Belarus, Russia discuss joint efforts against climate change
MINSK, 28 May (BelTA) - Belarus is taking part in the 9th Nevsky International Environmental Congress running at the Taurus Palace in St. Petersburg, BelTA learned from the press service of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry of Belarus. The congress focuses on new climate policy and closed-loop economy, water and forest management, ecotourism, Arctic problems, green finance and environmental security and many more topics, the press service noted.
Hundreds of delegates have been invited to participate in the event, including a delegation from Belarus headed by Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk. Foreign guests include heads of international organizations, speakers of parliaments, well-known experts and activists of environmental movements. The co-chairs of the organizing committee of the forum are Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Parliamen
Over 860,000ha of wetlands preserved in natural state in Belarus
MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) - More than 860,000 hectares of wetlands have been preserved in natural or close to natural state in Belarus, said Vitaly Korenchuk, a consultant with the Biological Diversity Department at the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry of Belarus, BelTA has learned.
“In December 2020, Belarus enforced the law on the protection and use of peatlands, one of the main goals of which is to preserve natural wetlands. To date, 863,000 hectares of wetlands in our country have been preserved in natural or close to natural state. This is about a third of the total area of wetlands we had in the country before the drain campaign, Vitaly Korenchuk said.