Stockholm International Water Institute » The Baltic Sea http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:35:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Managing and Developing the Water Resources (RU) http://www.siwi.org/publication/managing-and-developing-the-water-resources-ru/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/managing-and-developing-the-water-resources-ru/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:06 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/managing-and-developing-the-water-resources-ru/ (this file is in Russian) The report demonstrates how effective water resources management can support sustainable economic development in sectors such as tourism, health, agriculture and industry while at the same time restoring ecosystem services in accordance with the Russian Water Act and the EU Water Framework Directive. The report outlines specific steps to be taken by the Kaliningrad Oblast internally and in partnership with its neighbours to achieve concrete benefits from better management of the water resources. Collective action amongst all the states in the Baltic Sea Region will be critical to reach the vision of a healthy Baltic Sea as agreed by the contracting partners to the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) and by the EU members States. The report is prepared in partnership with the Nordic Dimension Foundation in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia with input from experts from Lithuania, Poland and Sweden.

Published in 2011. Also available in English.

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