Reflects on the many problems encountered by the Black Sea region, and the proposed remedies, which require an interdisciplinary approach. The book provides a good insight into ongoing research at local and national level within Russia, devoted to the safe disposal of defence related radioactive waste, and further demonstrates how existing expertise and technology from civilian nuclear waste management programmes can be applied to solving the problems created by nuclear defence programmes.
Scientific introduction; biological diversity and the natural heritage of the Black Sea region; analysis of human impacts and threats to biological diversity; instruments for conservation and sustainable development.