According to the document, 'the use of wildlife by the use of tools and methods that meet international standards for humane trapping of wild animals. " Against the law on hunting were human rights activists, who believe that the adoption of the document would lead to massive destruction of animals and birds, disastrous impact on the ecological system of Russia as a whole. Ministry of Natural Resources plans to raise the fines last week Ministry launched an initiative to increase 10 times the penalties for officials for failure to comply with maximum permissible impact on environment, including water bodies and air. Environmental regulator considers it necessary to penalize officials for 20 thousand rubles for violations in the water sector and 50 thousand rubles for pollution atmosphere and has already sent the relevant amendments to legislation submitted for consideration in the Justice Ministry. According to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation Yuri Trutnev, the bill would also allow uniquely identify instances of environmental harm, as well as objectively and fully assess its extent.
Environmentalists and the Public Chamber oppose the general plan of development of Sochi on Monday Russian ecologists have published an open letter urging the Russian government, state corporations 'Olympstroy' administration and city council Sochi refuse to accept the master plan, which in its current form, they view, lead to the destruction of the environment of the resort town and is a provocation against the 2014 Olympics. The danger of this document according to environmentalists, is that it provides for the removal of the Sochi National Park vast areas covering about 8,000 hectares of high ecological value. Another problematic part of the master plan environmentalists called the construction of the Transcaucasian highway, passing through the territory of the Caucasus Reserve. However, the general development plan of the resort city of Sochi, which envisages construction of the National Park, was on Tuesday unanimously approved by deputies of the City Council of Sochi. The Public Chamber of Russia are also dissatisfied with the new master plan of development of Sochi. Deputy Chairman of the Public Chamber (OP) of the Russian Federation on Environmental Policy and the Environment Michael Berulava believes that the general plan should take into account the suggestions of ecologists, public opinion and should not be taken in haste. Photofact week: The most nutritious foods on Earth, experts on the rational and healthy nutrition made a list of the most useful for human health products, regardless of its diet, or country of residence. The twelve most useful products in the world fell into an international rating, which was published in the magazine 'Forbes'. In our photofact we tell what as the products are most useful on Earth
Violent floods have occurred in the U.S. and China Floods June 2008 U.S. states east of the Mississippi Delta, in its consequences have surpassed the flood of 1993, which is still considered the worst natural disaster of this kind. The authorities have taken all that was in their power to mitigate the effects of intense rainfall and river flooding. However, the population still continues to leave their homes, throwing part of the acquired property and move to relatives in safer areas of the country. In Iowa, floods killed three people, another 12 people were killed by a tornado this week. Declared a disaster area 83 of the 99 districts in the state. President George W.