Global ecological catastrophe is pushing the world toward ecological integration, as well as toward closer partnerships and more cooperation in this field. Globalization leads to the development and improvement of new methods of international ecological security and safety. In this paper, I investigate the problems and perspectives of Ukraine's participation in international and regional ecological cooperation. Not only are these issues important to Ukraine, but they have significance for other countries, since Ukraine is representative of countries in transition--the socalled countries of the "second world," which have emerged as a result of social and political transformations at the end of the 20th century.