Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill - University of Hawaii
Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill - University of Hawaii
Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill - University of Hawaii
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Clean fresh water<br />
or dirty money?<br />
<strong>Baikalsk</strong> <strong>Pulp</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Paper</strong> <strong>Mill</strong><br />
Viacheslav Li<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hawaii</strong> at Manoa<br />
Speech 251<br />
Spring 2012
Outline<br />
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Lake Baikal<br />
Fresh water<br />
Baikal endemics<br />
One day on a hike<br />
Pollution. <strong>Baikalsk</strong> <strong>Pulp</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Paper</strong> <strong>Mill</strong><br />
Ways <strong>of</strong> solution<br />
Raising people's awareness
Lake Baikal<br />
Blue color is water
UNESCO World Heritage List<br />
“Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha<br />
Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) <strong>and</strong><br />
deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains<br />
20% <strong>of</strong> the world's total unfrozen freshwater<br />
reserve. Known as the 'Galapagos <strong>of</strong> Russia', its<br />
age <strong>and</strong> isolation have produced one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
world's richest <strong>and</strong> most unusual freshwater<br />
faunas, which is <strong>of</strong> exceptional value to<br />
evolutionary science.”
What is this?
Endemic Flora <strong>and</strong> Fauna<br />
More than 80% animals <strong>and</strong> plants are endemic!<br />
Baikal Seal (lives in fresh water)
One day on a hike.<br />
Just usual day for the <strong>Paper</strong> <strong>Mill</strong>
Money? Bureaucracy?<br />
● Opened in 1966<br />
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Primary military purposes became obsolete next<br />
year<br />
● Personnel: 1600 (2009)<br />
● Debt: 1.2bn RUR ($40m) (2009)<br />
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Owner: 49% government,<br />
51% “Continentalinvest”<br />
Products: low quality <strong>Pulp</strong> <strong>and</strong> paper
The Problem<br />
Ski resort losses<br />
Pollution (affects water, animals, plants, humans)<br />
Money laundry<br />
Authoritarian Russian government, bureaucracy<br />
Unawareness in society (including inside <strong>and</strong> outside Russia)
Possible solutions<br />
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Tourism<br />
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Ski resorts<br />
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Fresh water pipeline
Act now!
It might be too late..
Thank you!
Sources<br />
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http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/ru/campaigns/baikal/<br />
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12<br />
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/12/po<br />
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10739<br />
http://theanthropologist.net/#/JimDenevan<br />
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/754<br />
http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/ru/news/09-09-2011-<br />
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https://picasaweb.google.com/10940468332720405770
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