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The article discusses environmental protection of mountain regions in former Soviet Union countries. Topics explored include the partial application of natural resources management initiatives to the mountain areas of Russia, the adoption of regional environmental policies focused on mountain-area protection, and the identification of threats such as deforestation, overgrazing, and illegal hunting activities.

The article focuses on the environmental deterioration as the major issues of the modern development of Russia and countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Topics discussed include environmental legislative inefficiency as a reason for deterioration of the environment; influence of political power on environmental crisis; and lack of environmental quality.

The article presents news and developments relevant to environmental law and policy discussed in the articles "Dneiper River Basin Clean-up and EU Legislation-Comparison of Standards used," by Hannah Hull Naumoff-Dulski and "GMO's: Commission Defeated on Food Beans." Clean-up efforts in the Dneiper River Basin by three countries, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine was evaluated and analyzed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, to assess whether the efforts complied with European Union legislation. It has been discovered that the efforts was in accordance with the United Nations Environment Program's recommendations but some of the standards did not comply with the European Union Directive 91/271/EEC.

Belgique- Responsabilité civile et Fonds de Compensation: Propositions de la Commission de Réforme du Droit de l'environnement en Région flamande (Hubert Bocken) 160Kenya- Environmental Management Policy and Law (Bondi D. Ogolla) 164Russian Federation- Reform of the Environmental Administrative System (Irina O. Krasnova) 175Sri Lanka- Development of Environmental Policy (S. Sathananthan) 182 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UN/GA• 49th Session: Resolutions and Decisions 117UN/ECE• Management of Hazardous Chemicals - Committee on Environmental Policy 135IMO• Declaration on the Management of South East Asian Coastal Cities and Towns 138ACOPS• Russia's Northern and Arctic Environment - Conclusions and Recommendations 142 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]