title: Environmental Protection in the Tomsk Region of the Russian Federation: A Case Study.
abstract: / Implementation of environmental management in Russia is undergoing rapid changes. Federal responsibility rests with the Russian Federation State Committee for Environmental Protection (RFSCEP) and is delegated at regional level to local State Committees for Environmental Protection (SCEPs). This paper focuses on the functioning of the SCEP for Tomsk oblast' (region) in Siberia, which is strongly committed to forging constructive links with regional government, academia, industry, and environmental NGOs. Considerable difficulties exist for SCEPs in Russia, however, and prominent among these are (1) a rigidly vertical civil service structure, with separate organs having responsibility for different natural resources, persisting from Soviet times, which hinders effective intergrated and holistic environmental management; and (2) a lack of open access to environmental information from military and quasi-military sites.
authors.affiliation: Holymoor Consultancy, 86 Holymoor Road, Holymoorside, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 7DX, United Kingdom
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bayliss
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bleuten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dees
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Karnachuk
authors.lastname: Le Blansch K
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marquand