Introduction to the Network Sites Lena Delta Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation [ in Japanese ] [ Back ]

The Lena Delta (2,850,000 ha) is located 73°10'N, 126°00'E, on the Arctic Coast in the northwestern part of Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Various tundra habitats are presented with mainly delta islands.

It is estimated that the Delta supports East Asian breeding populations of:

• 30,000 geese including: 15,000 White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons; 10,000 Tundra Bean Geese A. fabalis serrirostris; 5,000 Brent Geese Branta bernicla.

• 6,000 Tundra Swans Cygnus bewickii.

• about 200,000 Ducks: King Eider Somateria spectabilis, Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri, Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis, Pintail Anas acuta).

Lena-Nordenskiöld Biological Station monitors some key sites in the Delta annually under supervision of Dr. Vladimir Pozdnyakov.

The management authority of the Site is:

Lena-Nordenskiöld Biological Station
Contact: Dr. Vladimir Pozdnyakov, deputy-director, head of Research Division of "Lena-Nordenskiöld Biological Station",
Kulakovskogo street 12-59, Yakutsk, 677007, Russia
Telephone: +7-411-2-446 815 / Fax: +7-411-2-241 290
E-mail: sterhⓐsakha.com

Activities in the Site:

• International Conference "The Sustainable Arctic - Sustainable North - Sustainable World", Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, 4-7 August, 2003. It has pre-conference tour to Lena Delta. Refer to its First announcement.

• Report of the activities in the site, in Anet Newsletter No.2, November 2001.

Summarised from Application form to the Network compiled by Evgeny E. Syroechkovski, Jr. (Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), an Anatidae Working Group member, and updated information.

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The "Action Plan for the Conservation of Migratory Anatidae in the East Asian Flyway" is a component of the "Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy", and the "Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway" is a programme of international co-operation to enhance the conservation of the wetlands of international importance for Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) in the flyway under the "Action Plan". The "Anatidae Working Group" of Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee oversees the implementation of these programmes with technical support from Anatidae Flyway Officer. For further information, please contact the Anatidae Flyway Officer. Posted 14 May 1999, updated 6 March 2003.