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Taiga! taiga! burning bright

Taiga! taiga! burning bright All the reasons for preserving the world’s tropical rainforests also apply to Russia’s endless conifers. So do most of the reasons for destroying them. Many of those conifers, however, might yet be saved

Jun 25th 1998|KUGANAVOLOK |7 min read

THE landscape of the Vodlozero national park in north-west Russia is primeval. Dense forests of pine, spruce and birch alternate with bogs, rivers and lakes. Bears and wolves lurk in the thickets, and white-tailed eagles circle above the forest canopy. Only an occasional wooden church, such as that near Kuganavolok, indicates there is civilisation here—though in deference to the spirit of the forest, the inhabitants practise a form of Christianity that is heavily laced with pagan elements.


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