Parks & Reserves: Komissarovsky Wildlife Refuge

"More than 200,000 acres of a transboundary territory for tigers, leopards, and other species have been established in the Russian Far East as a new protected area. Known as the Komissarovsky Wildlife Refuge . . . the land is home to 16 species listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species" including the Amur tiger and the Amur leopard. The park borders two other protected areas in China, Fenghuangshan State Nature Reserve and Niaoqingshan County Wildlife Refuge, and together these regions form an important ecological corridor for the movement of wildlife. "The Komissarovsky Wildlife Refuge is rich in flora and mixed forest habitats preserved only in the Komissarovka River basin. The regulations of the new protected area will conserve its forests and wildlife while allowing traditional natural resource use among the local people."