Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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WWF Warns Of Threat To Chechnya's Rivers

Russian forces taking water from a mountain stream (ITAR-TASS)

Russian forces taking water from a mountain stream (ITAR-TASS)

June 22, 2006 -- Oil spills and damage to sewerage systems are causing heavy pollution in Chechnya's rivers and lakes, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Russian officials warned today.

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June 22, 2006


Yelena Kulikova of the WWF said that the dense mountain forests of war-torn Chechnya and other republics in the North Caucasus are "also in danger because of illegal logging."


(AFP)

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