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1 International environmental organizations
  UN - United Nations   IUCN - The World Conservation Union nature   WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature   Greenpeace   World Charter for Nature

2 THE UNITED NATIONS(UN)
The United Nations- an international organization established to maintain and strengthen international peace and security, development cooperation between States. "The UN remains a universal forum endowed with a unique legitimacy, the supporting structure of the international system of collective security, the main element of contemporary multilateral diplomacy" . It bases its activities and structure developed during the Second World War, leading members of the anti- Hitler coalition. The name "United Nations" was first used in the Declaration of the United Nations, signed on January 1, 1942. The UN Charter was approved at the San Francisco Conference, which took place from April to June 1945, and signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of 50 countries . October 15, 1945 Poland has also signed the Charter, joining thus among the original members of the Organization. Date of entry into force of the Charter (24 October) is celebrated as United Nations Day.

3 Headquartered in Gland, Switzerland
The International Union for Conservation of Nature(UCIN) - An international nonprofit organization dedicated to lighting problems of biodiversity of the planet, is news, congress, taking place in different countries, lists of species in need of special protection in different regions of the world. The organization has observer status at the UN General Assembly. Headquartered in Gland, Switzerland The organization was founded in 1948, its headquarters is located in Gland (Switzerland). The Union brings together 82 states (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment), 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries.

4 World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF)
International NGO working in the field relating to the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries, supporting around conservation projects around the world. The mission of WWF is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to achieve harmony between man and nature. The main objective - the preservation of Earth's biodiversity.

5 GREENPEACE Greenpeace - an international non- governmental environmental organization, founded in 1971 in Canada. It brings together 28 national and regional organizations in 47 countries in Europe, America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. (Annual Report 2015). In the view of the organization are issues such as global climate change, reduction of forest area from the tropics to the Arctic and Antarctic, overfishing, commercial whaling, radiation hazards, the development of renewable energy sources (RES), and resource saving, pollution by hazardous chemicals , sustainable agriculture, conservation of the Arctic. According to the annual report for 2015 at Greenpeace over 42 million online supporters around the world, active volunteers and 3.3 million people support the work of the organization by personal donations.

6 Ecological problems in Russia
V.V.Putin noted that the environmental problem. It is very acute in modern Russia. To address this situation, President. He called for change in the ecological system responsibilities in the country. He said the need to stimulate energy-saving technologies. Russian President instructed to explore the possibility of teaching at school the basics of ecology. The leading Russian environmental organizations have stated that the introduction in schools the subject "ecology" is the right step, because as a basis of environmental knowledge embodied in school education, allow to grow ecologically literate generation.  "Tackling environmental problems is one of the priorities of Russia", -Putin stressed

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