Employees of the Russian branch of Greenpeace presented the results of the expedition to Lake Baikal. In short
Experts fromSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the International Socio-Ecological Union. Researchers talk about the impact of uncontrolled coastal development, plastic garbage and waste from the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill (BPPM) on the ecological state of the lake.
This is not the first time the organization has drawn attention tostate of the deepest lake in the world. For example, earlier Greenpeace drew attention to the fact that the lack of a centralized sewage system and a wastewater system at the camp sites and in a number of settlements in the region leads to pollution of the lake with sewage.
In addition, waste,accumulated during the operation of the BPPM. According to scientists and government agencies, this is about 6.5 million tons of solid and liquid waste. Now they are stored in 14 storage facilities near the lake.
Ecologists believe that in order to preserve Baikalit is necessary to ensure state environmental monitoring not only of the lake, but also of its coast, to completely prohibit the discharge of sewage into the lake, to assess and introduce regulated restrictions on the number of arriving tourists. In addition, they believe that the gradual replacement and ban on plastic and disposable tableware and the use of phosphates in detergents will contribute to the ecological well-being of the region.
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