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<DIV dir=ltr class=gmail_attr>Дорогие коллеги, наша Таня Шауро написала
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<DIV><B>The roof is on fire: Why do we hear about some forest fires more than
others?<BR></B>
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<DIV>God gave me one talent – communication. And this is what I have been doing
professionally for many years.<BR><BR>Communicating climate change in
post-Soviet space, where almost all countries are run by dictators is
challenging, to say the least. One of the countries I work with is Russia – big
oil, big coal, big gas, but most importantly – gigantic forest fires breaking
records every year. 16,5 million hectares of Russian forests burned in 2020.
Biggest in 20 years. So why don’t we hear much about it?<BR><BR>Let me break it
down for you.<BR><BR>Russia is known for vodka, dash cams, bears and of course
our “Supreme Leader” Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Out of fear of losing power,
Putin created a police-state where freedom of thought and self expression is
dangerous and poses a threat to you, your family, and your friends. Every year
we see repression getting worse. There’s no hiding, and being lawful could still
land you in prison, so long as people in power benefit.<BR><BR>In 2012, Russians
came closest to smelling freedom. Tens of thousands of people were protesting
all over Russia. The result? 15 people were put in prison for periods between 2
to 4,5 years. <BR><BR>But the main result for our story was Putin’s belief that
he needed to put an end to both civil society and free media. The thing is,
killing and putting everyone in prison is not an option. It’s impossible to put
everyone in jail and it’s like a cop-out. Especially for Putin, who likes
playing political chess. <BR><BR>Manifestation of the Russian national sport –
mind bending political games. <BR><BR>Just after the revolution attempt, in
2012, a “Foreign Agent Law” was introduced. Long story short: if you are an NGO
and you get funding from abroad (which of course you do, because there’s almost
no support for CSOs within the Russian borders) you have to register as a
“Foreign Agent” which makes your life unbearable. Basically, you would have to
close your organisation or drown in bureaucracy. But even if you don’t get funds
from abroad – there’s a chance you will be punished for not registering as a
Foreignt Agent. <BR><BR>For example when Environmental Center “Dront” was sued
for getting the money from Russian Orthodox Church. And like this was not even
enough – this Foreign Agent law practice was highly welcomed by other dictators
and now the same law is functioning in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and
Hungary. These countries just copy-pasted the Russian law without a single
doubt. <BR><BR>So how is this connected to fires, you may ask?<BR><BR>Well, in
spring 2020 only 1% of fires were included in the official statistics.<BR><BR>If
there’s no civil society, it’s easy to hide. If it’s easy to hide, there are
more fires; more underreported fires, in the biggest country in the world. This
is a massive problem. <BR><BR>Add climate change on top of that and you have a
recipe for disaster. <BR><BR>The Arctic fires during this 2020 summer set a
record – they led to the release of 244 million tons of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. Yakutia suffered the most: 395 million tons of CO2 were emitted from
its entire territory.<BR><BR><BR>Don’t get me wrong, there are still heroes out
there. One of them is Grigory Kuksin, Greenpeace Russia Wildfire Unit Head and
the main spokesperson on anything that includes fires in Russia. In the new
#WorldWeWant campaign video he shares a heartbreaking truth while shocking
footage of destructive fire footage is shown with heroic volunteers walking in
slow motion. <BR><BR><BR>He answered a few questions exclusively for Climate
Tracker on why, in his opinion, Russian fires are being underreported in the
international media.<BR><BR>For many in the world, Russia is a black box. No one
knows what’s happening there. We just know that there is Siberia and smoke often
comes from there. It was a unique situation when in 2019 the world suddenly
started talking about Russian fires. The situation was bad, but not that
special. That year the attitude towards Russian fires has changed, especially in
connection with climate change. Smoke from fires reached the cities, it
escalated the protests and this was noticed worldwide.<BR><BR><BR>He pointed out
that it’s a Soviet tradition to reduce statistics about what’s happening by ten
times and that as result, you never really know what is happening or what is
needed. He also added that it’s very rate for a governor to admit how much
territory is actually burning.<BR><BR>“The state is afraid to look weak. They do
not dare to admit their helplessness and lack of strength, even when you can
blame anything on climate change. That’s why we see such a shortage of equipment
and people to extinguish fires. Authorities say that the situation is getting
better, but we see that it’s just getting worse. This year fires might burn
through the winter.” Grigory shared.<BR><BR>There are regions whose significance
is not questioned by the international community, based on stereotypes. If we
ask what Brazil’s Amazon forests are, everyone would say that they are the lungs
of our planet. If we ask about Indonesia – it’s 15% of all living organisms on
planet Earth. <BR><BR>As for Russia, the value of boreal forests is
underpopular. Who in the world knows what the Vasyugan swamps are? And this is
the world’s most unique and biggest carbon sink.<BR><BR>All 3 countries with big
boreal forests – Canada, USA and Russia – have problems with state attitude
towards fires. Canadian authorities say that this is a natural process and
there’s no need to count these emissions. Russia joins in with a great pleasure
to this position, because in terms of climate agreements we will lose all our
privileges as soon as we count how much forest burns each year and admit that
this is a human factor.<BR><BR>So next time you see a post, tweet, article or a
video about Russian fires – don’t hesitate to share it as wide as you can.
Because we don’t have koalas to attract attention to our fires. We have
authorities who would do anything to keep the scale of catastrophe a
secret.<BR></DIV>-- <BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr class=gmail_attr>From: <STRONG dir=auto class=gmail_sendername>Olha
Boiko</STRONG> <SPAN dir=auto><<A
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Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 2:02 PM<BR>Subject: [can-eecca] Статья Тани Шауро: Почему про
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