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Publications in 2013

Who lives well in the woods
"Karelia", № 57 of July 25, 2013
The multidisciplinary expedition of the Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, which surveyed difficult to access taiga areas in Muezersky, Kalevalsky, and Kostomukshsky Districts is over. One of the aims of the expedition was to study the condition of game animal populations. Another component of the project designed to promote socio-economic development in the Green Belt of Fennoscandia is to investigate the potential for tourism development. The project “Intellectually-driven management of natural resource of Green Belt of Fennoscandia” is implemented within the cross-border cooperation programme funded by the European Union, Russian Federation, and Finland. Other institutes of the Karelian Research Centre also take part in the project.

"Let’s see how things work out," they say in Louhi
"Karelia", № 51 of June 4, 2013
These days, one more protected area in the Republic of Karelia has been officially given the right to live and be protected – the state integrated landscape reserve of regional significance Gridino in the Kemsky District has been designated by the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Karelia dated June 18th.

Chainsaws are roaring in nature reserves. Neighbours are worried
"Karelia", № 38 of May 23, 2013
Forests play a crucial role in Karelian economy. No wonder the questions of how wisely the forest is used, who and how manages it, and what awaits the forest in the future are a matter of concern for so many. We’ve addressed the questions concerning forest use in the republic to the Head of the Landscape Ecology and Forest Ecosystem Protection Laboratory of the Forest Research Institute Andrey Gromtsev.

Hutchinson’s ulota moss and other botanical rarities
"Karelia", №32, April 30th, 2013
One of the key events in the republic linked to the National Environment Year will be the Roundtable “Red Data Book of the Republic of Karelia” organized by the RK Ministry of Nature Use and Environment. A forerunner of the Roundtable scheduled for early June was the meeting of the regional unit of the Russian Botanical Society. The members of the Society – scientists, researchers from the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, discussed the current situation with red-listed botanical species, made suggestions on modifying the status of some of them.

A place where the nature is at rest
"Karelia", № 29, April 18-th, 2013
Twenty years ago scientists from Karelia and Finland put forward the idea of establishing the Green Belt of Fennoscandia. It is a chain of protected areas (PAs) along the Russian-Finnish and Russian-Norwegian border. In turn, the Green Belt of Fennoscandia is a component part of the European Green Belt, which is a set of national and nature parks, biosphere reserves and other protected areas along the border of the countries once separated by the notorious “Iron Curtain”.

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