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The white-furred pups of Greenland, Caspian, Baikal and other seals are called squirrels. To draw attention to the protection of seal offspring, Squirrel Day is celebrated worldwide on March 15.
The preliminary area of damaged and dead forests is 221.5 thousand hectares, which is less than 1% of all forests of Lake Baikal.
Since the first of March 2024, a number of changes to the environmental federal legislation have come into force.
Modern safe infrastructure will also appear near water bodies, including on Lake Baikal. A year-round resort will open here until 2030, while I consider it important to strictly adhere to the principle of "zero pollution", that is, the complete absence of waste and untreated wastewater into the lake.
The Chikoy National Park was established in 2014 in the south-west of the Trans-Baikal Territory in the upper reaches of the Chikoy River, belonging to the Lake Baikal basin.