Ecology

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Do not Fire at Ringed Seals
The beginning of the year was marked by a huge environmental scandal. One of the tour operators of Irkutsk offered an unusual service: hunting Baikal ringed seals.
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Who will suffer from the decline in the level of water in Lake Baikal?
How the regulation of the level in Irkutsk Water Reservoir via the HPP saves the city and its residents from dangerous floods.
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The cascade system of HPPs of Lake Baikal
Irkustsk and Bratsk HPPs has been the main regulators of annual electricity balances in the region for several decades.
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A Volunteer’s Diary: from a Participant to an Expert
“Key to Baikal” starts a new column where real volunteers, people who really help Baikal and save its fragile ecosystem every day, will tell you why they chose this path and why everyone should try to be a volunteer at least once in a lifetime.
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Meaningful Recreation: Ecological Rating Has Been Invented for the Baikal Hotels
“Eco-rating” is a new project that will change the hotels at Lake Baikal and improve the environmental situation of the lake.
Ecology