Annex 1: List of Authors
Country Reporters
ARMENIA
Aida Iskoyan
EPAC-Armenia
8 Koryun street, 8th Apt
375009 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Tel: (374-2) 561-386, 525-880 (home),
8-239-072-45
Tel/Fax: (374-2) 151-530
E-mail: epac@mbox.amilink.net
BELARUS
Oleg Cherp
ECOLINE - Belarus Environmental NGO
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Central European University
Nador u. 9.
1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: (36-1) 327-3021, 327-3892
Fax: (36-1) 327-3031
E-mail: ocherp@glasnet.ru, ecologia@glasnet.ru
Elena Krasney
ECOLINE - Belarus Environmental NGO
P.O. 170
220113 Minsk, Belarus
Tel/Fax: (375-17) 234-7640
E-mail: pb8276@belsonet.net
MOLDOVA
Ilya Trombitsky
BIOTICA Ecological Society
P.O. Box 570
2043 Kishinev, Moldova
Tel/Fax: (373-2) 243-274
E-mail: paolo@mdearn.cri.md, bio@mdearn.cri.md
Valerii Lebedev
BIOTICA Ecological Society
P.O. Box 570
2043 Kishinev, Moldova
Tel/Fax: (373-2) 243-274
E-mail: paolo@mdearn.cri.md, bio@mdearn.cri.md
Iulia Trombitskaya
BIOTICA Ecological Society
P.O. Box 570
2043 Kishinev, Moldova
Tel/Fax: (373-2) 243-274
E-mail: paolo@mdearn.cri.md, bio@mdearn.cri.md
RUSSIA
Olga Razbash
Regional Public Environmental Law Center
"For Human Rights and Environmental Defense"
B. Dimitrovka 13, 3rd floor, no. 6
103009 Moscow, Russia
Tel: (7-095) 292-0254, or 290-5916 (home)
Fax: (7-95) 292-6932, 290-5916
E-mail: elawcntr@glas.apc.org, jureco@glasnet.ru
UKRAINE
Dmytro Skrylnikov
Ecopravo-Lviv, EPAC
2 Krushelnitskoi Street
290000 Lviv, Ukraine
Tel/Fax: (38-0322) 722-746
Fax: (38-0322) 271-446
E-mail: epac@epac.lviv.ua, epac@link.lviv.ua
Iryna Tustanovska
Ecopravo-Lviv, EPAC
2 Krushelnitskoi Street
290000 Lviv, Ukraine
Tel/Fax: (38-0322) 722-746
Fax: (38-0322) 271-446
E-mail: epac@epac.lviv.ua, epac@link.lviv.ua
Regional Report Author
UKRAINE
Svitlana Kravchenko
Ecopravo-Lviv, EPAC
2 Krushelnitskoi Street
290000 Lviv, Ukraine
Tel/Fax: (38-0322) 722-746
Fax: (38-0322) 271-446
E-mail: epac@epac.lviv.ua, svitlana@epac.lviv.ua, epac@link.lviv.ua
About the Authors
ARMENIA
Aida Iskoyan
Lawyer, Ph.D. in Law.
Executive Director at Environmental Public Advocacy Center (EPAC).
Professional activities: Team-Leader at the National Environment Action Plan. Professor at State University Department of Law (Environmental Law, Land Law, Agricultural Law, Legal Regulation of Real Estate, International Environmental Law). Legal Advisor for Standing Committee of the Parliament of Armenia on Social, Health, and Environmental Protection Issues. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development DHV.
Publications: "Problems of Development of Environmental Law" (1996); "Environmental Laws of the Republic of Armenia" (1994); "Protection of the Environment: Politics and Law" (1994); "Ensuring Legitimacy in the Legal Protection of Wild Plants" (1991); "Legal Protection of Flora in the Process of Privatization of Land in Armenia."
Membership: Member of the Scientific Council of the Yerevan State University Department of Law, Member of the Armenian International Women's Association, Member of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Ecology of Armenia, Member of the Environmental Commission of the Academy of Science of Armenia.
BELARUS
Oleg Cherp
M.Sc. in Pollution and Environmental Control, University of Manchester in England.
Currently doing his doctoral research on EIA in transitional countries at the University of Manchester.
Professional activities: Studied at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the University of Manchester; directed the NIS operations of the international NGO ECOLOGIA focusing on independent environmental monitoring, information and public participation in Belarus, Russia, and other NIS countries for several years.
Publications: Author of articles, booklets and book chapters on EIA and related topics.
Elena Krasney
Chemist, M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry.
Research Coordinator of the National Non-Governmental Organization ECOLINE.
Professional activities: Studies at Belarus State University, Department of Chemistry; M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Policy , Central European University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Budapest. Ph.D; Student in the Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, Belarus; Academy of Sciences (1992-1994); Computer Designer at "Nestor" Advertising Agency (1994-1995).
Publications: Environmental Review and OVOS in Belarus: Analysis of Possibilities of Participation in Decisionmaking and Recommendations for the Public (1997, with O.Cherp, M.Khotuleva); How to Organize Public Environmental Monitoring. Manual for NGOs (1997, with a group of authors); Organizing Independent Environmental Monitoring in Belarus (with T.Guseva, M.Khotuleva).
MOLDOVA
Valerii Lebedev
Lawyer, Ph.D. in Law.
Head of the International Law Department of the International Independent University of Moldova.
Professional activities: International, Agricultural, Environmental, and Civil Law. Member of Parliament (1990-1994); member of the Commission on Drafting Constitution (1991-1994); member of the Supreme Council of the Magistrates of Moldova (since 1995).
Membership: Moldavian Association of Lawyers and BIOTICA Ecological Society.
Publications: Co-author of Moldavian law "On Citizens' Associations" (1997) and CIS model law "On Access to Environmental Information" (1997).
Author of 5 books and 117 articles.
Iulia Trombitcaia
Fourth-year student of the International Independent University of Moldova, Law Department.
Professional activities: Specialization in International Law, Environmental law and Human Rights. Second place at the Second Annual International Environmental Essay Contest 1997, Francis Marion University (USA) with the essay "Environmental Problems in the Republic of Moldova."
Membership: BIOTICA Ecological Society, Helsinki Citizens' Assembly of Moldova, Youth Centre of Legal Studies.
Publications: 5 articles.
Ilya Trombitsky
Ph.D. in Biology.
Professional activities: Member of Parliament (1990-1998); Chairman of the Environmental Committee of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (1995-1998); Co-author of Moldavian law "On Citizens' Associations" (1997); CIS model law "On Access to Environmental Information" (1997); Initiator of parliamentary resolution on protection of River Dniester biodiversity.
Membership: BIOTICA Ecological Society; GLOBE Europe Network; European Association of Fish Pathologists; Helsinki Citizens' Assembly of Moldova.
Interests: aquatic ecology; environmental law; NGOs development.
Publications: 80 articles, two books.
RUSSIA
Olga Razbash
Lawyer. Co-Founder and Vice-President of an NGO "Ecojuris-WLED" (Women-Lawyers for Environment and Development), the first Russian public interest environmental law organization.
Professional activities: Provides legal consulting to citizens, local municipal councils, NGOs; assisted in compiling the first compendium of Russian legislation; participated in public hearings on the environmental disputes and in hearings regarding the Moscow landfills reconstruction project; participated in various environmental legal researches; member of NGO Coalition in 10 negotiation sessions the drafting working group on UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.
Membership: Founding member and Chair of the Regional Public Center "For Human Rights and Environmental Defense."
Publications: " EIA and governmental ecological expertiza"; " Manual for citizens on legal issues of covering health damages caused by environmental violations"; " Environmental hand-book for business in Russia."
UKRAINE
Dmytro Skrylnikov
Lawyer; Law Degree, Lviv State University, Ukraine.
Attorney for the Project of the Environmental Public Advocacy Center in Charitable Foundation Ecopravo-Lviv.
Professional activities: Thesis on Legal Regime of National Parks in Ukraine; completed the course on Environmental Law in the Copernicus Danube Regional Environmental Law Program in Budapest, Hungary; participated in the Environmental Law Institute (Washington, DC) Study Tour. Lecturer on Environmental Law, Lviv State University; participated in a joint project with Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide.
Iryna Tustanovska
Lawyer. Law Degree, Lviv State University, Ukraine. Co-founder and Vice-President of Charitable Foundation Ecopravo-Lviv, Environmental Public Advocacy Centre Project, Attorney.
Professional activities: Lecturer of Environmental Law at Lviv State University; participated in more than 30 conferences and workshops in Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Hungary, Croatia, England, Belgium and USA, pertaining to the problem of Environmental Law.
Publications: 10 publications in the field of environmental law .
Svitlana Kravchenko
Professor of Environmental Law at Lviv State University, Ukraine.
President of the Charitable foundation "Ecopravo Lviv."
Professional activities: Lecturing on environmental, international, comparative environmental Law; advisor to the Committee of the Parliament on Legal Policy and Court Reform; in-country Director of the Environmental Public Advocacy Center; participation in a training program of the Pacific Environmental and Resource Center, in the study tour of the Environmental Law Institute, USA; and in a Senior Fellowship Program in REC, Hungary.
Membership: Member of the Ukrainian Ecological Academy of Sciences; committee on Environmental Law of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
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