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         <title>Greenpeace and WWF present 125,000 signatures to UNESCO to save world&apos;s oldest, deepest and largest lake</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO today received a petition of signed by 125,000 people around the world protesting against the re-opening of a paper and pulp mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, a World Heritage site in the Russian Federation.
The petition was presented to UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture, Francesco Bandarin, by Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), who agreed to bring it to the attention of the World Heritage Committee, when it meets in Brasilia from 25 July to 3  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/620</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Message from Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre, on current conservation issues at Lake Baikal</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Since the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee (Seville, 2009), the World Heritage Centre and IUCN have received a large number of letters from individuals who are concerned about the state of conservation of the the World Heritage property Lake Baikal (Russian Federation), and in particular about the re-opening of the Baikalsk Paper and Pulp Mill (BPPM) and its likely impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value and integrity of Lake Baikal.
In a series of letters addressed to the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/613</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Director-General and World Heritage Committee Chair welcome decision to alter course of pipeline near Lake Baikal</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Director-General of UNESCO, Ko&#xef;chiro Matsuura, and the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Ina Marčiulionytė, today welcomed the decision by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, to change the course of an oil pipeline being built across Siberia to eliminate potential risk to the World Heritage site of Lake Baikal. &amp;quot;I wish to congratulate President Putin for his decision,&amp;quot; the Director-General declared. &amp;quot;By altering the course of the oil pipeline,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/252</link>
         <author>m.rossler@unesco.org (Mechtild Rössler)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee Chairperson Sends Letter to President of Russian Federation concerning Lake Baikal </title>
         <description><![CDATA[The&#xa0;Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Ina Marčiulionytė,&#xa0;has sent a letter to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin,&#xa0;concerning the state of conservation of the World Heritage site of Lake Baikal.The World Heritage Committee, the intergovernmental body established by the World Heritage Convention, regularly examines the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Committee has already expressed its concern regarding the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/242</link>
         <author>g.debonnet@unesco.org (Guy Debonnet)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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