The role of environmental NGOs : Russian challenges, American lessons : proceedings of a workshop / Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations in Russia, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations in Russia.

Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management--Russia (Federation)--Congresses.

Environmental management.

Non-governmental organizations--Russia (Federation)--Congresses.

Non-governmental organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 203 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Environmental NGOs

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An NRC committee was established to work with a Russian counterpart group in conducting a workshop in Moscow on the effectiveness of Russian environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making and prepared proceedings of this workshop, highlighting the successes and difficulties faced by NGOs in Russia and the United States.

Contents:

Intro

The Role of Environmental NGOs

Copyright

Contents

PREFACE

OPENING REMARKS

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN RUSSIA

HISTORY OF NGOS

CURRENT STATUS OF THE ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA

INTERACTION WITH THE AUTHORITIES

DEVELOPMENT OF A LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL NGO: THIRTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

ANTECEDENTS

FOUNDING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, 1967

EARLY AGENDAS, THE 1970S

LESSONS LEARNED IN THE 1970S AND 1980S

EVOLVING RESPONSES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS

DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN CONGRESSIONAL, GOVERNMENT, AND PRIVATE FIRM DECISION-MAKING

NEW FRONTIERS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

ROLE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHEMICAL DISARMAMENT PROCESS

INTRODUCTION

PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF DISARMAMENT

ESTABLISHING PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

PROJECTS TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS OF REGIONS OF CHEMICAL WEAPON STORAGE

Public Information Network for the Population

Independent Expert Examinations and Projects

Ecological Health Centers

CONCLUSION

ORGANIZING IN DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES: THE SOCM STORY

STRUCTURE

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME STRATEGIES USED

GLOBAL FOREST WATCH: AN EXAMPLE OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIAN NGOs AND SCIENTISTS

THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

CONNECTIVITY

GLOBAL FOREST WATCH

THE GFW CONCEPT

FOREST WATCH RUSSIA

RUSSIAN INTEGRITY AND WRI'S ROLE

NGO LINKS

INTERNATIONAL LINKS

STRUCTURE AND CAPACITY BUILDING

FWR OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECOLOGICAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN RUSSIA: THE INTERNATIONAL…

THE PROBLEM OF WATER SUPPLY AND USE

PROBLEMS OF TREATMENT AND UTILIZATION OF MANUFACTURING AND CONSUMER WASTES.

PRINCIPLES OF THE REGIONAL SYSTEM OF CONTINUOUS ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION

PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO SUPPORT SAFE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS

INTERNET USE BY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: TENDENCIES AND PROSPECTS

COMPONENTS OF SUCCESS

ACCESS TO THE INTERNET

INTERNET-JOURNALISM

SERVERS OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS

REGIONAL ECOLOGICAL ELECTRONIC BULLETINS

SERVERS OF STATE STRUCTURES

ECOLOGICAL ELECTRONIC BULLETINS

TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS

RESULTS

EMERGING TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING, INTEGRATING, AND DISTRIBUTING CONSERVATION INFORMATION

THE POWER OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

FROM GIS TO DSS

BRIDGING THE CANYON BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE

EXPERIENCE IN COPING WITH EFFECTS OF RADIATION ACCIDENTS: LESSONS FOR SOCIETY

CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIATION HAZARD AWARENESS

SCIENTIFIC VALIDITY OF DECISION-MAKING

ROLE OF POLITICAL FACTORS AND THEIR EFFECTS

ROLE OF GREENPEACE OF RUSSIA AND OTHER PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CONSERVATION OF RUSSIAN FORESTS

EVOLUTION OF ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT DECREES

ROLE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

RESULTS OF ACTIVITIES OF NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION OF NGOS IN ECOLOGICAL DECISION-MAKING

PROBLEMS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE MOSCOW REGION

PRESENT SITUATION WITH WASTE IN MOSCOW

HOW TO CHANGE THE SITUATION WITH WASTE

ACTIVITY OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SPHERE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE MOSCOW REGION

EMISSIONS OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND HYDROSPHERE OF THE KUZNETSK COAL BASIN

RUSSIAN FAR EAST ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY

PROBLEMS IN THE USE OF THE PACIFIC SEAS

AMUR RIVER CHARACTERISTICS AND CHALLENGES

FOREST FIRES

RADIATION SITUATION

ENVIRONMENTALLY ORIENTED NGOS.

DYNAMICS OF RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION OF PRIMORYE TERRITORY AND THE NORTHERN SHELF OF THE SEA OF JAPAN

SOCIETY SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE METAL THREAT

INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN NGOs ON ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS AND POLICIES: EVOLUTION OVER THREE DECADES

ACTIONS DURING THE 1970S

CONSOLIDATION AND REBUILDING DURING THE 1980S

PURSUING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1990S AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

REFERENCES

COLLABORATION OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BODIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS: THE EXAMPLE OF TOMSK OBLAST

PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM OF TOMSK OBLAST

FORMATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION SYSTEM

OUTCOMES OF NGO ACTIVITY: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS

INTERACTION OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES IN SOLVING PROBLEMS OF THE LAKE BAIKAL REGION

PROJECT OF BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, SIBERIAN BRANCH, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND DECISION-MAKING: LEGAL ASPECTS

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL GUARANTEES

EXPERIENCE IN DEFENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS OF SOCIETY

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESENTATIONS

CLOSING REMARKS

APPENDIX A SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL ON ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND EMERGENCY EVENTS

STAFF AND STRUCTURE OF THE COUNCIL

APPENDIX B PRESENTATIONS

U.S.-BASED PRESENTERS

RUSSIAN PRESENTERS.

Notes:

Papers from a workshop held in Moscow, Nov. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-18308-1

1-280-21009-5

9786610210091

0-309-56564-2

OCLC:

61662068