Environmental Monitoring of the Caspian Sea

ISBN-13: 9783659577123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 196 str.

Monakhov Sergey;Ostrovskaya Elena

Opis

The book covers the procedure of environmental monitoring of the Caspian Sea in Russia at federal, regional and local levels as well as at international level, as the Caspian Sea washes the coasts of five states. Special attention is paid to the institutional and legal frameworks for monitoring of the sea water areas, which current state is evaluated taking account of various purposes of environmental monitoring. The book provides practical recommendations for improving the procedure of environmental monitoring of the Caspian Sea at all the levels, which can be used while drafting regulatory documents and guidelines. The book is aimed at specialists working in the field of environmental protection.

O autorze

Sergey Monakhov was born on May, 5, 1956 in Makhachkala. Dr. Sergey Monakhov has a degree of Candidate of Science in Geography. He is the author and editor of about 150 research papers, including several monographs.Since 2005 Dr. Monakhov has been involved in Coordinating Committee on Hydrometeorology and Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea.