CIS Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of active impact on meteorological and other geophysical processes.

Active impact on meteorological and other geophysical processes means purposeful physical and/or chemical impact with a view of limiting possible damages to environment, population and economy (art. 1). The scope of cooperation shall be organization and carrying out active environmental impact with a view of risk reduction of natural disasters such as forest fires, acid rain and high local pollution (art. 3). The Parties shall cooperate in the following forms: (a) exchange of information; (b) joint scientific and technical programmes; (c) licensing of activity related to active impact and the state supervision over its carrying out (art. 2).