After six years of intense work and campaigning to call for a ban on the uncontrolled burning of dry grass in Russia, Greenpeace efforts were rewarded.
The Russian government resolution 1213 has banned the burning of dry grass on agricultural land and conservation areas. The decree reads “There is a prohibition on the burning of dry grass vegetation on agricultural lands and reserve lands, the ROW of roads and rights of way and security areas of railways, pipelines and product”.