic: “Sturgeon is a relict fish extant from the time of dinosaurs. Let’s preserve it for future generations” were conducted in Astrakhan Oblast rural districts where CPC operates. The lessons aroused genuine interest of the schoolchildren, their active reaction and desire to continue studying the topic.
In particular, this was manifested in the active participation of the younger generation in the creative competition. In total, 170 applications and pieces of work were submitted to the competition in the categories: "handicraft", "environmental action", "agitbrigade” (team of canvassers), "poem" and "environmental poster". This year, the organizers decided to increase the number of creative categories to five and prizes from three to four. 60 pieces of the contestants' work were awarded with valuable prizes.
As part of the Project completion ceremony, the winners of the children creative competition, teachers, parents and guests released 200 juvenile beluga, Russian sturgeon and sevruga weighing from 200 g to 1 kg into the natural habitat from the pier of NECA BIOS. On the same day, over 41,000 fry of Russian sturgeon, beluga and sevruga weighing from 3 to 300 g were released in the area of the Volga Delta.
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