Environmental Programs of the Far Eastern Federal District: Goal Priorities

The current geopolitical and economic situation in the world makes it necessary to rethink the strategic plans of the country and its regions in a new way. It is forming the political and economic center of the “new world order” in the East. It will entail the correction of regional strategies, including those in the field of environmental well-being. That is why it is important to analyze the current situation, the measures taken to protect the environment, and the common regional environmental policy. The plan for its implementation in the form of specific tasks and methods (options) for their solution is presented in regional environmental programs developed in each subject. It is important to determine the current priorities of the environmental policy targets for the Far Eastern regions to demonstrate how the targets will be achieved. This is the purpose of this article. It was carried out an analysis of more than 150 indicators/indicators proposed in the regional programs to rank them according to the most typical tasks set; their differentiation in the context of regional differences, and the possibility of using them to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation. It was identified that the main f laws were in the selection of used indicators. It is shown that the resource specificity of the Far Eastern Federal District economy also affects environmental programs. For example, in the environmental programs of four subjects, a significant number of indicators (up to 25%) are focused on resource industries and are not directly related to environmental protection. It was found that a significant part of the indicators is not correct in content and do not have clear quantitative guidelines, which makes it impossible to assess the achievement of goals. It requires a significant refinement of the structure and a more careful selection of target indicators for most of the environmental programs of the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District.

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