Adamkus H E Valdas
Office of the President, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Water Sci Technol. 2002;45(8):125-8.
Where environmental policy is concerned Western democracies and transition economies share more similarities than differences. Sound environmental policies require substantial investment. Public-private cooperation can play a major role in the search for solutions, but politicians, environmentalists and academics must act vigorously to ensure that big business does not acquire a final say in the implementation of environmental policy. Lithuania as a transition economy faces major environmental challenges, but international collaboration, including working with the European Union and cross-border cooperation with neighbouring states, is bringing good results. A major unifying factor for the Baltic Sea states is the continuing struggle to purify and protect the Baltic Sea.
在环境政策方面，西方民主国家和转型经济体的相似之处多于差异。健全的环境政策需要大量投资。公私合作在寻求解决方案方面可以发挥重要作用，但政治家、环保主义者和学者必须积极行动，以确保大企业在环境政策的实施中不会拥有最终话语权。立陶宛作为一个转型经济体面临着重大的环境挑战，但包括与欧盟合作以及与邻国开展跨境合作在内的国际合作正在取得良好成果。波罗的海国家的一个主要统一因素是持续不断地为净化和保护波罗的海而努力。
