Established in 1991 by the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme.

Members MAB National Committees of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and individual scientists from Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and USA.

Aims A study the ecological consequences of radioactive pollution of the biosphere and provide assistance to countries suffering from the Chernobyl accident.

NGO Relations Co-operation with the International Union of Radioecology (IUR) and Scientific Committee on Problems of Environment (SCOPE).

Activites The collaborative studies of the Chernobyl catastrophe impact on environment, natural ecosystems, agroecosystems, human ecology, biodiversity, genetic, social and economical systems.

Events The International Symposia in Minsk, Belarus ( 1992 , 1995 , 1996 ); Venice, Italy (1994); Kyiv, Ukraine (1994); Moscow, Russia (1994).

The Chernobyl catastrophe and biosphere.By V.K.Savchenko. Nature and Resources, vol. 27,

N 1, 1991, pp. 35-46. ( Published in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian).

Chernobyl and the environment. By V.K.Savchenko.Impact of Science on Society, vol. 41, N 3,

1991, pp.239-255. (Published in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian).

Chernobyl: Never Again. Proceedings of the International Round Table. Technical Report 19,

UNESCO-ROSTE, Venice. 1994, 231 pp.

Environmental Systems Monitoring : Basic Problems. Proceedings of the International

Meeting. Technical Report 21, UNESCO-ROSTE, Venice. 1994, 301 pp.

Biological Diversity Dynamics in Areas Contaminated by Radionuclides Released during Chernobyl Accident. Radiation Biology & Ecology, journal spesial issue. Phasis Publishing House, Moscow. 1994, 73 pp.

Ecology of the Chernobyl Catastrophe. V. K. Savchenko. The Parthenon Publishing Group, Lancs, UK and New York, USA. 1995, 200 pp; ( translation: Belaruskaia Navuka,

Minsk,1997, 224pp ).

Chernobyl Digest, 1993-94. Minsk. 1995, 107 pp.

Chernobyl Digest, 1994-95. Minsk. 1996, 113 pp.

Ten Years after the Chernobyl Catastrophe. Proceedings of the International Conference, 7-12 October 1996. Institute of Radiobiology of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus & Belsens Ltd., Minsk. 1996, 202 pp.

Chernobyl Digest, 1995-98. Minsk. 1999, 257 pp.

Chernobyl Digest,1998-2000. Minsk. 2001, 171 pp.

E-mail: u.sauchanka@ unesco.org

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