Improving Economic Instruments for Water Resources Management in the Republic of Buryatia (Lake Baikal Basin)

A major challenge facing the Republic of Buryatia, subject of the Russian Federation, is how to balance the task of protecting Lake Baikal - a unique water object and ecological system included in the UNESCO list of World Natural Heritage Areas - with the need for dynamic and sustainable socio-economic development of the republic. This requires streamlining and improving water policy jointly with...