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This book is dedicated to the ornithologist Hans Schaanning, the pioneer of bird study in the border area, who put the foundation for trilateral cooperation for the environment protection on the border between Russia, Norway and Finland Preface T he idea to write a book about Hans Schaanning, the Norwegian researcher who lived and worked in the today’s Pasvik Reserve te rrito ry, emerged long time ago but it was not easy to implement. The lack of knowl edge about Pasvik wildlife was even a bigger obstacle than the lack of money for translation and publishing the book. Accumulation of observation data and collection of information for fifteen years as well as the following analy sis and consolidation of the data in the book The Birds of Pasvik (Khlebosolov et al., 2007) made it possible to begin this work. Our book is the result of tha t work. It is based on the source-book - the publication of the young scientist Hans Schaanning Bird Fauna of East Finnmark* published in Norway in 1907 which played an important role in the follow-up development of the Pasvik-Inari area. This small book made a cer tain revolution becoming a starting point for establishment of the joint Pasvik Reserve. Norwegian specialists investigating the River Paz after the devastating Second World War suddenly discovered a «birds’ Paradise» there (Wikan, 1987) and decided that this natural treasury must be preserved which only could be achieved by joint efforts creating a reserve on the shared river. Years passed, and reserves were established on the Russian and Norwegian sides of the Paz in 1992 and 1993, respectively, which constitute a common protected area divided by the state border. Bird study is one of the major cooperation activities on the river which means that Schaanning’s cause lives on. We are driven by such a strong ambition to give Russian and internation al researchers an opportunity to work with the source-book written by our Schaanning H.Tho.L. 0stfinmarkens fuglefauna. Ornithologiske meddelelser vedrorende trakterne om Varangerfjorden, specielt Sydvarangers fauna i aarene 1900-1906. Bergens Museums. Aarbog. 1907. N8. 98 p. 139