I want to help keep Baikal. What can I do?

In October, the inhabitants of the Buryat village on the shores of Lake Baikal talked about the fact that a black spot appeared on the surface of the lake. Their relative turned to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Rosprirodnadzor, UNESCO and Greenpeace. “Such things” publish a small memo about what everyone can do to preserve Lake Baikal.

Baikal Photo: Raimond Kavins / Unsplash.com

Lisa Tyurina

Media editor -in -chief in the Foundation "Need help"

Not only people who are near the lake can help save Baikal, but also those who live very far from it and cannot come to the coastal territory.

What can tourists do in order to help keep Baikal:

• collect garbage and take it with you;
• economically cook food and instill it in specially created places for this;
• Wash and wash things in special places so that wastewater does not fall directly into the lake, but filtered through the ground;
• walk along the already trodden paths, do not make new ones;
• take care of plants, do not tear them off;
• Do not chop or break shrubs and trees.

What can all people who want to help keep Baikal do:

• to issue a regular donation in favor of the My Baikal Foundation, which is engaged in the preservation of the lake;
• To arrange a regular donation to the Lake Baikal Foundation. The organization is engaged in the support of applied environmental developments and research aimed at preserving the Baikal natural territory and contributing to its development;
• Sign a petition , the creators of which require the return of the previous boundaries of the Baikal water protection zone.

If you have the opportunity to go to the lake, that's what else you can do:

• To become a volunteer of the Irkutsk Foundation "My Baikal". His volunteers come to the lake to collect garbage;
• Go to build ecological trails on Lake Baikal. This is engaged in the Association of Supporters of the Development of Eco -Belief "Big Baikal Trail";

• Go to the Baikalskaya ringing station . During volunteering, it will be necessary to get birds from networks, ring and measure. This is an important process that allows you to study the paths of migration of birds, their nesting places and life expectancy. You can find out more about this here ;
• To become a volunteer at the FSBI "Reserve Baikalia" . Volunteers of the organization participate in the improvement of paths, the creation and repair of infrastructure facilities, garbage collection and work with tourists - they conduct sociological research, tell visitors about nature protection.

This material was prepared as part of the joint project of the Foundation “Needing” and the Yandex.qua service. You can find the original answer here .