Center of Assistance to Environmental Initiatives «Ecology», Autonomous Non-profit Organization, was established to promote the creation and development of favorable conditions for improving the environment in Russia, as well as to increase public involvement in making environmentally significant decisions.
Public Council is an expert and advisory body, which is permanently acting under ANO Centre of Assistance to Environmental Initiatives «Ecology» and is established to coordinate the interaction between the participants as well as to ensure efficient implementation of public initiatives concerning environmental issues.
The Public Council consists of participants in environmental activities, representatives of executive and legislative authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, non-profit public organisations and the mass media. The Public Council is open to voluntary participation of all interested parties. Currently the Council has 160 members. The Council is chaired by Nikolay Valuyev, State Duma Deputy and Head of the Expert Council for Specially Protected Natural Areas under the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources.
The role of the Public Council as an expert and advisory body for the International Forum Ecology can hardly be overestimated. With its membership, which is widely represented by participants in environmental activities, representatives of government agencies, the business community, the scientific community, leading mass media, and experts of international level, the Council has become an authoritative source of the most important initiatives and decisions in the sphere of natural resources management and environmental protection.
Nikolay Valuev
Chairman of the Public Council of the ANO Centre of Assistance to Environmental Initiatives Ecology, Head of the Expert Council for Specially Protected Natural Areas under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, State Duma Deputy.