Author: Alexey Tarasov Novaya Gazetta. № 123. Nov 1, 2021 Russia will defend the interests of big business, to the detriment of Lake Baikal and Siberia, at the UN Conference on Climate in Glasgow Waves of fresh water are overflowing the banks of Lake Baikal. It is here near the …
State Strict Scientific Nature Reserve (Zapovednik) Daursky has been expanded by Governmental Decree #1301 issued on August 4, 2021. The area of the strictly protect area has been expanded from 45 000 hectares to 84 000 ha (more than by 80%) by adding 11 new adjacent land plots in grassland …
On July 23 the 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held at Fuzhou in China, unanimously approved (without discussion) a new Decision on the Lake Baikal – the most troubled property of the Russian Federation. As an observer at the Session, Eugene Simonov, Coordinator of the Rivers without Boundaries …
A wetland refuge on the Russia-Mongolia border The Landscapes of Dauria is a UNESCO site home to some of Inner Asia’s most charismatic wildlife, but is threatened by Mongolia’s Blue Horse programme of water infrastructure projects Eugene Simonov The Third Pole. June 8, 2021 Editor’s note: This is …
Hydro-engineering war against nature and people has further escalated in the Tigris River Basin. In 2020 Turkey completed infamous Ilisu Hydropower project (see “Test killing” of Tigris River by Turkish Authorities Has Started ), while in early 2021 Iran diverted part of Lesser Zab River to replenish Urmia Lake (see …
Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign Coalition Save the Tigris Campaign is a coalition of civil society organisations from nine countries concerned with water justice in the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Our commitment is to the sustainable and equitable use of water for the sustenance of all, regardless of nationality or religion. …
