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.