In memory of Alexei Nikolaevich Tyurin (1950-2022)

On September 6, 2022, Aleksey Nikolaevich Tuyrin, the founder and permanent executive secretary of the scientific peer-reviewed journal Biota and Environment of Natural Areas, passed away at the age of 72. During period 1976–2020 he worked at the National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, and then at the Federal Scientific Center of the Far East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Aleksey Nikolaevich devoted his whole life to conservation of the unique nature of Primorsky Krai. All of us, members of the journal’s editorial board, will remember him with gratitude and continue his life’s work.