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A huge forest in the South of Belgium, located "two steps" from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, will welcome ecotourism lovers with many pleasant surprises.

This year exhibition of motor home tourism - Mobicar ended on Sunday in Brussels.

Heritage hotel in Bruges, Belgium, won the prestigious World Luxury Hotel Awards 2019 in the category of the best "Luxury Romantic Hotel (Global)".

Many travelers in Europe when choosing natural landscapes and recreation areas attach great importance to environmentally friendly housing.

With the development of ecotourism in Belgium, the bicycle is becoming increasingly popular as a mean of transport. On this indicator, the Kingdom of beer, French fries and chocolate is still inferior to Denmark and the neighboring Netherlands, the two most "bicycle"-countries of the European Union.

Russia is the only country in the world that uses zero-discharge technology in offshore oil production, the head of the Committee on ecology and environmental protection of the State Duma Vladimir Burmatov said.

PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) fully supports nature reserves in the Murmansk region, on the Taimyr Peninsula and the Transbaikal territory, Vice-President of Norilsk Nickel Dmitry Prystanskov said. "We provide comprehensive support to reserves such as "Pasvik", Lapland in the Murmansk region, the joint Directorate of Taimyr reserves, the reserve "Relic oaks" in the the Transbaikal territory," he said, speaking in Moscow at the VIII Ecological forum "Responsibility of business to the future. Technology on the side of society and nature."

Russia's opportunities for ecotourism are huge, said Vladimir Grachev, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Scientific Central Council of the all-Russian society for nature protection. "I can say without any exaggeration that there is no other country in the world that could compare with Russia in terms of the possibilities of various ecotouristic spaces".

Can big business be environmentally accountable to future generations? How to find a balance between social and economic development of the regions and the preservation of nature? In what way do the sustainable development principles influence public-private partnership? What best available technologies can ensure a good quality of life in industrialized areas? What kind of technological modernization is needed and can be achieved given the present-day environmental regulations regarding industrial production? These and other pressing issues will be addressed at the VIII Ecological Forum, Corporate Responsibility to the Future. Technology for Society and Nature, to be held in Moscow on 17-18 October 2019.