a coordinator of the international coalition “Rivers without borders” Yevgeny Simonov at a press conference NSN “chop wood – chips fly. What is new for the environment of lake Baikal” said that Putin signed a law will affect not only lake Baikal, but all reserves and other protected areas in Russia.
Signed by President Putin, the law was allowed to cut down forests in the Baikal area without state environmental expertise. However, the coordinator of the international coalition “Rivers without borders” Yevgeny Simonov at a press conference NSN “chop wood – chips fly. What is new for the environment of lake Baikal” told that this law will affect not only lake Baikal, but all reserves and other protected areas in Russia.
“One law abolished seven important mechanisms that helped to prevent environmental and land violations in all protected areas of the country, which will now be held without the state ecological expertise. Along the way, for BAM and Transsib allowed, unchecked to cut down forests in the vicinity of lake Baikal”, – said Simonov.
We will remind, Vladimir Putin signed a law authorizing in the area of lake Baikal “continuous logging” to the needs of the TRANS-Siberian and Baikal-Amur railroads to 2025. Environmental NGOs reacted negatively to this decision. In social networks have already actively started a flash mob against massive tree felling near the lake #Spacebike or #SaveBaikal.
