July, 1-4, in Enhaluk, the Republic Buryatiya, took place the international scientifically-practical conference "The Peculiarity of the Economic Activities in the Baikal natural territory", organized by the Government of Republic Buryatiya, the Baikal institute of wildlife management of the SO of the Russian Academy of Science and Geological institute of the SO of the Russian Academy of Science.

By the special invitation of the Government of Republic Buryatiya, Michael Slipenchuk Director General of IFC “METROPOL” and Bair Tsirenov, Deputy Director General of the Corporation "Metals of Eastern Siberia", participated in the conference.

The basic purpose of conference was the discussing the problems of the economic activities conducting with a view of steady development of the Baikal natural zone, and also the formation and the perfection of normative base of realization of the Federal Law "About the protection of lake Baikal ".