Science Policy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. Current Problems and Prospects of International Collaboration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. New Russian Problems of International Scientific Collaboration

      • B. G. Saltykov

      Pages 3-8

   3. NATO International Scientific Exchange Programs

      • A. H. Jubier

      Pages 9-11

   4. A Network of Research Centres in Siberia, as a Basis for Multi-Disciplinary International Scientific Collaboration

      • V. A. Koptyug

      Pages 13-17

   5. Science Policy: New Mechanisms for Scientific Collaboration Between East and West—UNESCO’s Role and Possible Contributions

      • F. W. Eder

      Pages 19-26

   6. Research Programs of the Council of Europe and Possible Ways of Collaboration with Scientists from Eastern Countries

      • J. P. Massue

      Pages 27-30

   7. East-West Scientific Collaboration—Some Ideas from the Laboratory

      • M. Andre

      Pages 31-34

3. Experience of the International Research Centres’ Activities and some Results of Interaction between Scientists in Priority and Multidisciplinary Problems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Environmental Problems

      1. International Cooperation in Boreal Forests Study of Siberia

         • E. A. Vaganov, A. S. Isaev, S. Nilsson

         Pages 37-44

      2. Global Change, the Global Boreal Forest, and Fire: Search for New Strategies in Science Policies and Research Mechanisms

         • Johann Georg Goldammer, Valentin V. Furiaev

         Pages 45-61

      3. Man-Made Closed Ecological Systems: Scientific and Applied Significance, and Prospects for International Collaboration

         • J. I. Gitelson, I. I. Lisovsky, V. E. Rygalov

         Pages 63-68

      4. Genetic Effects of Radiation and other Man-Made Pollution in Siberia

         • V. K. Shumny, N. A. Kolchanov, N. N. Dygalo, V. G. Matveeva, L. N. Ivanova, M. I. Voevoda et al.

         Pages 69-80

      5. Integrated Sustainable Development Methodology

         • St. Bonfa

         Pages 81-86

   3. Interdisciplinary Studies of Lake Baikal

      1. Baikal International Centre for Ecological Research: Principles of Organization and First Scientific Results

         • M. A. Grachev

         Pages 89-100

      2. A Brief Report of Japanese Activity for BICER Projects in 1993

         • T. Kawai

         Pages 101-106

      3. Baikal Drilling Project: First Results and Prospects for Future Studies

         • M. I. Kuzmin, N. A. Logachev, M. A. Grachev, P. P. Hearn, D. F. Williams, Sh. Horie et al.

         Pages 107-116

      4. The CASIMIR Project: A Joint Research Project on Rift Basin Geology between Siberia and Belgium

         • J. Klerkx, N. A. Logachev, K. G. Levi, V. D. Ermikov

         Pages 117-125

   4. Natural Sciences and Technological Applications

      1. International Cooperation in the Framework of the Siberian Synchrotron Radiation Centre

         • G. N. Kulipanov

         Pages 129-140

      2. International Centre for Catalyst Characterization and Testing: Two Years of Activity

         • K. I. Zamaraev, J. M. Thomas, J. H. Block

         Pages 141-152

It is becoming increasingly clear that the future of the world cannot be sustained without scientific support, analysis, prediction and the use of scientific achievement. The immensity of the problems confronting us, coupled with the limited financial resources available, urgently demand the selection of priority areas of research, with a global combination of scientific effort.
The new geopolitical situation has uncovered Russia's and the former Soviet Union's scientific potential. This has given rise to wider opportunities for involvement in work on international projects and programmes, many of which are discussed in the present volume. The book addresses specifically priority fields of science in which joint, multidisciplinary research should be developed, encompassing rational use of natural resources and regional sustainable development, as well as the monitoring of the biosphere's ecosystem state and the risks of natural and anthropogenic hazards, and the creation of new materials and technologies. The list of priorities includes Siberia's economic, social and humanitarian problems, as well as the development of information systems for the rapid exchange of scientific data. There is a recognised need for the involvement of young scientists in partnership laboratories, in a probationary capacity.

• Nation
• Passing
• education
• environment
• science
• sustainable development

• Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

  Valentin A. Koptyug

• Department of Geology and Minerology, Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

  Jean Klerkx

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