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Ecological situation in Tomsk Oblast

Problems of ecological safety, rational nature use and preservation of biodiversity receive special attention from bodies of legislative and executive authority of the region. Tomsk Oblast is one of the first subjects of the Russian Federation which has included a separate section on ecological policy into the program of Oblast’s social and economic development, has introduced systems of ecological and radiation monitoring, the first in Russia began applying the system of indicators of steady development.

In the section of the Siberian Federal District, Tomsk Oblast holds the 4^th place on emissions of polluting substances into the atmosphere from stationary sources and the 3^d place on specific volume of emissions per capita. On the territory of Tomsk Oblast the anthropogenic load on the atmosphere is distributed non-uniformly, the greatest pollution is marked near the enterprises of oil and gas production sector: in Kargasok, Parabel and Aleksandrovskiy districts.

Generally, the ecological condition in Tomsk Oblast is improving, especially in the town of Tomsk. Due to the growth in volume of burnt associated petroleum gas, the share of polluting substance emission above the allowable level into the atmosphere of Oblast has increased by 9 % in 2007 in comparison with the last year.

In 2007 and 2008, the radiation situation on the territory of Tomsk Oblast, compared with the last years, has not essentially changed and remains satisfactory and stable.

Detailed information on quality of the environment and condition of natural resources, environmental problems, health status of the population and mechanisms of nature use management in Tomsk Oblast are available in the report “Ecological monitoring. Condition of the environment of Tomsk Oblast in 2007” (Russian,pdf 1,6 Mb).

Results of ecological monitoring of the environment of Tomsk Oblast and the town of Tomsk, operative information on ecological situation in the town of Tomsk are presented on the web-site of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Tomsk Oblast.

International cooperation

International cooperation in the sphere of ecology is actively developing, which allows to involve monetary resources and the best scientific forces for solution of environmental problems: on radionuclide monitoring in Ob-Irtysh basin, on studying the role of Siberian bogs in planet’s climate change, on participation in international exhibitions.

In 2007, landscape reserve “Vasyuganskiy” in Bakchar district was included into the preliminary list of objects of the World Natural Heritage of UNESCO.

Specially authorized state services:

• Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for Tomsk Oblast
• Regional State Department “Oblkompriroda”
• Department of the Federal Service for Control of Nature Use (Rosprirodnadzor) for Tomsk Oblast
• Department on technological, ecological inspection of Rostehnadzor for Tomsk Oblast
• Government establishment “Tomsk Center on Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring”
• Territorial Subsoil Use Agency for Tomsk Oblast 
• Territorial Department of the Federal Service on Control in the Sphere of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare for Tomsk Oblast
• Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Fytosanitory Control for Tomsk Oblast
• Department of Verkhneobskiy basin Management for Tomsk Oblast
• Regional State Department “Tomsk management of woods”

There is a regional coordination ecological council in Tomsk Oblast.

© Tomsk Oblast Administration, 2007