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The International Polar Bear Day is annually celebrated on the 27th of February. Preservation of the population of this polar dweller is one of the main priorities of Rosneft's environmental program.
Since 2013, Rosneft has been patronizing all polar bears in Russian zoos. To date, the Company maintains 35 polar bears in 17 zoos across the country, providing funds for full feeding, care, treatment, renovation of enclosures, as well as scientific research and educational programs.
Since 2014, the Arctic Research Centre (the Company's corporate research and design institute) has organized more than 40 comprehensive expeditions, during which polar bears, among others, have been studied in the waters of Russia's northern seas.
More than 120 hours of aerial surveys have been conducted, during which scientists have registered both single animals and groups of several polar bears over 500 times; dozens of animals have been examined in detail and tagged with radio transmitters; over 500 biological samples have been collected and analyzed in the laboratory; and the total timekeeping of satellite observations currently stands at over 3,000 days.
This information is extremely important for further studies of the region, since the bear is one of the bioindicator species of northern ecosystems, just like the reindeer, walrus, and white gull, which Rosneft is studying.
The results of our research have been published in leading scientific journals, including the Ecological Atlases of the Seas of Russia series, published jointly with Innopraktika.
The Company also implements a comprehensive program to support and protect polar bears that find themselves in difficult situations. Since 2016, the Company has already helped to save six orphaned cubs in the Russian Arctic sector.
Rosneft is committed to the policy of preserving wild animals in the wild, so new polar bears appear in zoos only through the birth of babies from those already kept there, or as a result of a rescue operation when the animal's life is in real danger.
Last year, Rosneft and the Moscow Zoo launched a social and cultural educational project "Polar Bears in Nature and in Captivity". Zoo staff help students develop an understanding of ecological relationships and the importance of caring for polar bears and other species.
During 2022, a number of zoos performed extensive construction work on sites housing polar bears. The aviaries and pools in the Yekaterinburg Zoo, Seversky Nature Park (Tomsk Region), and the Roev Ruchei Krasnoyarsk Park of Flora and Fauna were significantly expanded. Four more zoos - Novosibirsk, Leningrad, Udmurt and Yakutia - had their enclosures and technical rooms repaired last year.
Note for Editors:
The following are some facts about the polar bear:
Rosneft
Information Division
February 27, 2023