From 30 January to 4 February, Aleksandr Numerov, Professor of the Department of Zoology and Parasitology, took part in the Second All-Russian Ornithological Congress (St. Petersburg). The congress was organised by the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Menzbier Russian Society for Bird Conservation and Study, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and St. Petersburg Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
During the congress, 182 oral and 122 poster presentations were made by Russian ornithologists on current, modern, and innovative research important for the development of global ornithology. The 12th conference of the Working Group on Waders of Northern Eurasia and the conference “Anseriformes of Northern Eurasia” were also held during the congress. Professor Aleksandr Numerov presented a report on preparing major regional ornithological summaries.
“Over the last ten years, our ornithologists have compiled and published three large summaries: the first urban atlas in Russia (Voronezh Breeding Bird Atlas), the second edition of the Red Book of the region, and the Cadastre of terrestrial vertebrates of the Voronezh Region. I shared this experience with the congress participants,” said Aleksandr Numerov, Chair of the Central Black Earth Department of the Russian Bird Conservation Union, Professor of the Department of Zoology and Parasitology at VSU.
