Problems and Prospects of Implementation of Regional Policy in the Sphere of Environmental Security (the Case Study of the Republic of Kalmykia)

Abstract

Modern paradigm of development of the country and its regions, consisting in the combination of environmental and economic policies, today gets the greatest urgency and importance. This is due to the fact that environmental policy covering system of measures aimed at rational use of natural resources, their protection and restoration is increasingly implemented in the economic strategy of the developed countries of the world economy. Development of methodological bases of formation and implementation of regional policy in the field of environmental security is an essential condition for achieving sustainable socio-economic development of the country and its regions. The purpose of this article is the theoretical approaches and practical recommendations for the improvement of regional policies in the field of environmental security. To achieve this goal it is necessary to solve a number of problems, which include the investigation of the features of the state policy in the sphere of environmental security and analysis of existing threats to environmental security in the region. People’s activity influences environment. The expansion and deepening of processes of interaction between human society and nature leads to disruption of ecological balance, an aggravation of contradictions between nature and society, the appearance of socially-environmental problems. In this connection, requirements of complex economic development of regions put in the forefront the problem of an optimum combination of the accelerated growth of productive forces and harmonious development of environment. Each region is characterized by its own research and solution of problems of rational wildlife management which is connected with prevalence of this or that kind of resources, their use, level of economic and technological development. Underestimation of issues of preservation of ecological equilibrium while locating enterprises can result in the subsequent sharp increase of expenses environment actions. These issues should be taken into account in the process of definition the ways of rationalization of resources consumption at regional level.