16.07.2009
What is the sekret of Baikal Lake?
What is interesting to Russians and foreigners on Baikal? A question not the idle. In connection with the beginning of building of the Special economic zone of tourist-recreational type (OEZ ТРТ) «The Baikal harbour» in Republic of Buryatia sharply rises a question – what kinds of tourism should be developed on Baikal. What is the mystery of the sacred lake Baikal which is in far cold Siberia with its sharp-continental climate – in the cold winter and in the short summer.
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12.02.2009
Russias lake Baikal theatened by zinc mine
The stark beauty of the world's deepest and oldest lake is under threat, ecologists say, because it lies downstream from a rich source of zinc.The proximity has opened up a debate in this resource-rich nation, pitting industrialists and job-hungry officials in Siberia against ecologists and government agencies in Moscow.
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24.12.2008
The Baikal contests for the title of one of the seven wonders of the world
Lake Baikal became a participant of the international contest «New 7 wonders of the world». The contest was organized by the international non-commercial fund of the same name. It chooses among unique natural places with no influence of civilization. (www.new7wonders.com).
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02.10.2008
Baikal school "Physical limnology and sedimentology"
The following video presentations of the participants of the Russian-Swiss School “Physical Limnology and Sedimentology” have been allocated at our portal: "Heat and water exchange processes in South Basin of Lake Baikal and their modeling" Portyanskaya I.A. (ISU), "Inherent Optical Properties" Tarashansky B.A. and “Sedimentary aspects of aqueous reservoirs and peculiarities of sediment accumulation in Baikal Lake from point of view nature standard of oil and gas generation in present-day” Primina S.P.(ISU).
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15.08.2008
III summer simposium "Research and education "Baikal-development strategy"
The 3 rd Symposium of Research-Educational Center “Baikal” will be held on August 1-5, 2008. Besides traditional discussions on results of work and prospects of development of the Center, International Scientific Conference “Baikal as a Unique Natural Laboratory for International Scientific Studies of the Earth” will be held within the framework of the Symposium.
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21.01.2008
Baikal pretends to the second place in the Internet-voting
Baikal pretends to the second place in the Internet-voting for detection of a miracle of the Siberian federal district. In accord with the results of the 9th of January 18,4 thousand people voted for Baikal, it falls behind mountain Belukha which was given 21,6 thousand voices more than 5 thousand. On the 3th place is the natural reserve Stolbyi, which was supported by 9,7 thousand people. As for the Novosibirsk zoo it has lowered one line and how occupies the fourth place with 8,6 thousand voices.
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28.11.2007
The meeting with the famouse Russian scientist-ecologist
On 24th of November, 2007, there was the meeting with the famouse russian scientist-ecologist and public figure Yablokov Alexey Vladimirovich in the National library of the republic of Buryatia.
In his speech he named the main problems of russian environment condition: water polution, air polution, solid polution, wood distruction, biodiversity reduction, water-security zones distruction, dumps spreading, ets.
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29.08.2007
The seminar in the National Library of Republic Buryatia
On August, 28th, 2007 the seminar “Information resources about lake Baikal” devoted to the Day of Baikal took place in the National library of the republic of Buryatia. Teachers of ecological disciplines of schools of the city, employees of the republican ecological and biological centre of pupils of Ministry of Education of the republic of Buryatia, of Publishing House “Baikal-Press”, teachers of the Buryat State University took part in the seminar.
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06.08.2007
The Baikal is a tourist brand of Buryatia
On May 24-26 the 4th Republican “Tourism and Recreation in Buryatia-2007” exhibition fair was held in Ulan Ude. The day before the press conference for the mass media took place; it was organized by the Republic of Buryatia Government and the Republican Tourism Agency. The Agency representatives, as well as of the Republic of Buryatia Ministry of economic development and foreign relations informed the mass media about the prospects of the Baikal tourism development.
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05.06.2007
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE OF TOURISM AND RECREATION (SEZ) AT LAKE BAIKAL
In December 2006 the Republic of Buryatia became one of the competition winners and got the right to organize a special economic zone of tourism and recreation (SEZ). The final results of the competition were summed up on December 6 in Moscow at the sitting of the selection commission. Besides Buryatia, the territories to organize such zones are the Irkutsk region, the Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, the Kaliningrad region, the Republic of Altai and the Altai territory.
It is a historic event for the republic which will allow it to start a new stage of its economic development.
The tourism and recreation zone at Lake Baikal in Buryatia will take up the territory of 700 sq. km 150-180 km away from Ulan Ude.
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