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| Type | NGO |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environmentalism and environmental rights |
| Founded | April 1998 |
| Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Area served | Russia |
Key people | Alexander Nikitin |
Number of employees | 17 |
| Website | www.bellona.ru |
Bellona – St. Petersburg is a branch of the environmental rights organization Bellona Foundation, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1986, the Bellona Foundation primarily functions as a nuclear watchdog and focuses on developments in Russia.
The St. Petersburg office of Environmental Rights Center Bellona (ERC Bellona) was founded in April 1998 following the trials of such activists as Fedorov–Mirzoyanov, Nikolai Shchur, and Alexander Nikitin, who had begun to distribute information about environmental threats and were being persecuted by the very agencies responsible for causing these threats. ERC Bellona is located in the center of St. Petersburg, on Suvorovsky Prospect.
ERC Bellona's stated goals are to deliver rights to unspoiled natural resources and reliable environmental information.[1]
Projects
The legal direction is concerned with extending legal help to Russian citizens. The informational direction is intended to increase awareness through its website and quarterly magazine, Ecology and Law. The expert assessment direction is geared towards generating independent presentations, expert opinions, and various other informational materials on energy safety.[1]
Each year, ERC Bellona carries out more than five different projects, the results of which are published on its website in the form of annual reports.[1]
Staff
The staff of ERC Bellona consists of permanent employees, part-time personnel and volunteers. Some staff members are:
- Alexander Nikitin, Council Chairman of ERC Bellona's Director's Board
- Yuri Schmidt, attorney, council member of ERC Bellona's Directors Board, president of Lawyers for Human Rights
- Nikolay Rybakov, executive director of ERC Bellona
- Lina Zernova, Editor of the journal Environment and Rights
- Alexander Gorbanovsky, Managing Editor of the journal Environment and Rights
- Alexandra Solokhina, layout for the journal Environment and Rights
External links
- ERC Bellona – St. Petersburg
- Bellona Foundation – website in English, Norwegian and Russian
- Ecology and Law – quarterly magazine (in Russian)
- "Ecologists: 10,000 Tons Of Waste Headed for City". The St. Petersburg Times
- YouTube video – Bellona activists measure radioactivity and protest near barrels of uranium waste in St. Petersburg.
References
- 1 2 3 "Bellona – St. Petersburg - Bellona". Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.