"Wild tourists annually harm the unique nature of Olkhon. But to ban people visit the island, we can not, so, have to organize this process", - said Vladimir Ryabtsev. Scientists have identified 16 zones on Olkhon Lake Baikal, where you can post tent camps without prejudice to the unique nature of this place, has informed agency "Interfax-Siberia" the deputy director of the Baikal National Park Vitaly Ryabtsev. In summer, the peak tourist season on the island is located to 750 tents, that is about 1.5 thousand people a day. This, according to the scientist, much more than nature can sustain the island. "The worst thing - we found only an empty nest of Golden eagle on the island. I have been watching these nests since 1981, and previously it has always been inhabited. This summer, the eagle did not see on the island. Maybe he just left this place," - said Vitaly Ryabtsev. A proposal to reduce the recreational pressure has become one of the outcomes of the expedition members to Olkhon Baikal National Park, organized this summer under the auspices of the project "Clean Baikal". One of the main tasks of the expedition was to determine the environmental damage caused by Olkhon over the past 20 years.

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