Mira P. Maximova, Doctor of Geographic Sciences
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Russian Federation
Moscow, B. Gruzinskaya 4/6
RUSSIA
TEL: (095)284-8341
Translated by Barbara Welling Hall
A single state ecological policy and the management of nature utilization, as goals of guaranteeing the sustainable socio-economic development of Russia in the complex conditions of the transition to a market economy, should be based on a scientifically-founded strategy. The following must precede the development of a strategy of state ecological policy: a single conception of Russian ecological security; multidisciplinary study of the role of the ecological factor in socio-economic development; and forecasting changes in the ecological situation. In Minpriroda (the Russian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources) "The Conception of Russian Ecological Security" has been developed, reflecting contemporary principles, methods, and mechanisms of preserving the environment and of the rational utilization of nature.
With the goal of scientific security and the concentration of the scientific-technical potential of Russia in the resolution of actual problems of stabilizing and improving the ecological situation of the country, Minpriroda has worked out two ecological scientific-technical programs: "Ecological Russia (1992)" and "Russian Ecological Security (1993-1995)". The first program has been accomplished, its materials are being used as prescribed. The geographic scientific-technical program "Russian Ecological Security", which includes subprograms -- applied research and fundamental methodological studies -- embraces a broad circle of important ecological problems, which demand resolution.
Female Russian scholars have taken active part in the development of ecological programs. Women are the leaders of more than 250 projects. A departmental analysis of programs indicates a certain devotion on the part of women project leaders toward specific fields in the sphere of ecological problems -- social-ecological, agriculture, cultural, educational and others. Substantially fewer are involved in spheres of industrial ecology, energy, transport, and problems associated with ecological danger and risk. With this it is evident that, as a whole, the role of women in the realization of ecological programs does not yield to that of men.
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