The Caspian Biodiversity Database was created within the framework of the Caspian Environment Programme in 2002 with the assistance of the following institutions:

Caspian Fisheries Research Institute
Astrakhan, Russia

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Atyrau Branch of the Kazakh Fisheries Research Institute
Atyrau, Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan Fisheries Research Institute
Baku, Azerbaijan

National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna
Ashgabad, Turkmenistan

Zoological Institute, Kazakh Academy of Sciences
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Zoological Institute, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences
Baku, Azerbaijan

Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences
Sevastopol, Ukraine
(Web site development)

Project leader and scientific editor – Dr. V. N. Belyaeva
Web site development – V. G. Lyubartsev, L. K. Galkovskaya
Project supervisor – Dr. V. L. Vladymyrov