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Date: 12/05/2005 Description: In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2005 photo Lutiy, an endangered Amur tiger, roams in his cage at the Wild Animals Rehabilitation Center in Sikhote-Alin a mountain range in the Russian Far East. © AP Image
Date: 11/01/2009 Description: Rocky Mountains. © National Natural Landmarks
Date: 10/27/1988 Description: A native whaler rubs the nose of one of two trapped California gray whales as it surfaces in a breathing hold chopped in the ice on the Arctic Ocean near Barrow, Alaska Oct. 27, 1988 A massive international rescue effort succeeded in freeing the trapped animals after two weeks. © AP Image


The Environment Working Group has identified Protected Areas, Hazardous Materials Management, Arctic Black Carbon and Wildlife Protection as areas for cooperation.


Working Group Chairpersons:

U.S. Chairperson: Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats

Russia Chairperson: Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Coordinator for International Cooperation Nuritdin Inamov


Working Group Coordinators:

U.S. Coordinator: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment Dan Reifsnyder

Russia Coordinator: Nuritdin Inamov, Director, Department of International Cooperation in Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 


Working Group Web Links:

U.S. Department of State Office of Oceans Environment and Science
United States Environmental Protection Agency
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Parks Service
Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment


Releases

--Joint Statement of the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Bering Strait Region


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