Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill

The Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill is to be shut down in a victory for environmental campaigners.

This Russian treasure has 1,500 species of flora and fauna not found anywhere else on the planet.

Some 800 workers face 'abyss' of poverty after being made redundant this week from the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill.

The famously clear waters of Baikal - the world's deepest and oldest lake - are under threat from tourists, says leading scientist Maxim Timofeyev.

Plans for modern Nature Theme Park and Acqua-park on site of old pulp and paper mill that spewed pollution into lake.

Economic crisis to blame for delay in plan to breathe new environmentally-friendly life into former Lake Baikal polluter.

Government announces $1.8 bln package, while volunteers from all over the wolrd collect more than 450 tonnes of trash from the shoreline of the unique lake.

Group long warning of pollution threats to famous lake is branded by new law.

Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.