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Ecoil-Ruzgar is a non-governmental, ecological association that was founded in February 1998 when two organizations, Ruzgar and Ecoil joined. The association is composed of scientists, engineers, doctors, sociologists, lawyers, economists and journalists, working in various fields of environmental protection. The main goals of Ecoil-Ruzgar are to: carry out public monitoring of the ecological situation in Azerbaijan; organize civic activities to protect and improve the environment; and to promote ecological education among citizens.Ecoil-Ruzgar works to:
- Catalog toxic emissions and substances used in industry
- Prepare standards for air pollution levels from factories
- Study radiation levels
- Develop recommendations to reduce industrial pollution
- Improve public understanding of environmental matters
- Organize conferences, seminars and meeting on environmental topics
- Publish articles, brochures, etc. on environmental protection
- Participate in the drafting of laws related to the environment
Ecoil-Ruzgar is composed of sub-sections which work on:
- Protection of air and water
- Environmental problems of oil-industry
- Radiation security
- Civil Ecological education
- Protection of wilderness
- Environmental policy and law
- Independent monitoring laboratory
- Environment Research Centre at the Azerbaijan University
- Publishing and Public Affairs
Before it's merger with Ecoil, Ruzgar had received three grants from the ISAR office in Baku to:
- Study and organize a conference on the topic of the effect of the oil industry on air pollution in Baku (September 1996);
- Publish a handbook on "Labour Market Potential in Azerbaijan;"
- Publish a report on the environmental and social aspects of the development of the petroleum industry in Azerbaijan,
With support from the World Bank, Ruzgar also organized a workshop on the environmental impact of oil pipelines July 1997 in Baku.
1998 Ecoil-Ruzgar sponsored research projects include:
- Inventory of ozone-depleting substance emmissions by factories in Baku
- Publication of "Anomalous atmospheric phenomena and change of climate"
- Study and public monitoring of the environmental effects of off-shore oil production
- Organization of an independent environmental monitoring laboratory
- Study the influence of the energy production industry on the environment of large cities
- Review of chemical reactions in the upper layer of the atmosphere published in the period 1986-1996
- Study the emission of harmful substances from oil refineries and organize public monitoring of them
- Study radiation levels in Azerbaijan
- Develop a strategy for the support of private agriculture in Azerbaijan
- Develop guidelines for the protection of endangered species
- Study the effects of irrigation on soil erosion and develop better irrigation technologies
- Review the social and economic problems of "ecological refugees" from the Caspian Sea
- Develop a system to monitor sea water
- Prepare proposals for improving environmental protection laws
- Publish the proceedings of a conference on "Oil Industry and Air Pollution in Baku" in Azeria and English
- Organize international environmental monitoring of oil pipelines
- Study the environmental consequences of the Karabakh conflict
- Organize training for environmental assessment of the oil industry for specialists and NGO leaders in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Georgia
- Estimate renewable energy resources in Azerbaijan
Last updated: July 1998
A print version of much of the information contained in this NIS Third Sector Organizations section can be found in the The Post-Soviet Handbook (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1999).
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