On October 11, an exhibition dedicated to the economic and investment potential of the Republic of Buryatiain was held in the Novy Manezh State Exhibition Hall as part of the Days of Economy and Culture of Buryatia Republic. The region’s leading enterprises and organisations participated in the exhibition and the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal demonstrated its achievements in the ecological field.
The guests of exhibition and the officials of Republic of Buryatia learnt about the current and future projects of the Fund. The President of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, who have participated in the Mirs at Baikal Expedition and knows about the Fund’s projects firsthand, once again emphasised the importance of scientific and educational activities of the Fund.
The Fund displayed the model of the Mir submersible and demonstrated the documentary To the Depth of Baikal which attracted vivid interest of the visitors. The film introduces the viewer to the most important findings and discoveries of the Mirs at Baikal International Expedition.
In an interview with mass media, Vice President Bair Tsyrenov highly appreciated the advances of industrial enterprises of Buryatia and stressed the importance of controlling the influence of industrial plants on environment and implementing high technologies to minimize possible harmful effects on the environment. Developing ecotourism in Baikal Region, where the nature remains untouched, may bring large Russian and foreign investments to the Republic of Buryatia.
In conversation with the the officials of the Republic of Buryatia Bair Tsyrenov expressed gratitude to the Government of the Republic and personally to Vyatcheslav Nagovitsyn for the support of ecological projects of the Fund.