Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
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Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is biosphere reserve
Biosphere reserve
The Man and the Biosphere Programme of UNESCO was established in 1971 to promote interdisciplinary approaches to management, research and education in ecosystem conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.-Development:...

 in Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...

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It was founded on February 10, 1935 for protected sable
Sable
The sable is a species of marten which inhabits forest environments, primarily in Russia from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, in northern Mongolia and China and on Hokkaidō in Japan. Its range in the wild originally extended through European Russia to Poland and Scandinavia...

s population. Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in a watershed and eastern slopes of Central Sikhote-Alin
Sikhote-Alin
The Sikhote-Alin is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about 900 km to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok...

 in Terneysky and Krasnoarmeysky District
Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai
Krasnoarmeysky District is an administrative and municipal district of Primorsky Krai, Russia; one of the twenty-two in the krai. It is located in the central portion of the krai and borders with Pozharsky District in the northwest and north, Terneysky District in the east, the territory of the...

s and area of Dalnegorsk City Council
Dalnegorsk
Dalnegorsk is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: It was formerly known from its founding in 1899 as Tetyukhe , until it was renamed in 1972 as part of a campaign to change any Chinese-derived placenames in the Primorsky Krai.-History:...

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Area of zapovednik is 401,428 ha
Hectare
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 (2,900 ha - aquatic). The highest point is Glukhomanka Mountain 1598 m attitude.

Hunting
Hunting
Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

 and fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve are forbidden. Flora and fauna of reserve are rich.

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