Lake Baikal

Mary Beth Maher reports on a sustainable development plan being drawn up for the region around Siberia’s Lake Baikal, the planet’s largest freshwater body. Timbering and industrial development threaten the lake’s delicate ecosystem, but provide vital jobs for local residents. A group of American land-use planners hope they can help local leaders and communities strike […]

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dived in a tiny submarine to the bottom of the world’s deepest lake � Lake Baikal in Siberia. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

Today’s answer is Siberia. The vast region is home to a species of bird called the Siberian Chiffchaff. One was recently sighted very far from its home habitat in Hackney in London, 3000 miles off its usual migratory path by Mark Pearson, community officer for London’s Wildlife Trust.

Host Marco Werman gets the latest on a manned submarine expedition to the bottom of Russia’s Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world, and Marco also speaks with Peter Thomson, who visited Lake Baikal to write a book about the place.