written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message the bellona foundation type ngo industry environmentalism founded june 16 1986 headquarters oslo norway area served norway eu russia and u.s key people frederic hauge co founder number of employees about 70 2010 website www.bellona.org www.bellona.no www.bellona.ru the bellona foundation is an international environmental ngo based in oslo norway . founded in 1986 by frederic hauge and rune haaland as a direct action protest group to curb norway s oil and gas industry pollution it became multi disciplinary and international in scope and now maintains offices in oslo murmansk st. petersburg brussels and washington d.c. to achieve its goal bellona employs ecologists scientists with expertise ranging from the natural to social sciences engineers economists lawyers and journalists . contents 1 goals 2 history 3 strategy 4 funding 5 criticism 6 references 7 further reading 8 external links goals edit through branches located in europe and north america bellona works with groups of environmental activists scientific experts governments and other ngos to address the world s most pressing environmental problems find sustainable solutions and move towards the green society . these include dealing with climate change fall out the clean up of the cold war nuclear legacy in russia and the safety of the oil and gas extraction and processing in norway and europe . 1 in 1998 the so called b7 partnership program with the private sector was developed by bellona . it specified preferential goals individual projects and programs to deal with the environmental concerns and issues . altogether seven focus areas were determined environmental rights international environment work environmental management environmental economy environmental technology energy and envirofacts . history edit in 1994 the bellona foundation s report sources of radioactive contamination in murmansk and archangel counties raised serious concerns about the safety of the decommissioned soviet nuclear powered submarines after the dissolution of the ussr . 2 in february 1996 russian fsb arrested bellona s russian expert alexander nikitin a former soviet naval officer and charged him with treason through espionage for his contributions to bellona s report on the nuclear safety within the russian northern fleet . 3 he was fully acquitted by the russian supreme court in 2000 . 4 in 2003 bellona accessed radioactive contamination at sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility in england . 5 at the 2009 united nations climate change conference cop15 in copenhagen bellona presented 101 solutions to climate change . 6 7 in 2013 bellona foundation filed a police report after it learned that a disposal well in the norwegian sea owned by norway s state oil company statoil leaked 3 428 tons of hazardous chemicals and oil based drilling fluids over six years at the njord site . 8 strategy edit more than 100 businesses organization and enterprises have partaken in the bellona foundation s b7 program since it was introduced in 1998 . in 2003 among bellona s b7 partnership program with business and industry were aker kv rner aker rgi applied plasma physics bertel o. steen braathens conoco phillips norway coop norge e co eidesvik eiendomsspar energos energy and industry eramet ferrolegeringens forskningsforening norwegian fishing vessels owners association fred olsen marine harvest confederation of norwegian business and industry nho federation of norwegian processing industries pil norway post select service partner water power industries wpi uniteam norske shel skretting statkraft and statoil . 9 the organization s cooperation with industry and business came about as a result of recognition by the bellona foundation that the environmental movement alone would not be able to impel the necessary changes in order to counter the impending threats against environment . through b7 program bellona wanted to aid those enterprises that were willing to take the environment protection in earnest . it also wanted to offer businesses an arena on which they could take the step from being a part of the problem to becoming a part of the solution . for example though bellona and norway s state oil company statoil have somewhat opposing views on environmental issues they both acknowledge that dialogue can be an important tool in order to introduce better environmental standards . through constructive dialogue and by challenging each other they try to further the development of new and better solutions for tackling the global climate challenges through the development of forward looking solutions . in particular bellona currently collaborates with the statoil on development of the sn hvit field on the norwegian continental shelf the world s most northerly offshore gas field . 10 funding edit in 2001 the annual budget of bellona was 25 million norwegian kroner nok . among the sources 10 million norwegian kroner came from selling advertising ; 6 million was received from the norwegian ministry of foreign affairs for projects in russia and 1 million was received from the norwegian government for general purposes ; 6 million was received from business sector to implement the b7 program ; 2 million came from sales of reports donations and gifts . 11 between 2005 and 2008 the bellona foundation was sponsored by the norwegian oil company statoil with 500 000 nok approximately 55 000 . 10 currently bellona does not provide public information about its budget . 12 criticism edit in norway the bellona foundation was criticized for publicity seeking and in russia for accepting funds from the norwegian government . 13 some maintain that bellona damaged its environmental credibility by cooperating with market agents eventually turning into a consulting entity servicing business sector . 14 references edit about bellona official website took roger . running with reindeer encounters in russian lapland . boulder colo westview press 2004 . charlton angela 13 september 2000 . russian whistle blower acquitted . associated press . retrieved 28 june 2014 . old habits die hard aleksandr nikitin the european court of human rights and criminal procedure in the russian federation . b.c. int l & comp . l. rev. 25 1 190 . 2002 . bellona report no. 8 sellafield oslo the bellona foundation 2003 . isbn 82 92318 08 9 meg lowman . the bellona solution herald tribune february 15 2010 . bellona presents 101 solutions charles digges . bellona files police report against statoil over six years of chemicals leaked into norwegian sea nuclear news 11 october 2013 . bellona report 7 2003 . a b sn hvit unlocking resources in the frozen north cecilie l ne . communicating solutions for a greener world a case study of the bellona foundation s communication process within the hydrogen project . university of oslo 2001 . partners official website krupnick charles . decommissioned russian nuclear submarines and international cooperation . jefferson n.c. mcfarland 2001 p. 183 . grendstad gunnar . unique environmentalism a comparative perspective . new york springer 2006 p. 125 . further reading edit galina stolyarova . ecologists 10 000 tons of waste headed for city the st.petersburg times september 26 2008 issue 1411 external links edit bellona foundation official website in english norwegian and russian bellona nuclear news retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bellona foundation & oldid 704108181 categories environmental organisations based in norwayfoundations based in norwayanti nuclear power movementhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from may 2013all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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