Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Ukraine on cooperation in the sphere of environmental protection

Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Украины о сотрудничестве в области охраны окружающей среды

The cooperation shall be carried out in the following fields: (a) improvement of environmental legislation; (b) reduction of impacts of anthropogenic activities; (c) protection of surface water, marine environment and natural resources of territorial waters, continental shelf and EEZ according to international agreements; (d) monitoring of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov; (e) conservation, reproduction and extension of forests; (f) protection of flora and fauna; (g) rehabilitation of contaminated areas; (h) prevention of land erosion; (i) development of National Parks, protected areas and setting up joint protected areas on the boundary territories; (j) carrying out the state environmental audit in the boundary areas; (k) disposal, recycling and reuse of industrial, agricultural and domestic waste; (l) supervision over transboundary movement of waste; (m) environmental education; (n) exchange of environmental information (art. 2). The cooperation shall be carried out in the following forms: (a) joint programmes and projects; (b) joint conferences and consultations of experts; (c) exchange of scientific and technical, and also legislative documentation; (d) exchange of legislative acts related to environmental protection; (e) joint environmental inspection including aerospace inspection; (f) environmental research; (g) exchange of annual reports on the state of environment (art. 3).