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From November 19 to November 21 in Yakutsk the Scientific and Practical Center Phthisiology, Regional Public Organization Association of Phthisiatricians of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), with the support of the Ministry of Health of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), the International Organization of Northern Regions “Northern Forum” and North-Eastern Federal University held an interregional scientific-practical conference “PREVENTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN CIRCUMPOLAR REGIONS OF RUSSIA. CURRENT PROBLEMS OF COMBINED INFECTIONS (HIV / TB / Hepatitis)”.
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A regular Round table of the Northern Forum was held on November 27, 2018, with the support of the Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) represented by the Ministry of External Relations and Ethnic Affairs and the Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Trade and Tourism of Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
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A meeting of the Northern Forum’s Working Group on Northern Health and Social Issues was held on November 23, 2018, and was timed to the III International Scientific and Practical Conference “Arctic Telemedicine” in Naryan-Mar (hereafter referred to as Conference).
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Northern Forum’s Regional Coordinators Committee (RCC) meeting took place at Naryan-Mar, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, on November 21-23, 2018.
Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexander Tsybulsky welcomed
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Participants: UNEP | Saami council | WWF | NatureServe | FIMinEnV
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet with manifold impacts on the ecosystems. Climate change is by far the most serious threat to Arctic biodiversity and exacerbates all other threats (Arctic Biodiversity Assessment 2013). The Arctic Council has recognized the importance of safeguarding Arctic biodiversity under changing conditions. Success in addressing this challenge relies on the ability of our institutions to innovate and adapt to decision-making under rapidly changing conditions often without complete information.
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Mikhail Pogodaev, Executive Director of the Northern Forum, took part in events related to the visit of the Managing Director of Center for High North Logistics Kjell Stokvik (Norway) to Yakutsk
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The Regional Coordinators Committee (RCC) will listen to report on the Northern Forum’s activities in 2018, discuss the organization’s development strategy and review contest applications for the Northern Forum’s grants competition
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A meeting of the Northern Forum’s Working Group on Health in the North and Social Issues will be held within the framework of the Northern Forum’s Regional Coordinators Committee (RCC) meeting in Naryan-Mar on November 22-23, 2018. The meeting is timed to the III International Conference on Telemedicine, which is held every 2 years under the patronage of the Governor and the Government of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Regional Policy Department of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug).
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On November 19-21, 2018, a State Budgetary Institution of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) “Scientific-Practical Center “Phthisiology” and an “Association of Sakha Republic Phthisiatrics”, with the support of the Ministry of Healthcare of Sakha Republic (Yakutia), International Organization “Northern Forum” and North-Eastern Federal University, are organizing the Inter-regional Research-to-Practice Conference “Preventing the Spread of Tuberculosis Infection in the Circumpolar Regions of Russia. Current problems in co-infection (HIV / TB / Hepatitis)".
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November 22–23, 2018 in Naryan-Mar, NAO
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Third Senior Arctic Officials plenary meeting during the Finnish Chairmanship was held in Rovaniemi, Finland on November 1-2, 2018.
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On November 6, 2018, a press conference was held by Feodosia Gabysheva, Deputy of the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) (Il Tumen), Chairman of the Committee on Science, Education, Mass Media and Affairs of Public Organizations of the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) (Il Tumen), to provide information on results of participation in the SDWG meeting.