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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Research and Writing Grants for Individuals
(Initiative in Russian Federation and Post-Soviet States), 2000

Environment and Society

Nikita Evgenievich Barsuk, Ashghabat, Turkmenistan
Ecological Monitoring and Remediation of Oil Spills at Petroleum Industrial Enterprises on the Eastern Coast of the Caspian Sea

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Bek, Moscow, Russia
Northern Karelia: Memories of Last Year's Snow

Vladimir Viktorovich Bologov, Zapovedny, Russia
A 21st Century without Poison

Irina Viktorovna Butorina, Mariupol, Ukraine
Key Elements of Environmental and Economic Revival in the Priazovie Region

Alla Gennadievna Galanevich, Lipetsk, Russia
Environmental Assessment: a Legal Mechanism for Public Participation in Decision-Making on the Regional Level (Case Study of Lipetsk Region)

Boris Ilich Gartsman, Vladivostok, Russia
Dynamics of Riverbed Processes under Conditions of Economic Development of Small- and Medium-Sized River Valleys in the Southern Region of Russia's Far East

Suren Vladimirovich Gazarian, Krasnodar, Russia
Monitoring Colonies of Cheiroptera in 'Canyon' Cave and Developing Protection Measures

Vadim Konstantinovich Goncharov, St. Petersburg, Russia
Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Natural Gas and Oil Leakages from Seabed Pipelines

Mikhail Vladimirovich Gubinskii, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Utilizing the Energy Potential of Biomass in the Context of Ukraine's Transitional Economy

Gaip Khudainazarov, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Assessment of the Technogenic Pressure Associated with the Agricultural Development of New Areas in the Shakhsenem Mountains (Tashauz Aral Sea Area)

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Korotenko, Moscow, Russia
Chemical Weapons Dumped in the Baltic Sea: Facts, Trends, and Predictions concerning a Possible Environmental Disaster

Vladimir Nikolaevich Krainiuk, Karaganda, Russia
Estblishing Sustainable Fishing in Rivers and Lakes of the Karaganda Region

Aleksandra Andreevna Liapina, Moscow, Russia
The Environmental Dimensions of Russia's National Heritage

Oleg Grigorievich Listopad, Kiev, Ukraine
The Tradition of Preserving Sacred Wells as an Effective Method of Protecting Water Sources

Kim Semionovich Losev, Moscow, Russia
Environmental Issues and Prospects for Russia's Sustainable Development at the Turn of 21st Century

Viktor Mikhailovich Maslennikov, Moscow, Russia
What Price Clean Air?

Irina Ivanovna Moiseikina, Kiev, Ukraine
Environmental Problems of Geothermal Power Plants

Andris Vladimirovich Ozolinysh, Vladivostok, Russia
Developing a Network of Protected Sea Areas in Russia's Far East

Aleksei Vladilenovich Pavlov, Kazan, Russia
Saving the Orsini Viper in Northern Steppe Areas of Tatarstan

Boris Aleksandrovich Revich, Moscow, Russia
Dioxin Pollution as a Possible Cause of Breast Cancer

Yuri Filippovich Rozhkov, Olekminsk, Russia
Assessing Environmental Risks of Gold Mining in Eastern Siberia

Elena Vasilievna Sadchenko, Odessa, Ukraine
Land Use and Biodiversity Preservation in Coastal Areas of Ukraine: Economic and Environmental Know-How for Local Governments

Andrei Olegovich Selivanov, Moscow, Russia
The Coastal Catastrophe around the Sea of Azov: Sea Level Changes, Living Conditions of Local Populations, and Sustainable Development Strategies

Igor Petrovich Semiletov, Vladivostok, Russia
Global Warming in the Arctic

Irina Vladimirovna Shmytova, Kaluga, Russia
The Ecology of Rare and Endangered Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kaluga Region

Andrei Olegovich Shubin, Moscow, Russia
The Importance of Lake Systems in Southwestern European Russia for the Conservation of Migrating Water Birds

Yuri Zinovievich Shur, St. Petersburg, Russia
Methods of Calculating and Evaluating Indices for a Forest Fire Insurance System (Case Study of the Leningrad Region)

Valeri Konstantinovich Spinu, Chisinau, Moldova
Energy and Water Resource Management Strategies for Sustainable Rural Development

Olga Viktorovna Turkovskaia, Saratov, Russia
Oil Pipeline Damages in the Saratov Region: Biological and Social Aspects

Ruslan Abdibaetovich Umaraliev, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
An Applied Model for Predicting Landslides as a Basis for National Landslide Monitoring Procedures

Elza Ivanovna Valeeva, Tiumen, Russia
The Role of Wetlands in the Sustainable Development of Northwestern Siberia

Mikhail Nikolaevich Valivach, Pavlodar, Russia
A Preliminary Study of the Reproductive and General Health of Female Adolescents Residing in an Environmentally Hazardous Region

Ivan Ivanovich Vasenev, Kursk, Russia
Reducing Environmental Risks of Land Use for Regional Sustainable Development

Viktor Maksimovich Yemets, Voronezh, Russia
Diversity of Soil Organisms in Usmansky Pine Forest (Central Russia): Long-Term Transformations in Nature Reserves and Recreational Areas and Conservation Methods

Perizat Abdykairovna Yesenbekova, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Biodiversity Preservation and Practical Use of Entomophagous Wasps in Anthropogenic Biotopes in the Foothill Zone of the Zailiysky Alatau Mountain Range

Mikhail Erofeevich Zhmud, Vilkovo, Ukraine
Pelicans' Right to Exist in Ukrainian Coastal Areas of Black Sea

Human Rights (extracts)

Andrei Igorevich Kozlov, Moscow, Russia
The Stress of Modernization for Indigenous Populations of the Russian North

Law and Society (extracts)

Andrei Marlenstovich Aranbaev, Ashghabat, Turkmenistan
Monitoring Activities and the Environment for Non-Governmental Organizations in Turkmenistan

Sergei Iurievich Chucha, Omsk, Russia
Emerging Social Partnerships in Regions of the Russian Federation: Trends and Prospects (Case Study of the Omsk Region)

Midkhat Khabibovich Farukshin, Kazan, Russia
Federalism and Legal Separatism in Russia (Study of Republics of the Volga and Ural Regions: Bashkortostan, Chuvash, Mariy-El, Mordovia, Tatarstan, and Udmurtia)

Viktoria Talikovna Tagirova, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia
The Legal and Regulatory Environment for the Development of Small-Scale Financial Support in Russia

Anu Yri Toots, Tallinn, Estonia
Local Governments’ Information Services and Their Effect on People’s Political Activity

Peace and Security (extracts)

Nina Vasilievna Kononkova, Blagoveshchensk, Russia
The International Economic Activity of Russia's Far East and Russia's National Security in the 1990s

Irina Aleksandrovna Lambaeva, Ulan-Ude, Russia
Implementing the Law on Baikal in Ethnic Communities of the Baikal Region

Liudmila Ivanovna Ledeneva, Moscow, Russia
Russian Students Abroad: Their Prospects of Returning to Russia

Aleksandr Anatolievich Sergunin, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia
International Security on the Threshold of the Third Millennium: New Approaches and Concepts

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