2 October 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Mobilise All Resources!

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Sergei Shoigu, Governor of Moscow Oblast, told the President of the Russian Geographical Society (RGO) that the Moscow Oblast government would approve a plan next week to mobilise resources to address a bark beetle infestation in the area’s forests.

2 October 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://eco.ria.ru/ecocartoon/20121002/764508858.html

22 January 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World: The Gonepteryx Butterflies Woke Up!

The Gonepteryx Butterflies Woke Up!

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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The press service of the Bryansk Forest Nature Reserve reported that warm winter temperatures and heavy precipitation in the Bryansk forests precipitated a premature awakening of Gonepteryx (Brimstone) butterflies; they usually hibernate until early spring.

18 January 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://eco.ria.ru/ecocartoon/20120118/542615139.html