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Bellona — St. Petersburg is a branch of the environmental rights organization the Bellona Foundation, which is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1986, the Bellona Foundation primarily functions as a nuclear watchdog and focuses on developments in Russia. The St. Petersburg office of Environmental Rights Center Bellona (ERC Bellona) was founded in April 1998 following the trials of such activists as Fedorov – Mirzoyanov, Nikolai Shchur, and Alexander Nikitin, who had begun to distribute information about environmental threats and were being persecuted by the very agencies responsible for causing these threats. These cases highlighted the need to provide legal support, as well as that for an organization to defend the rights of all Russians to unspoiled natural resources and reliable information about their condition. ==Goals of the organization== ERC Bellona's aims are centered around the belief that the rights to unspoiled natural resources and to reliable environmental information are fundamental, and its mission is to protect these rights.〔http://www.bellona.org/Aboutus/bellona_in_piter〕 ERC Bellona's goals include: * fight for observance of Russian environmental legislation * provide legal and informational support to victims of environmental accidents and abuses of environmental law * assist in the development of Russian environmental legislation to ensure it is in line with international standards * enlighten, inform, and educate citizens on environmental issues * create conditions in Russia for the establishment of a strong environmental and human rights movement * enable participation of citizens and NGOs in the decision-making process surrounding environmental issues〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bellona – St. Petersburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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