Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region: A Model Territory for the World

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introductory Address....Pages 1-2
Welcome Address....Pages 3-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Main Factors Necessitating Mankind’s Transition to Sustainable Development....Pages 7-11
Environment as a NATO Priority....Pages 13-16
The Global Ecological Challenge: Two Years after the Rio Summit....Pages 17-26
The Buddhist Perspectives of Sustainable Ecological Development....Pages 27-31
Interaction between Economics and the Environment from the Point of View of Sustainable Development....Pages 33-58
Concepts in Nature Conservation for Sustainable Development....Pages 59-70
A Proposal for a Set of Aggregated Indicators of the Environmental Dimension of Sustainability....Pages 71-80
Economic Conditions and Requirements of Sustainable Development in General and for the Lake Baikal Region in Particular....Pages 81-89
Influence of Environmental Factors on the Health of the Population of the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 91-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
The Complex Federal Program for the Protection of Lake Baikal and Rational Use of Natural Resources in the Region: Mechanisms of the Program’s Implementation....Pages 99-103
The Role of the Irkutsk Region in Realizing Sustainable Development in the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 105-113
Rational Branch and Territorial Structure of the Economy of the Republic of Buryatia....Pages 115-123
Perspectives of Development of the Selenga River Basin in the Territory of Mongolia....Pages 125-125
Characteristics of the Sustainable-development Model for the Outlying and Contact Zones of the Lake Baikal Basin....Pages 127-131
Energy: World Trends, the Situation in the Russian Federation and Siberia, Recommendations on Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 133-146
Mineral Resources of the Lake Baikal Region and Sustainable Development....Pages 147-154
Ecological Modernization of Industrial Production....Pages 155-170
“Castling”: A Possibility of Partial Reorganisation of the Economy of the Baikal Region for the Sake of Sustainable Development....Pages 171-179
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Problems of Sustainable Development of the Agricultural Complex in the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 181-186
Ecological Modernization of Agriculture....Pages 187-201
The Role of Scientists in Developing Sustainable Land Use in the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 203-210
Forest Resources of the Lake Baikal Region and Perspectives of their Industrial Exploitation....Pages 211-216
Informational and Cartographic Support of Sustainable Development in the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 217-227
Ecologo-Economie Models of the Lake Baikal Region Development....Pages 229-241
Sustainable Development and Tourism. Ecotourism: A Popular Slogan or a Powerful Tool?....Pages 243-253
The International Sector and Sustainable Development in the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 255-264
Combining Ecological and Social Studies in the Comparative Study of Pastoralism in Inner Asia....Pages 265-284
Preservation of the Folklore Monuments and Endangered Languages as a Major Factor of World Culture....Pages 285-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
International Conventions — Tools for Sustainability....Pages 291-295
Participation of the Local Population in Area Protection....Pages 297-301
Considerations Regarding Nominating Lake Baikal as a World Heritage Site....Pages 303-306
Sustainable Development Within Area Protection and Management of National Parks....Pages 307-311
Political and Legal Base for Nature Protection in a Federalist System....Pages 313-322
Legislating Sustainable Development: People, Politics and Process....Pages 323-328
The Federal Law on Lake Baikal as a Legislative Basis for Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 329-336
Principles and Conditions for Implementation of the Sustainable-development Programmes of the Lake Baikal Region....Pages 337-343
Back Matter....Pages 363-373