| Dear Professor Pietsch:
 On behalf of the
Presidium of Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences I hereby
authorise you and the team of international scientists made up of
Americans, Japanese, and Russians, to collect and remove plant and animal
specimens from the Kuril Islands. This permit is valid for expeditions in
1994 to 1997, and is issued subject to a number of provisions as follows:
- A full list of all specimens removed, with detailed informations
about taxonomical names, dates, precise localities of collecting, and
other descriptions, must be submitted to Far East Branch of Russian
Academy of Sciences by way of the Deputy Chairman.
- Copies of any report, journal publications, and books coming from
specimens collected must be submitted to Far East Branch of Russian
Academy of Sciences by way of the Deputy Chairman.
- Collected specimens of plants and animals must be, in all instances,
shared equitably between Russian, American, and Japanese scientists, with
each nation getting about one third of total collections; holotype
specimens may be shared also; it is possible that all frozen tissues can
be sent to Burke Museum at the University of Washington.
- A copy of this letter of permission to collect must be carried at all
times when collecting on the Kuril Islands and must be displayed to
authorities if requested.
I again wish to express our big interest in realisation of the joint
Russian-American-Japanese Project on Kuril Islands biodiversity. We will
try to do our best to make it successful.
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