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Every year on February 27, International Polar Bear Day is celebrated, the purpose of which is to attract additional attention to the protection of the largest land predator on our planet.
Preservation of the population of this polar animal is one of the main priorities of Rosneft’s environmental program. The polar bear is one of the main indicator species of the sustainable state of Arctic ecosystems. A significant part of the population lives in the Russian sector of the Arctic. At the same time, the polar bear has a special conservation status and is included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation and the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Since 2013, Rosneft has been caring for 35 polar bears in 16 Russian zoos, providing them with adequate feeding, care, and veterinary support. As part of the corporate polar bear care program, 7 new enclosure complexes have been built in zoos, and existing enclosures are repaired and reconstructed annually. With the support of the Company, special toys have also been developed to increase the animals’ physical activity.
Rosneft also implements a comprehensive program to support and protect polar bears living in the wild without the care of their mothers. Thanks to this, since 2016, six orphaned bear cubs have already been rescued in the Russian sector of the Arctic.
Since 2012, Rosneft has been organizing complex expeditions in the regions of the Far North. Hydrometeorological, geological, and biological research is conducted in cooperation with the country’s leading scientific institutes on the coast, islands, and archipelagos in all seas of the Russian sector of the Arctic — from the Barents to the Chukchi.
In 2024, a full-scale polar bear census was conducted during the Tamura scientific expedition. Scientists surveyed the coastal area and adjacent islands of the Kara Sea. To obtain information about the movements of polar bears, ear satellite transmitters were installed on the animals for the first time.
During field research in the territory of the “Russian Arctic” National Park on the islands of the Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land archipelagos, coastal observations of the Kara-Barents Sea population of polar bears were carried out. Scientists collected biological samples and collected animal samples for subsequent laboratory processing.
The samples obtained during the expedition allowed for unique molecular-genetic, serological, microbiological, hematological and toxicological analyses. Toxicological blood analysis allows for the identification of the composition and levels of pollutants, including those of anthropogenic origin.
The results obtained help to significantly expand and update information about the polar bear population living in the Russian Arctic – their migration routes, physical condition, and also to develop measures to preserve the animals.
Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft February 27, 2025
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