CRITICAL LOADS METHODOLOGY AND ITS ELABORATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION
The article presents basic approaches and history of the development of critical loads methodology. The methodology is used for quantitative assessment of permissible levels of impacts of atmospheric pollutants on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the context of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. Examples of critical loads methodology application are presented, in particular, in Russian environmental researches.