The Role of Environmental NGOs - Russian Challenges, American Lessons : Proceedings of a Workshop.

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: National Academies Press 2001.
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Table of 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.