They Might Be Giants: Russia’s Epic Forests

Vikrom Kromadit is standing in the largest patch of shade on planet earth….forget the Amazon…this is the biggest forest in the world and possibly Russia’s greatest store of wealth. From Kola Peninsula above Finland to Kamchatka above Japan…ten time zones of larch, pine and birch….almost half the circumference of the planet. It is quite simply, enormous.

How Russia chooses to use this priceless asset in the resource hungry world of the 21st Century…well, this is a conversation the people of Russia must have with themselves.

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