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  Primorsky Krai - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Primorsky Krai, bordered by China, North Korea, and warm, non-freezing waters of the Sea of Japan, is the extreme South-Eastern region of Russia, located between 42° and 48° North Latitude and 130° and 139° East Longitude.
Primorsky Krai's economy, the most balanced in the Russian Far East, is also the largest in absolute terms.
Primorsky Krai is the largest coal producer in the Russian Far East and generates more electricity than any other Russian Far East administrative division, but power shortages are common.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Primorsky_Krai   (1885 words)

  
 Primorsky Krai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Primorsky Krai (Russian: Примо́рский край), also known as Primorye (Примо́рье), is federal subject number 25 of Russia (a krai).
The ranges are cut by the picturesque narrow and deep valleys of the rivers and by large brooks, such as the Partizanskaya, the Kiyevka, the Zerkalnaya, the Cheryomukhovaya, the Yedinka, the Samarga, the Bikin, and the Bolshaya Ussurka.
Primorsky Krai is located in the Vladivostok Time Zone (VLAT/VLAST).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Primorsky_Krai   (1840 words)

  
 Natural resources of Primorsky Krai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Primorsky Krai is a territory rich in natural resources:
The total of 10 deposits of silver are found in the Krai.
Okean Artel and Primorsky Mine are engaged in gold extraction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natural_resources_of_Primorsky_Krai   (1409 words)

  
 Land Resources of Russia
Altai krai is situated in the steppe and forest-steppe zones.
In the north-western areas of the krai rivers of the Lena basin flow: Maya, and Uchur.
The krai is situated in the northern steppes zone.
www.iiasa.ac.at /Research/FOR/russia_cd/adm_lis.htm   (15014 words)

  
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Natural Resource Rent and Its Measurement 1.10 One way of ensuring that benefits for the nation continue to flow from its natural resource is to capture and reinvest resource "rents".
Natural resource sectors were far from immune, indeed they were, and arguably still are, at the heart of the non-payments problem.29 4.2 It is the energy sector that played a central role in the non-payments story.
Natural resource tax revenues are shared among the three levels of government in Russia, and natural resource tax revenue assignment is a sensitive matter.
www-wds.worldbank.org /external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2002/04/12/000094946_02040304241092/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (18354 words)

  
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The Blue range population (Spassky district of the Primorsky Krai) is sometimes viewed as a separate population or part of the Primorsky population of ginseng.
Urgent measures are needed to restore the resources of this valuable species and preserve its genetic potential since natural populations provide material for the reintroduction and renewal of the specie in the areas of its former habitat.
The distribution, quantity of specimens and stock resources have been substantially affected, and continue to be affected, by changes in habitat conditions due to industrial-scale lumbering, mainly of the Korean cedar, frequent forest fires that lead to forest degradation and proliferation of miscellaneous herbs, spring fires that are deadly for young plants, and slope erosion.
www.cites.org /eng/notif/1999/043.txt   (3217 words)

  
 Cement Encyclopedia Article @ Technicalstuff.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The signifcance of the clay content for the hydraulic properties of the hydraulic lime produced from a natural mixture of limestone and clay was discovered by the Englishman John Smeaton (1724-1792) when he was preparing to build the Eddystone lighthouse near Plymouth and was looking for a binder for water-resistant mortar.
Portland cement clinker is a combination of calcium, aluminum, silicon and iron oxides in specific combinations, made from a raw material mix of limestone, chalk, and clay, or their natural blend, lime marl.
Natural gypsum and/or anhydrite cover most of the demand for sulphate agents, which serve to adjust the working properties of the cements.
www.technicalstuff.com /encyclopedia/Cement   (1387 words)

  
 Krai Encyclopedia Article @ RussianWealth.com (Russian Wealth)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Krai (Russian: край; transliteration: krai or kray) is a term used to refer to seven of Russia's 88 federal subjects.
Since the word krai also means border or end, it is used for regions located along the economic and geographic periphery.
Krais, oblasts, and republics have equal constitutional status within the Russian Federation.
www.russianwealth.com /encyclopedia/Krai   (177 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Natural resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, featuring state-of-the-art exhibits as well as working equipment on display in its adjacent Oil Field Park, exhibits and interprets the fascinating stories of this region’s natural resources, with special emphasis on petroleum and brine recovered for bromine extraction.
The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources is on Ark. 7 two miles south of Smackover.
The Committee on Rural Economy Agriculture, Natural Resources and Enviroment is one of the Ten Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Natural_resources   (494 words)

  
 Seaside weather - Ecological problems of the rivers of Primorsky Krai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In Primorsky Krai observations over the level of impurity of superficial waters of a land is conducted by the Seaside centre of monitoring of environmental contamination on the state network of monitoring on 32 rivers, lake Khanka and Artemovsk a water basin.
The high level of pollution is registered in the rivers Razdolnay, Komarovka and Rakovka (within the precincts Ussuriisk), in river Dachnay (Arseniev), in the rivers Spasovka and Kuleshovka (Spassk-Dalniy), in river Ore (Dalnegorsk and Krasnorechenskiy) and in the rivers of pool lake Khanka (Ilistoy, Komissarovka, Melgunovka, Nesterovka and Abramovka).
Thus, in territory of Primorsky Krai, despite of its high aquifer and rather weak economic developing, water resources appeared on the verge of a qualitative exhaustion because of the extremely extensive forms of water use.
www.primpogoda.ru /art_eng.asp?id=19   (902 words)

  
 Business newspaper "Zolotoy Rog" (Golden Horn). Vladivostok. Primorsky region. Russian Far East
It is expected that during his meeting with Primorsky Krai governor Sergei Darkin an agreement will be signed between Russian Railways and the regional administration on cooperation in improving transport services for the general public, said spokesman for the Vladivostok branch of Far Eastern Railways.
Primorsky Krai court confirmed an earlier writ issued by Pogranichny district judge and left Ruslan Bashko, charged with poaching and misuse of authority when occupying position of Grodekovo customs office chief, in custody.
Primorsky Krai court examines an embezzlement case, in which a group of officials from a sanitarium and the regional social insurance fund received bribes for a total more than $10,000.
www.zrpress.ru /2004/012/ecnt.htm   (1572 words)

  
 Russian Far East oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In shallow waters of the continental shelves off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, petroleum and natural gas are extracted, and pearls are harvested along the coasts of Australia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Philippines, although in sharply declining volume.
Chukotka has large reserves of oil, natural gas, coal, gold, and tungsten, which are slowly being exploited, but much of the rural population exists on subsistence reindeer herding, hunting, and fishing.
Khabarovsk Krai shares its borders with Magadan Oblast on the north, with Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast on the west, with the People's Republic of China and Primorsky Krai on the south, while being limited by the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.
russian.far.east.en.oddd.org   (10595 words)

  
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The Amurian Plate (or Amur Plate) is a proposed continental tectonic plate covering Manchuria, the Korean Peninsula, Western Japan, and Primorsky Krai.
The northern boundaries for the Korean Peninsula is commonly (and tacitly) taken to coincide with today's political borders between North Korea and her northern neighbours, China (1,416 km) and Russia (19 km).
Primorsky Krai (), also known as Primorye (), is a federal subject of Russia (a krai).
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The project objective is consistent with the current CAS document for Russia (May 2002), which specifies further support to conservation and sustainable management of globally significant natural habitats and biological resources, and the overall strengthening of the national institutional framework for environmental and natural resources management, as areas for priority Bank intervention.
Communication and resource sharing between the wildlife agency in the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Federal and Kray Forestry Agencies in the Ministry of Natural Resources is not regular.
Understanding the natural fire regime and the landscape mosaic that co-evolved with the native biological diversity of the forests of the ASAE are among the topics of this project, as they may constitute a baseline for management.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/10/14/000112742_20041014085456/Rendered/INDEX/302160RU1Fire1Proj1Brief1040708.txt   (13381 words)

  
 Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai is also a player in aerospace--Arsenyev-based Progress Aviation Association is competing on bids to supply Black Shark and Alligator combat helicopters to Finland and Turkey.
Primorsky Krai is in the footprint of Star TV (a Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster) with the incongruous result that the citizens of the region get their weekly doses of Baywatch routed via Hong Kong.
Primorsky Krai has also become a key tourism market, not so much for people coming to visit (although this is happening as well) as for Russians going abroad.
users.crocker.com /~ial/russia/business/articles/9805_1.html   (1680 words)

  
 Tuva - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Major natural resources of Tuva include coal, iron ore, gold, and more.
Tuva was made the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast and then became the Tuva ASSR on October 10, 1961.
Toka's rule was characterized by a concerted effort to introduce collectivism and to destroy Tuvan culture, especially that of a religious nature.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Tuva   (1290 words)

  
 Khabarovsk Krai Government site - General - Geographical location, natural conditions and resources - Geographical ...
The Khabarovsk Krai is washed by the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.
A characteristic feature of the Khabarovsk Krai is a well developed river system, the major area belonging to the Pacific Ocean basin (the Amur river basin), and the lesser one to the Arctic Ocean basin (the Lena river basin).
The nearest russian neighbors are the Primorsky Krai, the Jewish Autonomous oblast, the Amurskaya and the Magadanskaya oblasts and the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
www.adm.khv.ru /invest2.nsf/General_en/4EE76C1DE97E7A38CA256524001A4F25?OpenDocument   (331 words)

  
 Learn more about Russia in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The remaining territory consists of 49 provinces known as oblasts and 6 regions (krays), in which are found 10 autonomous districts and 1 autonomous oblast.
Russia remains heavily dependent on exports of commodities, particularly oil, natural gas, metals, and timber, which account for over 80% of exports, leaving the country vulnerable to swings in world prices.
The greatest challenge facing the Russian economy is how to encourage the development of SME (small and medium sized enterprises) in a business climate dominated by oligarchs and a large dysfunctional banking system.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /r/ru/russia.html   (1826 words)

  
 Winne.com - Welcome
Primorsky Krai has branches of 26 banks, both local and national, and the sector is modernising to meet the needs of Russian and the growing international business community offering fast currency transfers and plastic cards
One of the top three regional banks in Primorsky Krai is Primsotsbank, which has over 7000 corporate clients, and capital of 93 million rubles.
Plastic cards, which are becoming more and more popular with Primorsky Krais' costumers are issued by the bank can be used at cash machines in nearby Suifenhe, China.
www.winne.com /vladivostok/cr06.html   (240 words)

  
 Tumen River Area Development Programme: The Tumen Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Primorsky Territory, or Primorsky Krai, is located in the southern part of the Russian Far East.
There are abundant seafood resources, and Primorsky produces a significant portion of Russia's total fish catch.
Primorsky is rich in natural resources, and relies heavily on resource processing and trading.
www.tumenprogramme.org /tumen/region   (733 words)

  
 DINCOMA - Foodstuffs from the Forest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Primorsky Krai's seas and forests are filled not just with fish and timber, but also with many specialised resources which are now being harvested and processed by local firm Dincoma into special therapeutic and prophylactic foodstuffs and dietary supplements, primarily for people who work in harmful labour and environmental conditions.
In addition to the company's commercial objectives, these projects are aimed at improving the overall utilisation or Primorsky Krai's forests and improving the health of the local population.
Given the domestic and international potential of such natural foodstuffs and additives, the company welcomes the partnership of companies from other countries who wish to participate in these projects.
users.crocker.com /~ial/russia/business/articles/9805_a3.html   (559 words)

  
 ESRI Conservation Program Resources:
World Resources Institute (WRI) (World Resources Institute 1709 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 tel: 202/638-6300 fax: 202/638-0036 general email: philip@wri.org) The World Resources Institute is an independent center for policy research and technical assistance on global environmental and development issues.
Data on natural resources and social and economic circumstances in the Andean countries is available.
The Chingaza Natural National Park was chosen as a case study, and its representative variables are vegetation unit, type of property, soil use, and natural disasters.
www.conservationgis.org /links/international.html   (13283 words)

  
 USAID: ENR: Biodiversity Information and Documents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
USAID also supports conservation and sustainable use of biological resources where this is judged to be a priority for sustainable development at the country level.
USAID programs contribute to the amelioration of rural natural resource management and land-use problems through efforts to limit deforestation and promote reforestation, support conservation and promote environmentally sustainable uses of forests, coastal zones, and other important ecosystems.
As part of its natural resources management efforts in CEE, USAID developed the Albania Private Forestry Development Program (APFDP) to increase Albanian rural household incomes and to alleviate and ultimately reverse the degradation of Albania's forests.
www.ee-environment.net /docs/biodvsty.shtml   (1092 words)

  
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Factors impeding the sustainable management of forest resources are widespread in Russia and its biologically diverse forests face several critical threats.
Approximately 350-450 remain in the forests of Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsky Krai in the Russian Far East.
The Ministry of Natural Resources in Moscow has identified the fire center to be a high priority for completion and has determined that it will be used to coordinate fire issues for the Russian Far East Federal Okrug.
www.fs.fed.us /global/globe/europe/russia.htm   (3245 words)

  
 Primorsky Krai info here at en.nichefest.be   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Add unstudied presences to increase your overall readiness level, such as gardening, housework, walking to the store, take the Primorsky Krai instead of the elevator, and Primorsky Krai nonattendances.
Russian hunters will not make Amur leopards starve Thus, for example, hunting on Siberian stag will be closed more than in half of the districts of Primorsky Krai, and on musk deer - is possible only in three northern districts.
Vladivostok expats article According to the newspaper Zolotoi Rog, the cost of living in Primorsky Krai, the little region which holds Vladivostok, is one of the highest in all of Russia.
en.nichefest.be /bga-assembly/Primorsky_Krai   (2045 words)

  
 Business newspaper "Zolotoy Rog" (Golden Horn). Vladivostok. Primorsky region. Russian Far East
The Organized Crime Enforcement Department of Primorsky Krai Interior Affairs Office seized more than 2.5 kg of explosive and ammunition from a criminal grouping detained last Thursday, said Roman Kuzin, head of PK IAO Analytical Department.
Primorsky Krai Governor Sergei Darkin signed a decree on hosting the III Pacific Forum of Fellow Countrymen in Vladivostok.
Environmental specialists from Primorsky Krai Natural Resources Office (GUPR) don't rule out that some oil products could be dumped into the wells together with concrete and will soon make testing of the water.
www.zrpress.ru /2003/060/ecnt.htm   (1369 words)

  
 Winne.com - Welcome
Primorsky Krai is a region that offers great potential in the tourism sector, if it is the outdoor lifestyle that you enjoy then you will feel right at home in this in this beautiful and unspoilt region.
Visitors can request weekend excursions in the "Taiga" for the simply pleasures of trekking in the wilderness, staying in remote wooden chalets, Russian banya evenings, visiting local museums and towns of interest and the famous Amursky Tiger sanctuary that is run and maintained by Doctor Victor G Yudin.
Vladivostok can be considered as the centre of Primorsky Krai's culture and art.
www.winne.com /vladivostok/bf09.html   (558 words)

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