The Role of Environmental NGOs: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

The Role of Environmental NGOs: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

Proceedings of a Workshop

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309076180
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309565646
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309183086
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2001
  • Month: December
  • Pages: 216
  • Language: English

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.

  • 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
    • CONCLUSION
  • 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

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