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  2. Environment of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia is a signatory to a number of treaties and international agreements: Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution ...

  3. Environmental issues in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Environmental issues in Russia include pollution and erosion, and have impacts on people, wildlife and ecosystems.. Many of the issues have been attributed to policies that were made during the early Soviet Union, at a time when many officials felt that pollution control was an unnecessary hindrance to economic development and industrialization, and, even though numerous attempts were made by ...

  4. Category:Environment of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Environment of Russia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources; G.

  5. Environmental impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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    The Russia–Ukraine conflict has had a profound impact on water resources and water infrastructure. [65] Rivers and water bodies are strategically important objects. The Dnieper, Donets, and Irpin serve as natural defences. The Black Sea also became a theatre of war.

  6. Climate change in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Environmental activism is a growing movement in Russia and it has developed into different shapes and forms, such as campaigns aiming to tackle both local and regional problems but also to address concerns including pollution, expansion of industries, non-sustainable forestry and further on.

  7. Greenhouse gas emissions by Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters, both nationally and per person. [13]Greenhouse gas emissions by Russia have great impact on climate change since the country is the fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. [14]

  8. Ukraine should seek reparations from Russia for environmental costs such as contamination by land mines, a group of international figures including climate activist Greta Thunberg and European ...

  9. Wildlife of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The wildlife of Russia inhabits terrain that extends across 12 time zones and from the tundra region in the far north to the Caucasus Mountains and prairies in the south, including temperate forests which cover 70% of the country. Russia's forests comprise 22% of the forest in the world [1] as well as 33% of all temperate forest. [2]