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Title The Role of Environmental NGOs - Russian Challenges, American Lessons : Proceedings of a Workshop
Published National Academies Press 2001

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Contents 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
Subject Environmental management -- Russia (Federation) -- Congresses
Non-governmental organizations -- Russia (Federation) -- Congresses
Environmental management.
Non-governmental organizations.
Russia (Federation)
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1280210095
9781280210099