The Economist (US), June 27th, 1998
Soviet central planning left Russia with more forest area than any other country in the world. The Russian forest, called the taiga, is important to the global environment. Good forestry practices will continue to prevent deforestation.
KUGANAVOLOK
All the reasons for preserving the world's tropical rainforests also apply to Russia's endless conifers. So do most of the reasons for destroying them. Many of those conifers, however, might yet be saved
THE landscape of the Vodlozero national park in north-west Russia is primeval. Dense forests of pine, spruce and birch alternate with bogs, rive...
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