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Russia Environment Baikal Lake Protection Law 9010738 20.09.2025 A view shows waste storage areas of the closed Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill in Irkutsk region, Russia. On July, 2023, Russian lawmakers in the country s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, have passed in the first reading a bill authorizing large-scale logging around Lake Baikal for a period of ten years what caused a public outcry. The permission was necessary for the expansion of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian railroads. The proposed law provides a mechanism for forests situated on protected lands to be reclassified into other land categories, allowing for deforestation and also specifies that clearcutting will be permitted in areas where forests have been lost due

Russia Environment Baikal Lake Protection Law 9010738 20.09.2025 A view shows waste storage areas of the closed Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill in Irkutsk region, Russia. On July, 2023, Russian lawmakers in the country s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, have passed in the first reading a bill authorizing large-scale logging around Lake Baikal for a period of ten years what caused a public outcry. The permission was necessary for the expansion of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian railroads. The proposed law provides a mechanism for forests situated on protected lands to be reclassified into other land categories, allowing for deforestation and also specifies that clearcutting will be permitted in areas where forests have been lost due

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Russia Environment Baikal Lake Protection Law 9010738 20.09.2025 A view shows waste storage areas of the closed Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill in Irkutsk region, Russia. On July, 2023, Russian lawmakers in the country s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, have passed in the first reading a bill authorizing large-scale logging around Lake Baikal for a period of ten years what caused a public outcry. The permission was necessary for the expansion of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian railroads. The proposed law provides a mechanism for forests situated on protected lands to be reclassified into other land categories, allowing for deforestation and also specifies that clearcutting will be permitted in areas where forests have been lost due

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