Baikal Watch is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the preservation of Lake Baikal and the Siberian frontier.
Since its inception, Baikal Watch has drawn attention to the problems of Lake Baikal and Siberia by:
Acting responsively to the needs of the emerging Russian environmental movement; and
Acting to enhance the performance of local environmentalists by offering them access to information, expertise, and financial support.
Take a look around and learn how you can help protect some of the last remaining natural wonders of the Siberian region! Help Build the Great Baikal Trail!
THE GREAT BAIKAL TRAIL --- If you are interested in helping our Russian partners build the first system of trails in northern Asia, then please visit our special Friends of the Great Baikal Trail site at http://baikal.eastsib.ru/fgbt/index.html.
NEW! Earth Island and its Russian partners are helping build the GREAT BAIKAL TRAIL, connecting 3 national parks and 4 nature reserves around the lake! We are looking for summer volunteers, generous and hearty souls who would like to spend 2-6 weeks over at Baikal next summer, and team up with local Russians to build this trail. For more information on this volunteer opportunity, please go to General Information on the GBT.
NEW! The new website on ecotourism is accessible at www.earthisland.org/ecotours. Here you can find ecotours and other traveling opportunities in different countries, including Russia and Lake Baikal region.
Baikal Watch is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the preservation of Lake Baikal and the Siberian frontier.
