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Our +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-colleagues in Sakhalin are asking for urgent faxes to encourage the+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-governor to make the right choice and to show his environmental +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-leadership. Below you will find a description of the situation and a +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-sample letter to the governor. Please fax the governor and be sure to +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-send us a copy+ACEAPA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-On behalf of the people and forests of Sakhalin +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Island, thanks for your help+ACEAPA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Siberian Forests Protection Project+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Pacific Environment and Resources Center+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-1055 Fort Cronkhite+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Sausalito, CA 94965 USA+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Tel:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-415-332-8200+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Fax:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-415-332-8167+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-E-mail:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-percsiberia+AEA-igc.apc.org+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Vostochny Wildlife Refuge:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Background Information+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The last ancient forests on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-need your voice+ACE- Please write a letter to THE GOVERNOR OF SAKHALIN, +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-IGOR PAVLOVICH FARKHUTDINOV.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Ask Governor Farkhutdinov to immediately +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-establish the +ACY-quot+ADs-Vostochny+ACY-quot+ADs- Wildlife Refuge+ACEAPA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Historically, the island of Sakhalin in the Russian Far East was +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-covered in pristine coniferous forests. Yet nine pulp and paper mills +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-built by the Japanese led to the systematic destruction of Sakhalin's +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forests through concentrated clearcutting.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Few pristine coniferous +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forests remain on Sakhalin.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-We must act now to ask the Governor to +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-protect the last major refuge of pristine ancient forests.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The Pursh-Pursh and Vengeri Rivers, which flow into the Sea of +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Okhotsk, contain 700 square kilometers (170,000 acres) of ancient +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forests that have been unimpacted by human activity or forest fires.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The crystal-clear, clean water of these rivers flows through +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-incredibly beautiful wilderness.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Many species of salmonids, including+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-pink, chum, masu-cherry, and coho salmon and Sakhalin taimen, spawn +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-here. The watersheds contain high landscape and biological diversity.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Covering less than 1+ACU- of the area, the proposed refuge provides +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-habitat for 33+ACU- of all plant species and 65+ACU- of all terrestrial animal +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-species known on Sakhalin Island.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-According to a study by biologists +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-from the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, 28 species of +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-rare and endangered animals and 30 species of rare and endangered +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-plants are found in this rich and wild corner of Sakhalin.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Such rare animals as Sakhalin musk deer, grouse, mandarin duck, +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-mountain snipe, osprey, golden eagle, marbled murrelet and many others +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-are still found in the ancient forests of the Pursh-Pursh and Vengeri +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-only because their habitat has not been logged.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-From April to +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-November, a large population of wild reindeer uses the territory to +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-calve, raise young, and mate.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-In 1995 at an international conference organized by Friends of the+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Earth-Japan, this territory was included on a list of +ACY-quot+ADs-biodiversity +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-hotspots+ACY-quot+ADs- - a list of valuable wilderness areas of the Russian Far +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-East in need of immediate conservation and protection.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-However, the +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-area has come under serious threat.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Having exhausted the forest resources on adjoining territories, two +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-local Russian logging companies are trying to log this relatively +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-remote and inaccessible region. Despite numerous appeals by government +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-conservation agencies about the necessity of establishing a wilderness +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-preserve here - the +ACY-quot+ADs-Vostochny+ACY-quot+ADs- wildlife refuge - local and regional +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-authorities have leased 250 square kilometers of coniferous forest in +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the central part of the Pursh-Pursh-Vengeri watershed to a company for+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-clear-cut logging.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-In refusing to establish the reserve, the +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-authorities cited the absence of scientific proof of the necessity to +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-preserve this wilderness territory.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Yet in 1996, with financial +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-support from the Sakhalin Regional Ecological Fund, the environmental +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-organization Friends of the Earth - Japan, and the Japanese foundation +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-ProNatura, Sakhalin biologists conducted an expedition to the area and+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-prepared scientific evidence that persuasively demonstrated the +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-necessity of preserving the ecosystem of the Pursh-Pursh-Vengeri +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-watersheds.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-But the lease agreements were already completed and +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-clear-cutting began.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-So far, 3.5 square kilometers of virgin forest +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-have already been destroyed to the north of the Pursh-Pursh river.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-An opportunity to save this unique wilderness has now appeared.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-While reorganizing the forestry department on Sakhalin, the regional+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-administration has annulled all lease agreements with the island's +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-local logging companies. After completing reorganization, forest lands +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-will again be transferred to these new local logging enterprises.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Right now, it is legally possible for the Sakhalin Governor and +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Administration to create the +ACY-quot+ADs-Vostochny+ACY-quot+ADs- wildlife refuge that would +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-protect the wilderness of the Pursh-Pursh and Vengeri watersheds.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The fate of the last large area of old-growth Sakhalin forests rests +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-with the Governor.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-He can refuse to lease the Pursh-Pursh-Vengeri +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-watersheds and instead create the +ACY-quot+ADs-Vostochny+ACY-quot+ADs- wildlife refuge.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-In +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-doing so, one of the few unique corners of Sakhalin wilderness will be +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-saved.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Public opinion is vitally important right now to encourage the +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-governor to establish the +ACY-quot+ADs-Vostochny+ACY-quot+ADs- refuge.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Sakhalin Environment +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Watch is appealing to all who are interested in wilderness on our +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-planet.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The governor plans to make his decision before the end of January.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Please FAX your letters to the Governor at:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-504-41-62-200 (Note:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-from the U.S., first dial 011 to send an international fax).+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-We are sure that the combined strength of the world's+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-environmentalists can save these forests+ACEAPA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-For+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-Sakhalin Environment Watch+ACY-quot+ADsAPA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Dmitry V. Lisitsyn+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Secretary of the board+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-VOSTOCHNY WILDLIFE REFUGE:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-SAMPLE LETTER+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span 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yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Located in the watersheds of the Pursh-Pursh and Vengeri rivers, this +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-unique wilderness area carries great importance for the preservation +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of biological diversity and pristine forests not only for Sakhalin +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Island, but also for the whole world.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-The protection of this area,+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-representing Sakhalin Island's last unprotected ancient forests, would +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-provide significant ecological, environmental, aesthetic and cultural +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-values.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-We are alarmed by the danger that this valuable wilderness +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-could be destroyed in the near future by logging companies that have +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-already begun to build logging roads into the area.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-We understand that you are the head of Sakhalin, a leading region in +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the Russian Far East.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-No doubt you are well aware of Russia's +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p 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Your country, along +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-with many others, signed this international agreement in 1992.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-One of the most important strategies for preserving the world's +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-biological diversity is the creation of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-wilderness reserves to +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-protect those areas that are rich in habitat for rare and endangered +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-plant and animal species.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-We understand that the proposed Vostochny Wildlife Refuge in the +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-watersheds of the Pursh-Pursh and Vengeri rivers represents such an +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-important area. 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+ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Sakhalin Region is about to see significant economic development from +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-its offshore oil and gas reserves.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Such economic development, +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-including proposed construction of pipelines, will undoubtedly impact +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the environment.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-As a result, the protection of undisturbed +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-wilderness areas on Sakhalin Island has now become especially+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-important.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-As the head of one of the leading regions in the Russian Far East, we +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span 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