A review of the interregional scientific and practical round table 'Interregional and Intermunicipal Collaboration under the Conditions of Environmental Challenges in the Volga Region'

Abstract

This review summarizes the keynote speeches and some presentations on specific problems delivered by the participants of the interregional scientific and practical round-table discussion “Interregional and Intermunicipal Collaboration under the Conditions of Environmental Challenges in the Volga Region” held on June 29, 2021 at Kazan Federal University. The event was attended by representatives of the local government authorities of the Republic of Tatarstan that are directly working on ensuring the environmental safety, as well as by legal scholars and applied researchers of the Volga Federal District. Based on the exchange of views, the Law Department of Kazan Federal University drafted and presented its interdiscip­linary project “An organizational and legal mechanism of tackling ecological challenges under the conditions of spatial development of the Volga region and the Caspian ecosystems: Convergence and divergence of the legal systems of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan (EcoINTERVolga–Caspian)”. The article ends with a resolution adopted as a follow-up of the fruitful joint work of all participants.

Keywords

• volga river
• volga federal district
• water biological resources
• interaction of authorities
• unity of public authorities
• environmental security
• state ecological control
• environmental risk
• gis technologies
• environmental crime