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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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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.
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The governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, Roman Kopin, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase subsidies for reindeer herding in the Arctic zone, RIA Novosti reports.
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On Friday, October 26, a conference named “Actual issues of Russian North-East’s history” was organized by the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk (NEFU). The conference was held in memory of professor Semen Gorokhov.