Water use and ecosystem services: A case of Russia

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The article is focused on the possibility of implementing ecosystem services (ES) in water management system of Russia. Examples of international practice ES-oriented water use policy are reviewed. Modern structure of water use system in Russia is presented. The main environmental problems of Russia in connection with ES according to Common international classification of ecosystem services (CICES) are summarized. As a result, the authors propose a roadmap for reforming water use based on ES in order to improve water management. Key positions of possibility way of development Russia's water use system are highlighted and recommendations are given due to sustainable development goals.

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Timofey D. Moiseev

Huntmap

Email: moiseevt115@gmail.com

GIS - specialist

Russian Federation

Sofya T. Garipova

Geological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: garipovasofya@ginras.ru

junior researcher of laboratory of neotectonics and recent geodynamics

Russian Federation, Pyzhevsky lane 7, bld. 1. Moscow 119017

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