Like four Moscow regions: The area of forest fires in the Russian Federation can set an absolute record
The true scale of forest fires in Russia has become known. According to Greenpeace Russia, from January 1 to August 10, an impressive area of Siberia - 16,451 million hectares, or 164,5 thousand km², has burned out or continues to burn, which is comparable to almost four Moscow regions.
So far, this is the second-largest sad indicator in this century after what happened in 2012, but the rate of spread of fire could set an absolute record in 2021. Smoke from conflagrations got even to the North Pole, which is 3 thousand km.
The branch of the international environmental NGO clarified that the day before the area of forest fires in the Russian Federation expanded by 0,4 million hectares in just a day, which is equal to the total area of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Yakutia suffers the most, where 323 active fires were counted, the largest of which is 1,3 million hectares, which is almost comparable to the Kaliningrad region.
A field group of the Volunteer Public Association "People of the Forest", located in the Angara region, told Greenpeace Russia that most of the new fires occurred in legal logging, where felling residues are burned in clearings. in places not associated with "black lumberjacks".
It is more profitable for loggers to burn the remnants of the felled forest than to clear the felling area in other ways or recycle this waste. A tourniquet with violations - at the wrong time, not observing fire safety rules. Fires often leave logging sites over huge areas and then burn until autumn
- reports Greenpeace Russia the words "People of the Forest".
Greenpeace Russia believes that it is possible to influence the situation right now by prohibiting the burning of felling residues and strengthening the supervision of the forest guard. The NGO recalled that forest fires are a serious source of greenhouse gases and soot, and suggested that the Russian government switch to the Green Deal, a program that should improve the situation with fires in Russia.
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