Our Team
The Centre’s staff are specialists with many years of experience with big cats and particularly with Caucasus and Amur leopards, Amur tigers, snow leopards and other mammals.
- Viktor LukarevskyFounder of the Centre. Doctor of Biological SciencesCo-author Snow Leopard Conservation Strategies in Russia, Amur Tiger Conservation Strategies
Coordinator of development и co-author Amur Leopard Conservation Strategies (1997)
Since 1997, Viktor has worked as an expert and a consultant responsible for World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) projects researching into and conserving large mammals in different areas of the former Soviet Union.
1999–2009 – coordinator and leader of WWF projects in Turkmenistan.
- Conserving leopards in Kopet Dag – a mountainous region on the border of Turkmenistan and Iran;
- Conserving and establishing a population of onagers – Asiatic wild ass – in Badkhyz, south-western Turkmenistan;
- Research and evaluation of a population of onagers in Turkmenistan;
- Evaluation of bustard populations;
- Research into the possibility of reintroducing cheetahs in the Ustyurt Plateau in Kazakhstan;
- Development of a plan of action to conserve Bactrian deer and Caucasus leopards in their natural surroundings;
- Developing and realising a method for the reintroduction of goitered gazelles in West Kopet Dag;
2001–2006 – evaluation of the condition of a population of Caucasus leopards in the Caucasus;
- development of projects to conserve Caucasus leopards;
- development of programmes for the reintroduction of Caucasus leopards in the Greater Caucasus.
1999–2009 – coordinator and leader of WWF projects in Turkmenistan.
- Conserving leopards in Kopet Dag – a mountainous region on the border of Turkmenistan and Iran;
- Conserving and establishing a population of onagers – Asiatic wild ass – in Badkhyz, south-western Turkmenistan;
- Research and evaluation of a population of onagers in Turkmenistan;
- Evaluation of bustard populations;
- Research into the possibility of reintroducing cheetahs in the Ustyurt Plateau in Kazakhstan;
- Development of a plan of action to conserve Bactrian deer and Caucasus leopards in their natural surroundings;
- Developing and realising a method for the reintroduction of goitered gazelles in West Kopet Dag;
2001–2006 – evaluation of the condition of a population of Caucasus leopards in the Caucasus;
- development of projects to conserve Caucasus leopards;
- development of programmes for the reintroduction of Caucasus leopards in the Greater Caucasus.
2005, 2013 – evaluation of WWF projects relating to the reintroduction of snow leopards in Mongolia.
2009 – evaluation of the possibility of reintroducing tigers to the Ili-Balkhash delta in Kazakhstan.
2010–2012 – research and evaluation of the snow leopard population in Kyrgyzstan.
2008–2014 – leading field researcher in the following programmes:
1. Amur tiger research in the Russian Far East.
2. Amur leopard research and conservation work in the Russian Far East.
2009 – evaluation of the possibility of reintroducing tigers to the Ili-Balkhash delta in Kazakhstan.
2010–2012 – research and evaluation of the snow leopard population in Kyrgyzstan.
2008–2014 – leading field researcher in the following programmes:
1. Amur tiger research in the Russian Far East.
2. Amur leopard research and conservation work in the Russian Far East.
- Sviatoslav LukarevskyCentre Director. Wildlife biologist.2008 – 2013 – Lead engineer A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
2008 – 2013 – participating field researcher in the following programmes:
Amur tiger research in the Russian Far East.
Amur leopard research and conservation work in the Russian Far East. - Elizaveta LukarevskayaDeputy Head of the Centre, responsible for Development.
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