now the all-russian society for nature conservation is being revived and strengthened.e world security organization will celebrate the centenary of its creation; it was the first serious organization in the world. we have a huge one here. since the twenties. we now lack a strong, authoritative, non-partisan public organization, without whose opinion high-profile decisions would not be made. i'll touch on one specific one environmental problem, but it is very important, it concerns lake baikal. in june , the state duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the law on the protection of lake baikal. the bill allows clear logging in the baikal natural area. there are serious arguments against the bill in its current form; they are put forward by professionals, not populists. the council deeply studied this problem and developed its position: it is necessary to divide the task into two parts: the social rights of residents of the irkutsk region of the republic of buryatia and the implementation of investment projects, on the first issue it is necessary to pass a law as