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Agreement between the Federal Service on Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring and the Government of Moscow to cooperate on environmental monitoring and forecasting of dangerous natural phenomena and their impacts.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Hazards Monitoring Early warning system Access-to-information
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Agreement enters into force on the date of its signature.
Abstract

The Parties have agreed to cooperate in the following areas: (a) improvement of the early warning system; (b) reduction of snowfall; (c) environmental improvement; and (d) reduction of natural disasters risks. Federal Service on Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring shall supply the government in Moscow with hydro-meteorological information, including environmental pollution, and shall keep the state environmental database. Moscow Government shall develop a municipal system and a network of environmental data collection.

Full text
Russian
Website
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