Greenpeace Russia
Greenpeace Russia has appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to revoke the decree of the Russian government N1 from 13 January 2010, amending the list of activities prohibited in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory. Information about the situation with bppm was transferred to Greenpeace in unesco World Heritage Centre. Commission for Public Chamber Environmental Policy and Environmental Protection also said that the Russian Public Chamber is concerned about plans to resume the work of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill. Members of the Public Chamber recalled that the lake Baikal is a unique monument of nature and the world's largest reservoir of fresh water, it is concentrated 20% of drinking water supplies in the world. Comments of the mep and for this regulation were very discreet.
only said it will monitor the ecological situation around Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill. In the meantime, the term industrial launch of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill until determined, the company's management is waiting for approval from regulatory authorities. Also last week, it became known that the Ministry of Natural Resources has prepared a list of enterprises of Irkutsk region, negatively affecting environment and subject to the federal state environmental control in the list, in particular, came in the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill. Recall, the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill has not worked since October 2008, after moved to the closed water system, introduced in order to protect the ecology of Lake Baikal. The new rules prohibit the plant to discharge industrial wastewater into the lake and use of chlorine in pulp bleaching.