Array ( [ID] => 531 [TIMESTAMP_X] => 2021-03-11 15:07:42 [IBLOCK_ID] => 5 [NAME] => Текст новости EN [ACTIVE] => Y [SORT] => 500 [CODE] => DESCRIPTION_EN [DEFAULT_VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] => [TYPE] => HTML ) [PROPERTY_TYPE] => S [ROW_COUNT] => 1 [COL_COUNT] => 30 [LIST_TYPE] => L [MULTIPLE] => N [XML_ID] => [FILE_TYPE] => [MULTIPLE_CNT] => 5 [TMP_ID] => [LINK_IBLOCK_ID] => 0 [WITH_DESCRIPTION] => N [SEARCHABLE] => N [FILTRABLE] => N [IS_REQUIRED] => N [VERSION] => 2 [USER_TYPE] => HTML [USER_TYPE_SETTINGS] => Array ( [height] => 200 ) [HINT] => [VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] => <p style="background: white;"> May 31 saw Yugra’s first-ever birding tournament held as part of the environmental <a href="https://www.formula-hd.ru/projects/nature/chibisi/"><i>Land of the Lapwing</i></a> project kick off in Nizhnevartovsk. The event is supported by SIBUR’s <em>Formula for Good Deeds</em> social investment program and non-commercial partnership <em>Birds and People</em> that was set up to promote ornithology.<br> <br> The event’s opening ceremony was held at the city park on the shore of Lake Komsomolskoye. The tournament drew 16 teams that fielded a total of 76 contestants. After the tournament, the teams will spend three days identifying the birds they photographed, selecting their best images, and uploading them to the <a href="https://birding.ru/"><i>Sterkh</i></a> platform for referees to verify identification. </p> <p style="background: white;"> <strong>Tatiana Filatova</strong>, <b>lead environmental engineer at Zapsibtransgaz</b>:<br> “<i>Environmental stewardship is part of SIBUR’s corporate responsibility agenda. We don’t just talk about the importance of preserving nature, we act by planting trees, releasing young sturgeon and muksun fry into local rivers, joining clean-up campaigns, sorting waste, and zealously promoting environmental awareness. Each of these activities is an investment in the future we want to see, a future with clean rivers, thriving forests, and the knowledge that we’ve done everything possible to make this happen. I wish you all plenty of bird sightings along your route. And, of course, I wish you the best of luck!”</i> </p> <p style="background: white;"> <strong>Yulia Gorelova</strong>, director of <em>Birds and People</em>, kicked off the tournament with a briefing explaining the contest’s most fundamental rules and how to look for birds and identify them. Lake Komsomolskoye is a public area shared by local residents and by nesting birds. It is home to and feeding ground for gulls, terns, snipes, while the nearby grove is inhabited by various passerines including great tits, chaffinches, thrushes, flycatchers, warblers, and others. In the run-up to the tournament, its organizers had been fortunate to spot a few dancing ruffs in the lakeside floodplains, which is an especially rare sight for a busy place in a downtown area. </p> <p style="background: white;"> <strong>Yulia Gorelova, director of the non-profit partnership</strong>:<br> <em>"</em><i>With spring in full swing in Yugra, birds are returning to their nesting grounds en masse. This makes it a crucial season for monitoring, and we’re delighted that birding volunteers in Nizhnevartovsk were so keen to join our scientists. We look forward to seeing the results of the tournaments!<em>."</em></i> </p> <p style="background: white;"> <strong>Irina Kotovich</strong>,<b> Director of <em>Siberian Uvaly</em> Nature Park, <em>the spokesperson </em>for KhMAO-Yugra’s Nature Protected Areas:<br> </b><i>“The launch of a competition is always the first step toward something bigger. Today marks the start of the birding tournament, which brought together people who care deeply about this topic. We hope that thanks to SIBUR, the nonprofit partnership </i>Birds and People<i>, and the caring residents of Nizhnevartovsk, </i>the Land of the Lapwing<i> project will be thriving for many years to come! Birds surround us from the very first days of our lives. The peace dove, as a powerful symbol, will rally us around a grand idea of protecting nature and passing it on to future generations. This project will make it possible for us to share and explain our knowledge to young people in a clear and engaging way, to ensure that our future is in safe hands.”</i> </p> <p style="background: white;"> <b>Alsu Adiatullina, lead specialist at SiburTyumenGaz:<br> </b><i>“Thank you so much for organizing such a wonderful event! In all honesty, I hadn’t heard of birding before, and now not only do I know what it is but so does my son and we really enjoyed it. It was fun, exciting, and challenging at the same time to look for different bird species. We’ll definitely be taking part in birding events again!”</i> </p> <p style="background: white;"> <b>Elena Podolyak, Head of the <i>Burunduchok</i> School Forestry:</b><br> <i>“The event was an absolute marvel! On behalf of our team from the </i>Burunduchok<i> school forestry, I want to thank the organizers of the 2025 walking birding tournament in Nizhnevartovsk. It was an unforgettable Saturday morning that gave us so many positive emotions and endowed us with new knowledge. The most exciting moment was when our students spotted a curlew on the shore of Lake Komsomolskoye, a breathtaking sight that I’m sure the kids will remember for the rest of their lives. Watching their excitement as they tried to capture the bird on camera, despite the disappointment when it didn’t quite work out, was priceless.”</i> </p> <p style="background: white;"> <b>Oksana Nikitina, Supplemental Education Teacher at the Center for Children’s Creativity:</b><br> <i>“Today was a truly special day. The very first walking birding tournament has taken place here. We were fortunate to be among its participants, and it was an amazing experience. The students felt like true explorers: they were spotting birds, tracking them, and photographing them. The joy of taking a successful shot, the thrill of receiving prizes: these memories will last them a long time!”</i> </p> [TYPE] => HTML ) [DESCRIPTION] => [~VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] =>

May 31 saw Yugra’s first-ever birding tournament held as part of the environmental Land of the Lapwing project kick off in Nizhnevartovsk. The event is supported by SIBUR’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program and non-commercial partnership Birds and People that was set up to promote ornithology.

The event’s opening ceremony was held at the city park on the shore of Lake Komsomolskoye. The tournament drew 16 teams that fielded a total of 76 contestants. After the tournament, the teams will spend three days identifying the birds they photographed, selecting their best images, and uploading them to the Sterkh platform for referees to verify identification.

Tatiana Filatova, lead environmental engineer at Zapsibtransgaz:
“Environmental stewardship is part of SIBUR’s corporate responsibility agenda. We don’t just talk about the importance of preserving nature, we act by planting trees, releasing young sturgeon and muksun fry into local rivers, joining clean-up campaigns, sorting waste, and zealously promoting environmental awareness. Each of these activities is an investment in the future we want to see, a future with clean rivers, thriving forests, and the knowledge that we’ve done everything possible to make this happen. I wish you all plenty of bird sightings along your route. And, of course, I wish you the best of luck!”

Yulia Gorelova, director of Birds and People, kicked off the tournament with a briefing explaining the contest’s most fundamental rules and how to look for birds and identify them. Lake Komsomolskoye is a public area shared by local residents and by nesting birds. It is home to and feeding ground for gulls, terns, snipes, while the nearby grove is inhabited by various passerines including great tits, chaffinches, thrushes, flycatchers, warblers, and others. In the run-up to the tournament, its organizers had been fortunate to spot a few dancing ruffs in the lakeside floodplains, which is an especially rare sight for a busy place in a downtown area.

Yulia Gorelova, director of the non-profit partnership:
"With spring in full swing in Yugra, birds are returning to their nesting grounds en masse. This makes it a crucial season for monitoring, and we’re delighted that birding volunteers in Nizhnevartovsk were so keen to join our scientists. We look forward to seeing the results of the tournaments!."

Irina Kotovich, Director of Siberian Uvaly Nature Park, the spokesperson for KhMAO-Yugra’s Nature Protected Areas:
“The launch of a competition is always the first step toward something bigger. Today marks the start of the birding tournament, which brought together people who care deeply about this topic. We hope that thanks to SIBUR, the nonprofit partnership Birds and People, and the caring residents of Nizhnevartovsk, the Land of the Lapwing project will be thriving for many years to come! Birds surround us from the very first days of our lives. The peace dove, as a powerful symbol, will rally us around a grand idea of protecting nature and passing it on to future generations. This project will make it possible for us to share and explain our knowledge to young people in a clear and engaging way, to ensure that our future is in safe hands.”

Alsu Adiatullina, lead specialist at SiburTyumenGaz:
“Thank you so much for organizing such a wonderful event! In all honesty, I hadn’t heard of birding before, and now not only do I know what it is but so does my son and we really enjoyed it. It was fun, exciting, and challenging at the same time to look for different bird species. We’ll definitely be taking part in birding events again!”

Elena Podolyak, Head of the Burunduchok School Forestry:
“The event was an absolute marvel! On behalf of our team from the Burunduchok school forestry, I want to thank the organizers of the 2025 walking birding tournament in Nizhnevartovsk. It was an unforgettable Saturday morning that gave us so many positive emotions and endowed us with new knowledge. The most exciting moment was when our students spotted a curlew on the shore of Lake Komsomolskoye, a breathtaking sight that I’m sure the kids will remember for the rest of their lives. Watching their excitement as they tried to capture the bird on camera, despite the disappointment when it didn’t quite work out, was priceless.”

Oksana Nikitina, Supplemental Education Teacher at the Center for Children’s Creativity:
“Today was a truly special day. The very first walking birding tournament has taken place here. We were fortunate to be among its participants, and it was an amazing experience. The students felt like true explorers: they were spotting birds, tracking them, and photographing them. The joy of taking a successful shot, the thrill of receiving prizes: these memories will last them a long time!”

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May 31 saw Yugra’s first-ever birding tournament held as part of the environmental Land of the Lapwing project kick off in Nizhnevartovsk. The event is supported by SIBUR’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program and non-commercial partnership Birds and People that was set up to promote ornithology.

The event’s opening ceremony was held at the city park on the shore of Lake Komsomolskoye. The tournament drew 16 teams that fielded a total of 76 contestants. After the tournament, the teams will spend three days identifying the birds they photographed, selecting their best images, and uploading them to the Sterkh platform for referees to verify identification.

Tatiana Filatova, lead environmental engineer at Zapsibtransgaz:
“Environmental stewardship is part of SIBUR’s corporate responsibility agenda. We don’t just talk about the importance of preserving nature, we act by planting trees, releasing young sturgeon and muksun fry into local rivers, joining clean-up campaigns, sorting waste, and zealously promoting environmental awareness. Each of these activities is an investment in the future we want to see, a future with clean rivers, thriving forests, and the knowledge that we’ve done everything possible to make this happen. I wish you all plenty of bird sightings along your route. And, of course, I wish you the best of luck!”

Yulia Gorelova, director of Birds and People, kicked off the tournament with a briefing explaining the contest’s most fundamental rules and how to look for birds and identify them. Lake Komsomolskoye is a public area shared by local residents and by nesting birds. It is home to and feeding ground for gulls, terns, snipes, while the nearby grove is inhabited by various passerines including great tits, chaffinches, thrushes, flycatchers, warblers, and others. In the run-up to the tournament, its organizers had been fortunate to spot a few dancing ruffs in the lakeside floodplains, which is an especially rare sight for a busy place in a downtown area.

Yulia Gorelova, director of the non-profit partnership:
"With spring in full swing in Yugra, birds are returning to their nesting grounds en masse. This makes it a crucial season for monitoring, and we’re delighted that birding volunteers in Nizhnevartovsk were so keen to join our scientists. We look forward to seeing the results of the tournaments!."

Irina Kotovich, Director of Siberian Uvaly Nature Park, the spokesperson for KhMAO-Yugra’s Nature Protected Areas:
“The launch of a competition is always the first step toward something bigger. Today marks the start of the birding tournament, which brought together people who care deeply about this topic. We hope that thanks to SIBUR, the nonprofit partnership Birds and People, and the caring residents of Nizhnevartovsk, the Land of the Lapwing project will be thriving for many years to come! Birds surround us from the very first days of our lives. The peace dove, as a powerful symbol, will rally us around a grand idea of protecting nature and passing it on to future generations. This project will make it possible for us to share and explain our knowledge to young people in a clear and engaging way, to ensure that our future is in safe hands.”

Alsu Adiatullina, lead specialist at SiburTyumenGaz:
“Thank you so much for organizing such a wonderful event! In all honesty, I hadn’t heard of birding before, and now not only do I know what it is but so does my son and we really enjoyed it. It was fun, exciting, and challenging at the same time to look for different bird species. We’ll definitely be taking part in birding events again!”

Elena Podolyak, Head of the Burunduchok School Forestry:
“The event was an absolute marvel! On behalf of our team from the Burunduchok school forestry, I want to thank the organizers of the 2025 walking birding tournament in Nizhnevartovsk. It was an unforgettable Saturday morning that gave us so many positive emotions and endowed us with new knowledge. The most exciting moment was when our students spotted a curlew on the shore of Lake Komsomolskoye, a breathtaking sight that I’m sure the kids will remember for the rest of their lives. Watching their excitement as they tried to capture the bird on camera, despite the disappointment when it didn’t quite work out, was priceless.”

Oksana Nikitina, Supplemental Education Teacher at the Center for Children’s Creativity:
“Today was a truly special day. The very first walking birding tournament has taken place here. We were fortunate to be among its participants, and it was an amazing experience. The students felt like true explorers: they were spotting birds, tracking them, and photographing them. The joy of taking a successful shot, the thrill of receiving prizes: these memories will last them a long time!”

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