Public Chamber Environmental Policy

Greenpeace Russia has appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to cancel the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 13, N1, 2010, amending the list of activities prohibited in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory. Information on the situation with BPPM was transferred to Greenpeace in the World Heritage Centre. Commission Public Chamber Environmental Policy and Environmental Protection also said that the Public Chamber of Russia 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 Ministry of Environment and Rosprirodnadzor for this regulation were very discreet. Rosprirodnadzor only said it would monitor the ecological situation around Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill. While the same period of the industrial launch of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill has not yet 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 in Irkutsk Region, have a negative impact on environment and subject to the federal state environmental control in the list, in particular, entered 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 rotation system that was introduced in order to protect the ecology of Lake Baikal.