About two thousand professionals will be involved in the Red registered predators — the Amur tiger and Far Eastern leopard, which will begin on January 31, said Wednesday the Amur branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). «This year, the Far East, taking into account the affected more than 150,000 sq. Km of tiger habitat. Primary data collection on the state of the Amur tiger runs throughout the winter season, and conduct a one-time registration is scheduled for Jan. 31 in the southern and central regions of Primorsky Krai, in the northern same areas and Khabarovsk Krai start accounting is scheduled for Feb. 7″,- said in a statement, informs «Pacific Russia».

Accounting solved in stages, as the weather conditions on such a large area vary greatly — from snow in the north of Primorye and Khabarovsk Krai to the danger of the rain in the south of Primorye.

According to the coordinator of the program for the conservation of biodiversity Amur branch of WWF Russia Pavel Fomenko, this year in the south-western part of Primorye into account falls and other rare cat — the Amur leopard.

Accounting is organized and held Ministry of Natural Resources and its subordinate bodies. The total length of survey routes could reach 15,000 km.

One-time registration within the Russian part of the habitat of the tiger is held once in ten years, if not necessary, caused by abrupt changes in living conditions of the population or other factors threatening her, the report says.

According to the last census in 2005, Amur tiger population in the south of the Far East was 423-502 individuals — 95% of the world population of this subspecies.

Results of survey will assess the current state of the Amur tiger population, and will provide an opportunity to understand what happened in the last ten years, and how to be effective measures to protect the species. Preliminary results of the census of the Amur tiger will be announced by the end of May 2015, the final — in October.

The principal difference between accounting in 2015 from the previous one — the wide use of GPS devices and camera traps, which will ensure the accuracy of the data, according to Interfax.