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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







1993 FWOC RESOLUTION #19
_EXPLOITATION OF THE SIBERIAN FORESTS_

The Siberian forest has been protected for centuries by the political isolationism of Russia.  During the Soviet period, lack of technological development inhibited Russians from cutting timber in any quantity.  Now, however, the political changes in Russia leave the mysterious, sensitive taiga forest unprotected and vulnerable.  Russians want to join the rest of the world ina market economy.  Businessmen inside and outside Russia see this forest, which has 2/3 of the earth's remaining timber, as a source of revenue.  The Pacific Northwest timber crisis has put additional pressure on the taiga as timber companies see that forest as their salvation and are setting up operations there.
The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs appeals to the Weyerhaueser Company and other timber companies to refrain from conducting on Russian soil the same destructive forest practices traditionally conducted in the United States; to cease any forestry activity in the Botcha River Basin and other areas of important biological diversity; to immediately implement local value-added processing in Russia rather than exporting raw logs; and to engage only in forestry practices that do not jeopardize the integrity of forest ecosystems.











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