However, since a critical UN report in 2010 organisers have produced an extensive "green" programme for Sochi 2014, including carbon neutral construction, environmental education, and a plan to reintroduce the endangered snow leopard back into the region.

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Under this plan, hundreds of thousands of new construction jobs would be immediately created for demolition and conversion to green space.

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