Month: <span>April 2012</span>

Do Korean businessmen really want to destroy Kamchatka World Heritage site?

After Kamchatka Province Governor Mr.Ilukhin visited ROK last week and once again amazed environmental community which  is extremely irritated with his consistent desire to destroy Kronotsky Zapovednik (Strict Scientific Nature reserve), which was declared a World Heritage Site for its unique flora and fauna and famous geysers that rival those …

Hydro on Shilka suspended?

After a week of public protests in the Amur River basin works on the Trans-Siberian hydro power plant are to be suspended in the nearest future, novostienergetiki.ru report with reference to the official statement of EN+ company and World Wide Fund for Nature. The Russian office of WWF managed to …

Shilka Hydro – a week of protests results in constructive outcome

From International Day against the large dams to the World Water Day a wave of actions in defense of the river Shilka initiated by WWF and local NGOs rolled through the Amur River basin from headwaters to the ocean. “EuroSibEnergo-En+”, the largest independent power producer in Russia, and China Yangtze …