VII международная научно-практическая конференция «Реки Сибири и Дальнего Востока»

The International science-practical conference «The Rivers of Siberia and the Far East» brings together ex­perts, government officials, public, science and business leaders to find balanced solutions to the river ecosys­tems’ problems.

In 2012 the conference was held in the Russian Far East, in Khabarovsk for the first time – and we could see more topics discussed by more participants than before.

The event was attended by representatives of pub­lic and environmental authorities and ministries, sci­entists, hydraulic engineers and power engineers. It contributed to the stakeholders’ talks, different issues’ clarification and discussions and enjoyed the active participation of Mongolian and Chinese environmental organizations’ representatives, who shared the experi­ence of water resources use in their countries.

The conference addressed the following issues: the water bodies’ ecological status, rivers’ biodiversity, pub­lic participation in tackling the associated problems, the transboundary water use problems and the water re­sources’ legal regulation. Some round-table discussions were held as well. One touched upon the impact of gold mining on river ecosystems, and the other – upon the hy­dropower plants’ construction and operation on the rivers of Siberia and the Far East. A lot of questions regarding the use of the Amur basin water resources arose as well.

We express our deep gratitude and appreciation for holding and hosting «The Rivers of Siberia and the Far East» conference to Eugene Simonov (international co­alition «Rivers Without Boundaries»), Gennady Illari­onov and Yuri Darman (Amur branch of WWF Russia), Petr Osipov (AmurSEU, Amur Regional Public Environ­mental Organization, Blagoveshchensk), Yuri Shirokov (ISAR-Sibir Interregional Public Environmental Fund, Novosibirsk), Alexey Toropov (SibEcoAgency, Tomsk Regional Charitable Public Organization, Tomsk), Sergei Shapkhaev (Buryat Regional Organization for Baikal, Ulan-Ude), Alexey Kolpakov (Krasnoyarsk Re­gional Charitable Public Organization «Damba», Kras­noyarsk).

We express gratitude for the financial support of both the WWF Russia Amur branch and the Inter­national Environment Facility Global Greengrants Fund.

This book contains conference materials on the river ecosystems’ ecological state, information on human ac­tivities in river basins, possible solutions to the existing problems and the perspectives of water resources use in various regions.

Yours faithfully,

Alexey Knizhnikov

Oxana Nikitina

WWF Russia, Moscow 

Сборник подготовлен WWF России

Под редакцией О. И. Никитиной

Автор эмблемы Анна Савина

Фото на обложке И Иминь

Дизайн и верстка А. Ю. Филиппов

В сборник вошли доклады научно-практической конференции «Реки Сибири и Дальнего Востока».

Приведены материалы об экологическом состоянии рек, информация об антропогенной деятельности в речных бассейнах, предлагаются пути решения существующих проблем, рассматриваются перспективы использования водных ресурсов.