to enable Russian and American scientists to participate in a bilateral exchange program to monitor and conduct research on organic pollutants along the Selenga River in Russia in 2003-2004.

to support the exchange in 2004 of environmentalists from Central and Eastern Europe and the United States concerned with the policies of the World Bank and other multilateral lending agencies.

to enable representatives of the Center to participate in workshops on pollution permit trading programs in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, and Hungary in spring 2003.

to enable three American energy experts to participate in energy efficiency workshops in Kimry, Russia, in fall 2003.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 of scientists from the United States participating in the Endangered Wild Bactrian Camel Conservation Project in Mongolia.

to enable environmentalists from Eastern and Central Europe to participate in Earth Day Network’s fellowship program in Washington, D.C., in 2004.

to support international travel and related expenses associated with a Russian-American exchange project in summer and fall 2003 to begin construction of the Great Baikal Trail.

to enable Russian and American environmental lawyers to participate in the exchange component of a project entitled Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment: Making it Work to Protect Russian Far Eastern Seas in 2003 and 2004.

to support international travel and related expenses of six participants from the United States in the Moscow Roundtable: A Social Forum on Climate Change in Russia in fall 2003.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2004 of exchanges between Kazakhstan and the United States associated with Crude Accountability’s project Environmental Health and Relocation Campaign: A Community’s Struggle Against Big Oil.

to enable a staff member of Ecopravo-Lviv to participate in a Working Exchange Fellowship Program at E-Law and to enable environmentalists from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Slovakia, and the United States to attend the E-Law Annual International Meeting in Ukraine in spring 2004.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 and 2004 of a reciprocal Georgian-American exchange program to monitor, track, and mitigate the environmental impact of oil transit in Georgia.

to provide renewed support for international travel by Central European and American specialists participating in exchange activities of the Environmental Partnership for Central Europe in 2003-2004.

to support a bilateral Russian-American exchange project in 2004 in connection with The Legacy Program: Building Public Participation in Russian and U.S. Decision-Making for Toxic Waste Cleanup and Environmentally Responsible Chemical Weapons Destruction.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 associated with the Russian-American exchange component of the Arkhangelsk: Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Jobs project and the Baikal Journalism Skill Share Education program.

to enable Russian and American specialists in organic pollutants to participate in environmental conferences in Boston and St. Petersburg in summer 2003.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 of Russian and American representatives of ICF and of Russia’s Crane Working Group of Eurasia.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 associated with a film documenting ISAR's environmental work in Russia as part of the public television series The Visionaries.

to support international travel and related expenses of exchanges in 2004 between Kazakhstan and the United States associated with ISAR’s project Mobilizing Citizens to Shape Nuclear Policy.

to support international travel and related expenses of scientists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, and the United States taking part in the workshop entitled Plant Conservation in the Caucasus in Tbilisi, Georgia, in fall 2003.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 and 2004 of American participants in a project to develop conservation strategies for Important Bird Areas in the Russian Far East.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2004 of a Native American delegation traveling to the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in spring 2004 to discuss environmental issues with members of indigenous communities in Russia.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003-2004 associated with four Russian-American exchange programs focusing on citizen initiatives for environmental protection in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003-2004 associated with the professional training in the United States of a raptor biologist from Mongolia.

to enable a specialist from Buryatia in Russia to conduct research in the United States on Mongolian and Russian environmental issues in connection with the Second International Congress on Tibetan Medicine to be held in Washington, D.C., in fall 2003.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 associated with the Russian-American exchange component of the Tahoe-Baikal Institute Summer Program and of the Selenga Watershed Research and Conference Exchange.

to enable the founder of the Global Environment and Technology Foundation in Virginia and the executive vice president of UCEF to travel to Hungary in fall 2003 to participate in the annual meeting of the Regional Environmental Center’s general assembly and to visit other REC facilities and NGOs in Hungary.

to support international travel and related expenses of Russian and American participants in the Recreational Fisheries Management Exchange in Alaska and Kamchatka in fall 2003 and spring 2004.

to support the exchange of Russian and American wildlife resource management specialists in 2003 in connection with the project Empowering Local Communities, Sustainably Harvesting Wildlife, and Conserving Wild Landscapes in the Russian Far East.

to support international travel and related expenses in 2003 and 2004 of Russian and American experts taking part in the project Identifying Critical Habitat for the Development of Protected Areas to Prevent the Extinction of Endangered Sakhalin Sturgeon in the Russian Far East.

to enable Russian and American experts on brown bear survey and management methods to attend a workshop in Kamchatka in summer 2004.

to enable American conservation experts and veterinarians to travel to the Russian Far East in spring and fall 2004 to conduct workshops in connection with the project Siberian Tiger Conservation: Veterinary Response Team.

to enable six Russian forestry specialists to attend the World Forestry Conference in Canada in fall 2003.

to enable three Russian forest conservationists to participate in the Russian Visiting Scholars Program at Woods Hole in 2004-2005.

to support international travel and related expenses of a bilateral exchange program in 2004 entitled Russian-American Cooperation to Develop and Implement the Concept of a Healthy Environment as a Practical Step Toward Sustainable Development.