BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

Submitted by Russia
HELCOM SEMINAR
(Riga, Latvia, 30.08.93 - 2.09.93)
Statement
on matters related to the activity
within the HELCOWq Pro ramme Implementation
Task Force ?HFLCOM PITF:)
Cooperation of the Baltic Sea States within the framework of
the TELCGM Task Force on matters related to elaboration and imple-
mentation of the Baltic Sea Joint Comprehensive Environmental Ac-
tion Programme can be considered as a model of joint activity of
industrially developed countries and the countries with the economy
in transition in solution of regional and global ecological problems.
Despite some political and economic difficulties this Programme
was elaborated in a record-breaking short time. The Russian Contrac-
ting Earty is satisfied on the whole by the results of the first
stage (prefeasibili-ty studies) of the Programme elaboration, though
not all our proposals we-r2 included in it. Priority projects and
problems included in the Pregramme for further elaboration pose a
serious threat to the environmeilt and human health in the Raltic
region.
Municipalities, pulp and paper mills, livestock farms and
enterprises for recycling and disposal of hazardous wastes in Le-
ningrad and Kaliningrad regions included in the Programme contri-
bute to the environment about 50% of anthropogenic load from the
Russian territory.. This constitutes a significant contribution to
the total impact on the 3altic Sea marine environment . Unfcrtuna-
tely, some enterprises-polluters proposed by our experts were not
included in the Programme. Bnt this does not mean, that we do not
plan to carry on necessary environmental measures on these sites
in accordance with our national plans.
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