Ecologists demand inspections of Caucasus ski resorts

Ski resort projects within the framework of the tourism development
program in the North Caucasus may involve the territories of
conservation parks and must be inspected, a statement by the
'Ecological watch for North Caucasus' says, RIA Novosti reports.

The resorts involved are 'Lagonaki' (Adygeya), 'Elbrus-Bezengi'
(Kabardino-Balkaria), 'Mamison' (North Ossetia), and 'Arkhyz'
(Karachay-Cherkessia).

The ecologists urged the Russian president's envoy in the North
Caucasian Federal District, Alexander Khloponin, to inspect plans for
ski resort construction.