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management ( especially for landlocked or river-scarce countries such as Armenia ) and waste dumping / processing , to name a few . More specifically , some nations of the region pollute the environment of others such as in case of greenhouse gas emissions , the impact of acid rain , and the transit of toxic waste across borders . While member states attempt to coordinate their efforts to assess environmental challenges and design common strategies to reduce regional risks , some external threats emerge . 17 It is a disturbing regional security issue when rivers might be polluted not only by local , but also by foreign-owned companies . 18 Also , the utilization of competitive advantages in mining or related fields in one country may engender a poisonous regional environment . The pollution of rivers and seas , such as oil leaks in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea or chemical spills on the Rhine River is always a regional environmental security challenge with unpredictable consequences . Chemical , biological and nuclear waste management becomes a critical threat considering the collateral outcomes of the Chernobyl Disaster , coastal water pollutions . Water resource management is not limited to water pollution and potable water availability in the region . Management of commercial fishing in territorial waters along with tensions associated with fishing rights such as the ones between the United Kingdom and Iceland , Spain and Portugal , are among the key issues of regional environmental security . Another threat to the shared environment is deforestation , which minimizes the likelihood of the protection of natural resources and leads to the loss of biodiversity . All the aforementioned challenges have another spillover effect in the form of spreading infectious diseases , as well as respiratory diseases from the airborne dust of coal-fired power and heat plants , the metallurgy industry and house heaters . The economic and environmental security issues of the Eurasian Economic Union are continuously discussed by leading national experts investigating the main documents of the Eurasian Economic Commission ( EEC ), a regulating body of the EAEU . As a result , practical recommendations for creating unified strategies for the economic security of the Eurasian Economic Union are developed that can be implemented in the system of risk management that , in turn , is based on the controlling
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Golam Mostafa , Monowar Mahmood , “ Eurasian Economic Union : Evolution , challenges and possible future directions ,” Journal of Eurasian Studies 9 , no . 2 ( July 2018 ): 163-172 . 18 “ Amulsar Mine Problems Perceived as Pan-National Problem ,” EcoLur , April 9 , 2020 ,
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