JRL NEWSWATCH: “At Asia’s heart, Lake Baikal stirs Russians to protect nature” – Christian Science Monitor/Fred Weir
![Lake Baikal and Environs Satellite Photo](https://russialist.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/baikal-lake-satellite-photo-gov-300x200.jpg)
“… [Lake Baikal] is the only natural feature in Russia … [with] its own law … which bans many types of industry, including mining, and chemical-based farming in a buffer zone around the lake that includes most of Buryatia. … that makes Baikal a double-edged sword for the economically stagnant republic. The region’s beauty and largely untapped resources give it […]
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