The state of environmental protection in the Russian Federation: a review of the post-Soviet era

Newell, Joshua P.; Henry, Laura A.

doi:10.1080/15387216.2017.1289851

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“…There is a current desire to intensify land use in order to gain short-term economic benefits (e.g., Naumov et al 2016). This transition also enables natural resource extraction in previously protected areas ) and is associated with illegal and/or unregulated resource harvesting (Newell and Henry 2017), as well as a reduction in the allocation of resources for biodiversity conservation (Wells and Williams 1998). Concerning cultural landscapes, rural de-population is a ubiquitous trend (e.g., Burneika et al 2014), thus leading to declining biocultural values of traditional cultural landscapes.…”

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Conservation of disappearing cultural landscape’s biodiversity: are people in Belarus willing to pay for wet grassland restoration?

Valasiuk

Giergiczny

Żylicz

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Wetlands Ecol Manage

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Abandonment of traditional farming practices, such as hay-making and pasturing, has resulted in rapid loss of open wet grassland habitats in Europe. The globally threatened Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola L.) is a bird species that occurs almost exclusively in open fen mires, which have virtually disappeared in Western Europe, but still persist locally in Eastern Europe. Focusing on the world's most important breeding site for Aquatic Warbler, the Zvaniec fen mire in Belarus, we estimated Belarusian citizens' willingness-to-pay for adequate conservation management of this fen mire and its focal species the Aquatic Warbler. Results from a discrete choice experiment indicated that Belarusian citizens were willing to pay for appropriate conservation programmes of the Zvaniec fen mire. Scything and mechanical mowing were preferred compared to controlled burning, and especially over herbicide treatment of encroaching shrubs. Conservation management was preferred over legal protection of wetland areas without management. Respondents considered such passive conservation to be insufficient to maintain open fen mire habitat and gave a higher priority to active conservation management programmes. These preferences are consistent with evidence-based knowledge about what is effective conservation management for the Aquatic Warbler. Given the gradual disappearance of Europe's traditional cultural landscapes, we discuss the challenge to fund the maintenance of this biocultural biodiversity legacy.Wetlands Ecol Manage (2018) 26:943-960 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-018-9622-y( 0123456789().,-volV) (0123456789().,-volV)

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Conservation of disappearing cultural landscape’s biodiversity: are people in Belarus willing to pay for wet grassland restoration?

Valasiuk

Giergiczny

Żylicz

et al. 2018

Wetlands Ecol Manage

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“…Still, a gap exists between Russia's formal strategies of the Arctic development and the capacity of legislation to guarantee basic sustainability approaches in the Arctic (Newell and Henry 2017). Most enacted documents are applicable to all Russian territories, and they do not specifi cally address the Arctic.…”

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“…Certain regions of Russia are aff ected by growing industries and natural resource extraction, notably the Arctic region (Newell and Henry 2017). Th e discourse of sustainability in the Arctic has its own specifi cs: fragile ecosystems undergoing rapid change (Forbes et al 2009), world-wide attention to the utilization of land and sea, politically engaged indigenous groups (Petrov et al 2017), and the major role of the region in the world economy (Laruelle 2014).…”

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Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic: Legal Implications

Gladun

2019

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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Sustainable development has increasingly entered into the Arctic context. For Russia, the Arctic means enormous natural resources and potential for the country's social and economic well-being. Th e focus of this paper is the dynamics of environmental and Arctic legislation in Russia; attention is also given to the rationale and justifi cation of legal implications of sustainable development in the Russian Arctic. Specifi cally, it discusses barriers in transitioning to sustainable development and estimates relevant legal tools used over the last three decades applicable to the Arctic territories. Th e general idea is that despite strong political will to promote sustainable development, Russia's unstable economy has impeded the country's sustainability development objectives. Consequently, resource-based development is prioritized over environmental concerns and puts environmentally fragile territories, like the Arctic, at great risk. Th e research methods include context analysis of the Russian federal and regional laws and contextual interviews at the federal and regional government levels. Th e results of the research are the identifi cation of achievements and defi ciencies in the rule of law related to sustainable development of the Russian Arctic as well as policy recommendations for public authorities. Th e paper outlines that as long as Russian legislation lacks specifi c rules addressing sustainability in the Russian Arctic, it would be diffi cult for the government to implement international principles of sustainable development across this territory.

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“…Unsustainable agricultural practices (overgrazing, unrestricted harvesting) that date back to the Soviet Union era, which did not prioritize environmental protection policies, have resulted in considerable quantities of chemicals and fertilizers contaminating nearby waters (Word Bank Group, 2002;OECD, 2008). While there has been an initiative to promote environmental policy in the country, effectuation remains a significant obstacle due to political instability and mistrust associated with the government (OECD, 2006;FAO, 2017b;Newell and Henry, 2017).…”

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Common Environment Policies in Different Sustainability Paradigms: Evidence From the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas

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We develop a model for four sustainability paradigms (weak sustainability, a-growth, de-growth, strong sustainability) within a single framework that accounts for responsibility for nature and future generations and for intra-and inter-generational equality. The model is applied in three case studies: the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea with the aim to identify feasible sustainability solutions for shared seas under alternative sources of environmental pressure and cooperation strategies. The Baltic Sea is analyzed as an example of pollution from agriculture, the Adriatic Sea as an example of over-exploitation of fish in fishery, and the Black Sea as an example of pollution from industry. Empirical results show that different cooperation strategies are feasible in each case and that they yield different results in different context. Also welfare implications vary between different cooperation strategies. The main policy implication of the analysis is twofold. Environmental conservation must be preferred to environmental innovation, where both intra-and inter-generational equity concerns are unessential. The choice of a different sustainability approaches must be combined with the feasibility of the differently required management institutions, while considerations of the sectoral sources of environmental pressure are essential.

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The state of environmental protection in the Russian Federation: a review of the post-Soviet era

Cited by 48 publications

References 39 publications

Conservation of disappearing cultural landscape’s biodiversity: are people in Belarus willing to pay for wet grassland restoration?

Conservation of disappearing cultural landscape’s biodiversity: are people in Belarus willing to pay for wet grassland restoration?

Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic: Legal Implications

Common Environment Policies in Different Sustainability Paradigms: Evidence From the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas

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