The first eco-tunnel will be built in a national park, «Land of Leopard» in the Primorsky region, said Friday the head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov at a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Eurasian center study, preservation and restoration of the leopard population, according to the business newspaper «The View.» «We are actively building a tunnel on the road that crosses the national park, go to the border with North Korea. There constructed 800-meter tunnel of the road. You can probably safely say that this is the first in the Russian ecological tunnel. Of course, it will help and motorists will not have to climb up and down on the hills, but the construction of the tunnel, above all, intended to leopards and other animals can move freely to the road they do not interfere. They will do it over the tunnel, on the hills, «- said Sergey Ivanov. In addition, at the present time for the budget building a new homestead National Park, which will house the staff and scientists. Also in the last year with the support of the center of the protected areas in the leopard\’s habitat has been greatly expanded state inspectors — from 32 to 68 increased their wages. The National Park «Land of Leopard» was established in Primorye in 2012 for the conservation of a leopard and tiger. It includes the nature reserve «Cedar Pad» and reserve «Leopard», the area of which increased to 261 thousand hectares. The Far Eastern leopard — the northernmost subspecies of leopard. It is characterized by thick long fur, and is one of the most beautiful and rare cats of the world fauna. The Far Eastern leopard is listed in the Russian and international Red Book. According to the last census in 2013 the number of leopards is only 48-50 individuals.
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