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do not always recognize the importance of cooperation as part and parcel of national security . In addition , regional early warning systems for monitoring and forecasting environmental catastrophes need to be established . All the taken measures have to be based on international environmental law that might be localized with careful consideration of specific conditions , norms , customs and traditions in the region and be backed by local , regional and international organizations . Specifically , the illegal use of water resources , flora and fauna may be stopped by agreed quotas and other terms designed by adequate maritime shipping and other agreements . In case of industrial pollution , regional agreements and standards can be promoted along with non-proliferation of nuclear , biological and chemical ( NBC ) initiatives . Major challenges to regional environmental security , such as urbanization , can also be managed through erecting proper infrastructure and rapid growth of agricultural technologies with no risk to local and regional security . The Eurasian Economic Commission works close with such influential regional organizations like the OSCE , discussing practical aspects of the dialogue of the EEC with the Permanent Council , the Secretariat of the OSCE Secretary General and other OSCE structures , within the framework of the “ second basket ”, a package of economic and environmental security topics . 26
The aforementioned measures are forms of reaction to negative environmental trends . In other words , they are expressions of reactive policies . Proactive policies , however , are more efficient than the policies based on the reaction to the changes and threatening trends to the environment , which include : combining the efforts of NGOs , private , and government organizations ; lobbying environmental issues at various forums and conferences ; drafting laws and resolutions and passing them through national parliaments ; organizing environmental protests ; setting up ecological control over possible areas of industrial and other pollution ; utilizing the resources of relevant regional and international structures for ES ; use of less polluting productions , saving resources , and filtering equipment ; designing environmental limits to technological growth ; efficient use of available resources .
We may predict that in the coming years , regional environmental security issues will continue to be of common regional concern . Hence , the growing level of integration and coordination of efforts will be a vital
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Tigran Sargsyan : “ The future of the EAEU as an integration association is first of all the implementation of the strategic development agenda ,” Eurasian Economic Commission website , October 19 , 2017 , http :// www . eurasiancommission . org / en / nae / news / Pages / 19 _ 10 _ 17 _ 3 . aspx .
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