An event Save the forests of Baikal region will be held in Irkutsk, dedicated to preventing forest fires and preserving forests. Participants will have an eco educational program, meetings with specialists, thematic films, then a colorful procession through the city streets with fire safety leaflets and symbols. The event will end on Youth Island with a youth flash mob and a demonstration of fire fighting equipment.

The permanent organizers of this mass event are the regional branch of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation, the Forestry Agency of the Irkutsk Region, the Palace of Children's Creativity of Irkutsk, and the station of young naturalists of the Irkutsk District, with the support of the Department for Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety of the Irkutsk City Administration and the Cultural and Leisure Center “Khudozhestvenny.”
The organization of the 2013 campaign will involve the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the KSPiK Administration of Irkutsk, the V.P. Bryansky Youth Ecological Center of the regional branch of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation, and the non-profit partnership “Let’s Protect Baikal Together.”
The campaign will begin at 10 a.m. at the Cultural and Leisure Center “Khudozhestvenny.” Participants: members of school forestry groups, children’s environmental and creative associations from Irkutsk, the Irkutsk and Shelekhov districts will take part in an environmental and educational program and watch thematic films, and will meet with specialists in forestry and specially protected natural areas. Each group will be given discs with recordings of videos and films about preventing and extinguishing forest fires, and about rules of conduct in the forest.
At 12 noon, the “Save the Forests of the Baikal Region!” campaign will continue with a colorful procession through the city streets. Students from Irkutsk will join the schoolchildren’s column. Along the route, green ribbons, calendars, and leaflets on fire-prevention topics will be handed out to pedestrians and drivers. The total planned number of participants in the campaign is about 600 people.
On Youth Island, a large youth flash mob and a demonstration of equipment and means for extinguishing forest fires will be organized.
At 2 p.m., the “Save the Forests of the Baikal Region” campaign, held during the Unified Day of the “Antipal” campaign announced by the Federal Forestry Agency and calling for special attention and increased public participation in fire prevention, forest conservation, and forest restoration, will conclude.
Based on materials from the press service of the Forestry Agency of the Irkutsk Region