The Reorganization of Russia's Environmental Bureaucracy: Implications and Prospects

Peterson, D. J.; Bielke, Eric K.

doi:10.1080/10889388.2001.10641163

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“…This ministerial status persisted for only 3 years, however. Yeltsin reduced the environmental protection component of the ministry to a more subordinate State Committee for Environmental Protection after his re-election in 1996-perhaps in response to the strong industry support he received in his campaign (Peterson & Bielke, 2001)-and in May 2000, President Vladimir Putin eliminated Goskomekologiya altogether and placed its responsibilities and personnel in the Federation's Ministry of Natural Resources. Subsequent efforts to hold a citizen referendum on President Putin's action garnered nearly 2.5 million signatures.…”

Section: Environmental Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…As Peterson & Bielke (2001) note, President Putin himself has argued that the Russian mineral resource complex can be the basis for the sustainable development of Russia and that natural resources more broadly provide abundant opportunities for large-scale investment. These opportunities were identi ed in a poll of some 100 economic experts that the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan conducted just prior to the 2000 Russian presidential election.…”

Section: Environmental Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Environmental Protection in the Russian Federation: Lessons and Opportunities

Wernstedt

2002

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Environmental managers in Russia face severe problems, both from Soviet-era and continuing environmental degradation and due to the weakness of current institutions with responsibilities for environmental protection. This paper draws on surveys, a case study of water pollution and workshops on Russian environmental decision making to explore prospects for environmental improvements. Using concepts from the regulatory reform literature, it focuses on the use of market incentives, the construction of a civil society and community involvement, and emphasizes that Russian non-governmental organizations may have a particularly important role to play in improving environmental management. Solidifying their legal base, coalition-building skills and the capability to conduct independent, pragmatic policy analyses would enhance their contribution.

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Section: Environmental Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Environmental Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Environmental Protection in the Russian Federation: Lessons and Opportunities

Wernstedt

2002

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…Peterson, 1993;Tickle and Welsh, 1998). The subsequent period of retrenchment, whereby environmental issues carried increasingly less political weight, has also been covered in some detail (see e.g.…”

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Russian environmentalism

Oldfield

2002

Eur. Env.

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This paper provides an overview of developments relating to Russia's environmental policy and environmental legislation since the break‐up of the Soviet Union. It also highlights general trends evident within the country's environmental movement. All three areas have been characterized by significant change during the last decade.The paper suggests that the effectiveness of environmental policy and legislative change has been undermined by a combination of administrative, financial and operational constraints. These ensure that key policies struggle to extend beyond official rhetoric, a situation similar to that found during the Soviet period. Developments in Russia's environmental policy, particularly since the mid–late 1990s, appear to indicate the emergence of a more utilitarian approach towards the use of natural resources culminating in the removal of the State Committee for the Protection of the Environment during 2000. Russia's environmental movement has been assertive in attempting to keep the environment on the policy agenda in recent years. This is reflected in its efforts to carry out a national referendum during 2000. Nevertheless, its overall influence is limited by a combination of public apathy and political opposition.In view of Russia's potential to influence the European and global environment, the paper concludes by indicating the need for international assistance and co‐operation in order to address the noted policy and legislative weaknesses. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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“…RAIPON has also improved its political and executive structure, primarily through funding from international projects (Kohler and Wessendorf, 2002). However, it is limited in its ability, and the plight of Russia's indigenous peoples worsens as President Putin focuses his country's economic policies on natural resource exploitation (Peterson and Bielke, 2001). The sacrificed health of indigenous rural populations is regarded as one price to pay for economic advance.…”

Section: Indigenous Sustainability In the Russian Northmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Russian term ustoichivoe razvitie translates to English as 'stable development' and has been understood in official rhetoric and policy as more akin to economic development than to sustainable development (Oldfield and Shaw, 2002). With Putin's 2000 abolishment of the Russian Federation State Committee for Environmental Protection and the melding of its responsibilities into the country's Ministry of Natural Resources, the Russian government abandoned its sustainable development ideals in favour of material gains (Peterson and Bielke, 2001;Henry, 2002).…”

Section: Indigenous Sustainability In the Russian Northmentioning

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Investigating Local Definitions of Sustainability in the Arctic: Insights from Post-Soviet Sakha Villages

Crate¹

2009

ARCTIC

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ABSTRACT. Contemporary survival for post-Soviet Russia's indigenous communities is complicated both by a Soviet legacy that undermined local ecological knowledge, kinship settlement patterns, land and resource rights, and robust ecosystems, and by the contemporary effects of globalization and modernity. Efforts to achieve sustainability lack a focus on local contexts, although recent research, especially in anthropology, underscores the need to develop sustainability criteria that are both flexible and adaptable to local contexts. Community-based research in post-Soviet Viliui Sakha indigenous communities of northeastern Siberia, Russia, has shown that inhabitants define sustainability as the building of local diversified economies, communities, and health via strong local leadership, a shared vision to work toward common goals, the reinstatement of local knowledge, and rights to land and resources. Realization of these ideas may be achieved by continued collaboration between circumpolar researchers and communities to facilitate the influx of ideas and models of success from other Arctic regions and by potential outcomes of intergovernmental action between the Russian Federation and its circumpolar neighbors through Russia's chairing of the Arctic Council. Implementation of flexible, locally adaptable sustainability criteria is central to these efforts.Key words: indigenous peoples, sustainability, post-Soviet Russia, circumpolar cooperation, Sakha RÉSUMÉ. La survie contemporaine des collectivités indigènes russes post-soviétiques est rendue complexe par un patrimoine soviétique qui minait le savoir écologique local, les tendances en matière de parenté, les droits à la terre et aux ressources, et les écosystèmes robustes, de même que par les effets contemporains de la mondialisation et la modernisation. Les efforts en matière d'atteinte de la durabilité ne portent pas suffisamment sur les contextes locaux, bien que des recherches récentes, notamment en anthropologie, fassent ressortir la nécessité d'élaborer des critères de durabilité qui sont à la fois souples et adaptables aux contextes locaux. Des recherches communautaires réalisées au sein des collectivités indigènes post-soviétiques de Viliui Sakha dans le nord-est de la Sibérie, en Russie, ont permis de constater que les habitants définissent la durabilité comme l'édification d'économies et de collectivités locales diversifiées et en santé grâce à un bon leadership local, à une vision partagée visant des objectifs communs, au rétablissement du savoir local et aux droits à la terre et aux ressources. La concrétisation de ces idées peut être rendue possible par une collaboration continue entre les chercheurs et les collectivités circumpolaires et ce, dans le but de faciliter l'apport d'idées et de modèles de réussites provenant d'autres régions de l'Arctique ainsi que par les résultats éventuels de mesures intergouvernementales entre la Fédération de Russie et ses voisins circumpolaires au moyen de la présidence du Conseil de l'Arctique par la Russie. Ces ef...

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The Reorganization of Russia's Environmental Bureaucracy: Implications and Prospects

Cited by 35 publications

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Environmental Protection in the Russian Federation: Lessons and Opportunities

Environmental Protection in the Russian Federation: Lessons and Opportunities

Russian environmentalism

Investigating Local Definitions of Sustainability in the Arctic: Insights from Post-Soviet Sakha Villages

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