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For information on the results please follow the links:
Collection of reports:
https://yadi.sk/i/1k6KkraTqdUvBQ
Presentations:
https://yadi.sk/d/qPQ4NBn37CrHtQ
Forum’s photo report:
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Monday, 10 December 2018
ORU Fogar's Regional Good Practices Database
has been expanded with the five practices awarded by the III Award organized in collaboration with the UNDP Art, and the result of which was made public during the closing of the Rabat Assembly.
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The Arctic is changing rapidly as a result of global climate change. Over the past five years, warm Arctic temperatures and large sea-ice deficits (75% loss of sea-ice volume) show contemporary climate states outside of previous experience.
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On December 5-7, 2018 the VIII International Forum "Arctic: Today and the Future" was held in St. Petersburg under the auspices of Interregional Public Organization "Association of Polar Explorers". Northern Forum’s Executive Director Mikhail Pogodaev moderated a panel session “Searching for Stability: International Cooperation in the Arctic” and presented a report titled “Role of International Interregional Cooperation in Ensuring the Sustainable Development of the Arctic: Experience of the Northern Forum”.
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In the frames of the upcoming International Year of Indigenous Languages declared by the United Nations the Institute of Humanitarian Research and Problems of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) and the Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North of Sakha Republic will hold an International Scientific-Practical Conference “Languages of Indigenous Peoples of the North as an Indicator to Sustainable Development in the Arctic” June 27-29, 2019 in Yakutsk, Russia.
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On November 30, Roman Kopin, Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Region, sent a letter of support to former Alaska Governor Bill Walker.
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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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Hosts: Finland | CAFF |
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.