Image: WWF 3% of Russian to be National Parks by 2020 Some good news out of Russia, a country that hasn’t always been very good at protecting its ecosystems. The Russian government is establishing 9 new nature reserves and 13 national parks covering a total area of over 3.8 million hectare by 2020. It’s also introducing marine buffer zones of over 1 million hectare. To get an idea of the scale, this is almost the size of Switzerland!… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Russia Creates Nature Reserves the Size of Switzerland!
