Events
- 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
"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.