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10 Range States of the Memorandum concerning Siberian Crane protection measures under CMS and related non-governmental organization as ICF, Crane Working Group of Eurasia undertake some education activity.

CMS and ICF have produced a video about Siberian Cranes that has been repeatedly broadcast over most of the Range States. In some of these States the film was translated into local languages.

A beautiful poster, depicting a painting of a Siberian Crane by Robert Bateman, was produced in 13 languages and distributed in 10 Siberian Crane Range States.

Re-activated in 2000, the Crane Working Group of Eurasia initiated and organized Crane Celebrations in 2002-2004, involving Siberian Crane sites in the Armizon District in Tyumen Region, Astrakhan Nature Reserve in Russia, Naurzum Nature Reserve in Kostanay Region in Kazakhstan, in Djizaksky, Samarkandsky and Tashkentsky Regions in Uzbekistan, and in Chokurdakh village (located near the Siberian Crane breeding grounds of the Eastern Population) and Yakutsk in Russia. A Crane Celebration was held also in Oka State Biosphere Nature Reserve, where the Crane Breeding Centre is located. For this activity education materials including pins, stickers, brochures and the booklet “101 Questions about Cranes” by Professor Vladimir Flint, - were produced and distributed. Read more>>

Sticker of Siberian Crane was designed and produced for distribution in all Range States among hunters, fishermen, schools and local communities. Stickers have background of different habitats for respective countries, and were translated into different languages.

The Sterkh Foundation ("sterkh" is the Russian word for Siberian Crane) in Salekhard, Russia, just north of the breeding grounds of the cranes, is committed to the recovery of the Central Population of Siberian Cranes. It engages in widespread and effective public education within the Yamal District and supports the release, on the traditional nesting grounds of the Siberian Cranes, of captive-reared cranes produced at the Crane Breeding Centre at the Oka Biosphere Nature Reserve. The Sterkh Foundation has produced an excellent video about Siberian Cranes and has made copies of it available to colleagues in other nations along the flyway.

Afghanistan and Pakistan have the greatest challenges in crane protection. Save the Environment of Afghanistan (SEA), the only non-government organisation in Afghanistan dedicated to conservation, is promoting crane conservation. It has carried out studies of the migrations of Eurasian and Demoiselle Cranes across Afghanistan, has created a poster featuring cranes and statements from the “Quran” supporting the conservation of birds, and is helping Kabul Zoo to build a special exhibit featuring the three species of cranes native to Afghanistan.

In Pakistan the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Wildlife Department (governmental custodian organisation for wildlife management) and WWF-Pakistan (a non-governmental organisation) have been actively involved in crane conservation. Key achievements of these organisations include establishment of a crane refuge in Lakki, promulgation of crane rules in NWFP, working with crane hunters and keepers on organising crane conservation associations, educating school children through nature and crane club activities in schools, and applying other training and education activities. With limited funding, both of the organisations have plans to launch an integrated crane conservation program with other partners in the region.

In Iran, several meetings with local communities were held in the district governor ‘s office and also in the village mosques mainly during holy Ramadan month. Oral or Power Point presentations were given and Siberian Crane films were shown. Also, many activities and initiatives are planned through the UNEP/GEF SCWP, including construction of education centres at Fereydoon Kenar and Bujagh National Park. One captive-bred Siberian Crane from the 1996 release project has been held in captivity in the DoE's Pardisan Eco-Park in Tehran for the purposes of education and public awareness.