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NOV
18
"At Distant Ends of the Soviet Empire: Environmental Challenges Today"
Date:
Monday, 18 Nov 2019
Time:
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
302 International Center
Department:
Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Event Details:

"At Distant Ends of the Soviet Empire: Environmental Challenges Today"

CERES Brown Bag Presentation by Prof. Eric Freedman, Knight Chair of Environmental Journalism 
and Director of Capital News Service

Monday, November 18,  12noon-1:30pm, Room 302 International Center

 

Almost 3 decades after the Soviet Union collapsed, the ecological legacies of its economic, political and agricultural policies and practices still remain visible across its once-vast territory. Among them are unsustainable fishing practices in the Baltic Sea, poaching and unsustainable logging in the Caucasus, and limited-result efforts to restore part of the Aral Sea.