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Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is
one of the rare places on Earth where the
purity of nature and a correspondingly amazing variety of flora and fauna are left untouched.
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However, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has serious environmental
problems and today the key problem is preservation of
these enormous natural riches.
Yakutia is well endowed with raw materials. The soil contains large reserves of oil, gas, coal, diamonds, gold, silver, tin, tungsten and many others.
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) produces 99% of all Russian diamonds and over 25% of the diamonds mined in the world
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Yakutia’s environmental issues
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Pollution of Lena River
Siberia's Lena River is one
of the longest rivers in the world. It rises
west of Lake Baikal in southern Russia and eventually flows north for 4,400km before emptying into the Laptev Sea.
Ecological problems:
Overfishing
Mining
Forestry
Grazing
Expanding agricultural activities
Water diversion for irrigation
Pollution from fertilizers and pesticides
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Deforestation
Almost half of Yakutia’s land is covered by
forests.
Timber or wood is another important resource found in
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Often, timber is cut down to make room for a mineral mine.
Deforestation reduces water quality, causes erosion, & kills animals’ habitats.
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Forest fires
Forest fires are dangerous guests in the
central Yakutia, which annually brings a lot of trouble.
Fire burns up valuable forests, burn the soil, the plants are destroyed, killed a lot of wild animals, birds and insects.
Toxic products of combustion are washed away by rains into rivers and lakes and pollute the environment.
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The use of mineral resources and protection of
natural resources
There are valuable resources beneath the soil. It
is very important to economy of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Minerals:
Gold
Silver
Copper
Zinc
iron ore, uranium, nickel and others
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Threats of mining processes:
Blasting & digging with heavy
machinery are reasons that the land around mines is
damaged and the environment is often ruined
Slag or leftover rock from the smelting process, is often dumped in any convenient place
Mining processes release harmful chemicals into the air, which causes acid rain.
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Air pollution. Causes and effects
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Main causes of air pollution in Republic of
Sakha (Yakutia)
Burning of fossil fuels:
Fossil fuel is geologic deposits
of organic materials, formed from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal, natural gas, or heavy oils by exposure to heat and pressure in the earth's crust over hundreds of millions of years.
The burning of fossil fuels by humans is the largest source of emissions of carbon dioxide, which is one of the greenhouse gases that allows radiative forcing and contributes to global warming.
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Main causes of air pollution in Republic of
Sakha (Yakutia)
Mining operations:
Mining is a process where in minerals
below the earth are extracted using large equipment.
During the process dust and chemicals are released in the air causing massive air pollution.
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Ways of solutions for Air Pollution
Use public mode
of transportation
Conserve energy
Understand the concept of Reduce, Reuse and
Recycle
Emphasis on clean energy resources
Use energy efficient devices
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The most polluted regions in Republic of Sakha
(Yakutia)
Central Yakutia has high population density
Yakutsk has a lot
of enterprises located in the windless places(60 smog days in a year), transport produces 80% of emissions.
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The most polluted regions in Republic of Sakha
(Yakutia)
Western Yakutia - (Mirny, Ayhan, Udachnyi, Lensk)
There are
the diamond industry, oil and gas companies.
Also river Viluy is polluted by phenols, hydrogen sulfide. There has been a dramatic reduction in fish stocks, trout, whitefish, sturgeon have disappeared.
Ecosystem got radiation (accidental explosions "Kraton-3" and "Crystal“) as a result of underground nuclear explosions.
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The most polluted regions in Republic of Sakha
(Yakutia)
In South Yakutia there are large mining and enrichment
companies.
Coal mining in Neryungri, GRES are the major contributors to the pollution emissions.
Priority pollutants - nitrogen oxide and dioxide, benzopyrene, sulfur dioxide.
Unique lake Big Toko is under threat from pollution and destruction in connection with the development of Elga coals.
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Ways of solving environmental problems
• introduce non-waste technology;
•
conservation and protection of nature, all of its components,
forests;
• reforestation, planting;
• waste management;
• limit on hunting, fishing;
• monitoring;
• Creation of environmental safety information;
• Сreation of a system of environmental education;
• Сhanges in people's consciousness.
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Everyone has the right to ecological security, but
also the duty of every person, citizen is to
preserve and protect nature.