Kaspika

Parvin Farshchi: I choose the Caspian Sea!

19/01/202621/01/2026 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Department of Environment, Iran, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, Parvin Farshchi, Semnan Province

In March 2019, the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran (the Iranian Parliament) approved a project to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to arid central

The Caspian seal pup, about 2 weeks old, in the early stages of moulting. The Caspian coast near Lareem, Mazandaran Province, Iran, June 1991. Credited by M. Mehdizadeh and B.H. Kiabi.

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The only one

12/01/202624/01/2026 Kaspika 0 Comment breeding, Caspian seal pup, Iran, Mazandaran, Miankaleh, pupping

This image of an extremely exhausted Caspian seal pup was sent to Kaspika Caspian Seals Conservation Agency by Bahram Hasanzadeh Kiabi,

Microplastic contamination in Caspian seals (Pusa caspica).

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First comprehensive quantification of microplastic contamination

05/01/202606/01/2026 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, microplastic pollution, Pusa caspica

The middle Caspian Sea, monitoring of dead Caspian seals stranded in Dagestan, December, 2020. Credited by N.R. Shumeyko, Kaspika Caspian Seals Conservation Agency.

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Headquarters for stabilisation of environmental situation in Dagestan

19/12/202527/12/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Dagestan, Headquarters for Stabilisation of Situation in Field of Environmental Protection and Nature Management, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, mass death of Caspian seals

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation has initiated an investigation into the causes of the unfavorable environmental situation in the Republic of Dagestan following

The map-scheme showing the location of Kashagan, Kairan, and Aktoty fields, the northeastern Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, NCOC, https://www.ncoc.kz/en.

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Round table on the development of Kashagan field

18/11/202527/11/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment : Kashagan, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, NCOC

North Caspian Operating Company N.V. (NCOC) invites all interested parties to participate in the round table “On the development of Kashagan field.

A Caspian seal pup, the northern Caspian, January 2023. An international expedition organised by CAIER, Caspian Seals Research and Rehabilitation Center, with the support of Saby Charitable Foundation. Photo by Sarah Del Ben, Icebreaker Nature Entertainment Studios.

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EIA Protocol to Tehran Convention enters into force

30/10/202519/11/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian countries, Caspian Sea, EIA Protocol, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, Tehran Convention

On November 18, 2025, the Protocol on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context to the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment

The meeting on the Caspian seal, the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, October 24, 2025. Credited by Compass Foundation for Support and Development of Environmental Initiatives.

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Meeting on the Caspian seal at the Russin Ministry

26/10/202529/10/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian seal, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, rarity status category, Red Book of Russian Federation

On October 24, 2025, a meeting on the Caspian seal was held at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. It

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Caspian Seal | Handbook of the Mammals of Europe

18/10/202521/10/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian seal, Handbook of the Mammals of Europe, Phoca capsica, Pusa capsica

© 2025. E.A. Rustamov (1),* A.V. Belousova (2). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 1) Ramsar Regional Initiatives of Central Asia, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; (2) All-Russian Research Institute for Environmental Protection,