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For Love and Freedom on Clean Mother-Earth!
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"ECODEFENSE!inform"environmental inform-bulletin * number 18-19
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..................................................* JUNE 1994 *
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"ECODEFENSE!"
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Moskovsky prospekt 120-34
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236006 Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg
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Russia
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telephone +7 0112 437286
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E-mail: ecodefense@glas.apc.org
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CONTENT
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News
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- ENVIRONMENTAL
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- JUNE PUBLICATIONS
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- TROOP WATCH
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Environmental education
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WHAT IS "BALTIC SEA PROJECT"?
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Project for environment
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION-CONFERENCE
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"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - 94"
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Meeting
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"THE GREEN BRIDGE" INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN LATVIA
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Continuation
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IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (from NN 9-15)
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Plan'94
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ENVIRONMENTAL MEETINGS
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ENVIRONMENTAL
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* Before July 1, in the National Park "Kurshskaya Kosa"
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(Kaliningrad region) will work the children's environmental
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camp. Some programmes for children on the topics of "Deep
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Ecology" and "What is EARTH radical defenders" prepared by
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ECODEFENSE!coordinators on environmental education. Two
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E!coordinators work in the camp now.
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* sanadian environmentalists, wanted in Norway, buys sub
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- from Norway VANCOUVER, June 20 (AFP) Canadian
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environmentalists Paul Watson has succeeded in buying a
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submarine from the Norwegian Government even though they want
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to jail him from his activities
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* June 13-17, the seminar on environmental education was
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held in Studsvik (Sweden). Organizers: Swedish National Agency
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for Education. Participants: teachers who work in the
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countries around the Baltis Sea. Participants of the seminar
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discussed the problems of environmental education processes.
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* The celebration of International Day for Environmental
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Protection was organized on June 5 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Lithuanian Green Movement with participation of ECODEFENSE!
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(Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg) organized the symbolic blockade of
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some central roads and also environmental programme for
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children.
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JUNE PUBLICATIONS
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* Second issue of new magazine published by
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ECODEFENSE!inform. It's magazine of ECODEFENSE!group. The
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magazine includes diffrent local and global environmental
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news, some articles on energy future, green movements and
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125-anniversary of Emma Goldman birthday. The magazine is in
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Russian, with illustrations, 22 pages.
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* "The Newsletter of Working Team on Renewables" first
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issue published by ECODEFENSE!inform Agency. The Newsletter
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includes many kinds of news on energy problems, renewable
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sources, energy future etc. The publications is in English,
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with photo, 4 pages.
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TROOP WATCH
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* The last Russian warship left the port of Riga on May
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30, 1994. On June 1, a ceremony took place at the western port
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of Liepaja to see off the three very last Russian navy vessels
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from Latvia.
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* Estonia has received half of the sum of $10 million
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that is needed to dismantle and remove the two russian nuclear
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reactors at Paldiski, the biggest radiation danger in the
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northern part of the Baltic Sea. Estonian Foreign Minister
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Juri Luik told the Estonian parliament on May 30 that $5
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million has been allocated by five Western countries, the
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biggest sum coming from the US.
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WHAT IS "BALTIC SEA PROJECT" ?
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It's the International Network among schools for a better
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environment in the Baltic catchment area. Denmark, Estonia,
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Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden
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is participants of the BSP.
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Today, some 200 schools are active in the BSP. Mosu are
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secondary schools situated on the Baltic coast. In many
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schools, the BSP has been organized as a joint effort
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including many subjects. Most often, the work has concentrated
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on science . The working language in English.
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Objectives.
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* To increase the awareness of the students about the
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environmental problems in the Baltic Sea area and to give them
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an understanding of the scientific, social and cultural
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aspects of the interdependence between man and nature.
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* To develop the ability of the students to study changes
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in the environment.
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* To encourage students to participate in developing a
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sustainable suture.
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Practical measures.
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* To set up a network of schools and other educational
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institutions.
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* To create and develop educational approaches and joint
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programmes for environmental and international education.
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* To organize joint activities and events.
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* To publish the BSP newsletter and other relevant
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information.
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Joint programmes.
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* Water quality.
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* Coastwatch BSP.
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* Baltic Sea schools research campaign with HELCOM.
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* Users of the Baltic Sea - Baltic Sea 2000.
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Ongoing projects at the general level.
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* Preparation of a BSP Teacher' Guide.
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* A research campaign during the 1993-1994 school year,
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concluded with an International BSP conference in Karlskrona,
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Sweden (see the bulletin in the topic "environmental calender".
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For further information please contact:
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Ms. Siv Sellin, BSP General Coordinator, National Agency
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for Education, 106 20 Stockholm, Sweden, phone +46 8 723 32 74
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fax +46 8 24 44 20
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION-CONFERENECE
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"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - 94"
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1. Organizers.
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The following companies have participated in the
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organization of the international exhibition "Environmental
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Protection 94": The Estonian Fairs, Pirita Tee 28, EE-0010
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Tallinn, Estonia, phone 37-22-238697, fax 37-22-239177;
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Expoconsult Ltd., marketing of the Estonian Fairs, phone
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37-22-238115.
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2. Date and Place.
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Mounting and exposition layout: October 24, 1994, 8a.m. -
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8p.m.
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Exhibition: 25-28 October, Dismantling: 28-31 October.
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Place: The Estonian Fairs Blue & White Pavilion, Pirita
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tee 28, EE-0010 Tallinn, Estonia
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3. Exhibitors and exhibits.
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Any company, firm or organization providing goods or
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services related to the following product groups may
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participate in the exhibite:
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* air pollution control equipment and services
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* water pollution control equipment and services
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* solid and hazardous waste handling and disposal
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* monitoring
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* labiratory analysis and testing
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* renewable energy technologies and recycling
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* computer system and software
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* environmental protection projects and funding
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* consulting and training
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4. Conference.
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Concurrently with this fair a conference on environmental
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protection will be held on October 26-28 in the White Pavilion
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of Estonian Fairs. Conference fee is to be paid by September
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10, 1994 at the latest.
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5. Cancellation.
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Cancellation requests of confirmed reservations must be
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submitted in writing and will be effective upon receipt. The
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exhibitors are entitled to cancel all reservations prior
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August 1, 1994.
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6. The resume (EDI-editorial).
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Te conference and exhibition is not bad idea. But it will
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be giant european meeting and the environmentalists, in the
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Baltic Sea region, must to choose the kind of activity for
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this meeting: PARTICIPATION or PROTEST BOYCOTT. Many
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multinational corporations will participate in the exhibition.
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What's to do? To pay or to protest - All will answer itself.
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"The Green Bridge" INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN LATVIA
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VAK society "Arkadija" in cooperation with "Bundstift"
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and "Bildungswerk Umvelt and Kultur" is organizing an
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international meeting in Latvia, 30km from Riga, on the bank
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of river Gauja, "The Green Bridge" on 4-8 July 1994.
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Aim of the meeting:
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To determine the common problems of all NGOs and to work
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out a common strategy for solving of these problems.
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Subjects:
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- the common and the diffrent in the Western and Eastern
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kind of thinking,
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- the interaction of men and environment in diffrent
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times, geographical situations and levels of culture (lectures
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and demonstrations)
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Expected results:
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To specify mutual interests for East and West, to clarify
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the principles for forming a new quality cooperation
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structure, to establish a workchop for forming such a
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structure.
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Time: 5 Days, July 3-8, 1994.
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Languages: Russian, English.
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Organizers plan to invite participants from NGOs of
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Germany, Netherlands, England, Hungary, Romania, Poland,
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Russia, Lithuania and Georgia.
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For further information:
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VAK Society "Arkadija" - Hansekontor, Smilsu 7, Riga,
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LV-1050, fax/phone 371-8820214
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IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
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by Linas Vainius and Saulius Pikshris
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continuation from NN 9-15
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Legislation.
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NPP works without Nuclear Energy Law in Lithuania. The
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mechanism of compensation for neighbouring inhabitants in the
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case of accidents is indefinite,
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Besides the civil defense is wicked organized, ability to
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liquidate the consequences of greater accidents in NPP cause a
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lot of reasonable critics.
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At the end of 1993 Lithuanian "Seimas" ratified Vienna's
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Convention concerning the civil responsibility for nuclear
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damage. The compensation for the States, which suffered the
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harm because of an accident in unbearable task agonised
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Lithuanian economy.
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But without such a step it was inpossible to get
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international financial support for NPP safety strengthening.
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The Nuclear Energy Law is being prepared by EM. As NPP is
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subordinate to EM, the Law which is being prepared by the EM
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may have one-sided interest and influence on it, run over the
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NPP interest. The society should be acquainted with the
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law project and independent experts should be involved as well.
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Social problems.
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A lot of social problems are connected with the closing
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of Ignalina NPP. It is the further fate of some thousand NPP
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workers and also the further occupation of some thousand
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Visaginas inhabitants. Visaginas is the living place of NPP
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workers. Thereis one more lobby group (foreign companies and
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other groups of experts), which are discussing quite seldom,
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but it has an important role for NPP activity. These foreign
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companies have the contracts with NPP to reconstruct and to
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develop safety system and other equipment. The speeches of the
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representatives of such companies are often optimistic and
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reassuring the society. Besides frequent experts commissions
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leave only tones of new papers and vague reasoning the NPP
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perspectives. The greatest part of financial support for NPP
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safety strengthening is spent for the payment of expert's
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journeys, hotels and etc. The NPP workers sometimes doubt
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about the expediency of such examination-trips and other ways
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spending of means.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MEETINGS
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* June 27 - July 2, A "Baltic Sea project" camp on
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environmental education with field studies and orienteering
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competition in Latvia. Contact: see contact of the BSP (part I
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of the bulletin)
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* June 3-8, "The Green Bridge" international meeting in
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Latvia (Gauja river). Contact: VAK society Arkadija,
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Hansekontor, Smilsu 7, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia
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* July 4-14, The International Course "Our Common Baltic"
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in Trosa, Sweden. Further information: Faltbiologerna, Johan
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Niss, Hogalidsgatan 36 D, S-117 36 Stoskholm, Sweden, phone
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+46 8 7026519, fax +46 8 7020855
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* July 10-17, A summer ecological course for teachers and
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pupils aged 14-17 in St.Petersburg. Contact: Stanislav Babich,
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28 Chaikovsky str., 191194 St.Petersburg, Russia, phone +7 812
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2723120, fax +7 812 2732712
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* July 20 - August 3, Biketour Germany, Belgium, the
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Netherlands. Contact: YEE, Oude Gracht 42, 3511 AR Utrecht,
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the Netherlands, phone +31 30 311537, fax +31 30 343 986
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* July 23-31, A Virgin Forest Camp in Sweden. Contact:
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Faltbiologerna (for Ola)
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* September 2-4, Nordic World Bank Seminar in Sweden.
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Contact: Faltbiologerna (for Jenny Lundstrom)
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* September 5-8, The International Baltic Sea conference
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"Save the Baltic Sea" will be arranged for students and
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teachers in Karlskrona, Sweden
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* September 9, The 6th International Consultation of the
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BSP in Karlskrona, Sweden. Further information for both
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meetings is BSP contact.
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ECODEFENSE!inform bulletins get more than 150 env.NGOs of EARTH
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Editorial Board thanks for financial help from "Sowing the
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Seeds of Democracy: A project for Environmental Grant-Making
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in tha NIS" program, which realize by ISAR.
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Editorial Board: Alexandra Koroleva, Vladimir Sliviak
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