Western-Siberian peatlands: Indicators of climate change and their role in global carbon balance

The United Nations Millennium Declaration expresses the intention “to make every effort to ensure the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol … and to embark on the required reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases.” To implement the Millennium Declaration the UN indicated that it would be necessary to reverse the loss of environmental resources. In this context, it emphasized that carbon dioxide emissions are the largest source of the greenhouse gas effect.