How do international agreements influence environmental protection in Russia? Why does Russia actively participate in some transnational environmental initiatives and not others? How does Russia’s transnational engagement change rhetoric around environmental problems and solutions? This research begins to examine the influence on environmental policy of two very different models of transnational environmental governance: a traditional state-to-state agreement, the Kyoto Protocol and a market-based system, the Forest Stewardship Council’s forest certification. Although both initiatives have changed rhetoric about climate and forestry, there are significant legal and bureaucratic obstacles to each at the federal level.
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Laura A. Henry, of Bowdoin College, was a 2010-11 Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) [8] fellow.
