Ecological Doctrine of the Russian Federation (2002).

Ecological Doctrine of the Russian Federation determines targets, directions, tasks and principles of carrying out in the Russian Federation of common state policy in the sphere of ecology for long-term period. Ecological Doctrine is based upon the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation, international agreements concluded by the Russian Federation in the sphere of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources and fundamental scientific findings in the sphere of ecology and contiguous sciences, valuation of modern state of environment and its impact on the quality of life of the population, recognition of the importance of ecosystems of the Russian Federation for global biosphere processes and consideration of global and regional particulars of inter-action between man and nature. The document consists of V Secs. Section I lays down general provisions. Section II establishes strategic target, tasks and principles of state policy in the sphere of ecology. Section III determines directions of state policy in the sphere of ecology. Section IV establishes priorities for ensuring ecological safety of the Russian Federation. Section V establishes ways and means of realization of state policy in the sphere of ecology.