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Re-establishment of forest protection service

Greenpeace Russia has started to collect signatures for a letter addressed to the Russian president, which demands re-establishment of state forest protection that would be a federal service, organizationally and financially independent from other state organs that deal with forest resource use, and would involve adequate number of staff (no less than 20 thousand inspectors). Such number of federal inspectors would mean operational groups of three people for each forest management unit in the regions of the country that are inhabited and accessible to transportation.
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Tragedy in Altai: One more kill from the illegal hunt of argali

During an investigative expedition to the Sailyugem mountain range by Geblerov Ecological Society, the remains of one more killed argali (mountain sheep) was found, adding to the sad result of the illegal hunting trip that took place in the Altai on January 9 and ended with the helicopter crashing down and killing 7 people, including some high-ranking federal and local officials. During investigations on the south-west side of the mountain Chernaya on 28 May, the members of the Geblerov Society found the remains of a nine-year-old male mountain sheep (argali).
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Finally some reaction!

After a three-month long confrontation between the civil society and the administration due to the investigation of illegal hunting of the Red-listed Altai argali by high-standing officials, the environmentalists’ case has finally seen a small victory.
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Are they making fun of us or does it just seem so?

Green Movement requires investigation and public assessment of illegal hunting by high-ranking officials in Altai

Conference ‘The Green Movement in Russia and ecological challenges’ (21-22 March 2009 in Moscow) adopted a resolution, suggested by Sibecocenter, on the problem of VIP illegal hunting.
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Investigation Committee does not waste words for nothing

Sibecocenter finally received an answer to its appeal to the Investigation Committee of the Office of Public Prosecutor of Russian Federation. The letter, dated on 3 April 2009, repeats almost word for word the answer to Greenpeace Russia and WWF Russia that these organizations received already two months ago.
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