The Parties have agreed to assist the development of joint scientific research, sharing of scientific data, as well as initiation and implementation of joint research projects and programmes addressing issues of environmental protection, biodiversity studies, anthropogenic impacts on northern ecosystems and other areas of mutual interest.
Co-operation between the Parties shall take the following forms: development of the network of scientific organizations and specialists; implementation of joint studies; researcher and information exchanges; organization and implementation of joint conferences, symposia and seminars; joint scientific publications.
Specific joint research projects and activities shall be specified in Action plans and drawn up as specific Contracts for each project.
This Memorandum is based on the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of environmental protection dated April 29th 1992 and on the trilateral Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Finland, the Ministry of the Environment of the Kingdom of Norway, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation on cooperation on the development of the Green Belt of Fennoscandia (February 17th 2010, Tromso, Norway).
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October 31, 2018
In October 2018, the Memorandum on co-operation between Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Finnish Environment Institute (Helsinki) was signed. The Memorandum will be in force for 5 years.
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November 29, 2024
Prospects for regional scientific cooperation within the BRICS Green Agenda framework were presented by Olga Bakhmet, Corresponding Academician, KarRC RAS Director General, at the International Conference “Greater Eurasia: national and civilizational aspects of development and cooperation”, which is taking place in Moscow on November 27-29.
November 29, 2024
On November 17-23, a delegation representing several units of the Karelian Research Center RAS visited scientific organizations of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing and Beijing. Together with Chinese colleagues, the scientists discussed topics for joint research and agreed to prepare applications for projects on the study of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Formal cooperation agreements are to be prepared with the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research and the Tibetan Plateau Research Institute CAS.
November 27, 2024
Regional cooperation of the BRICS countries in the sphere of ecology and nature management, as well as the results of a study of the environmental wellbeing of Arctic territories of European Russia were discussed at the Karelian Research Center RAS at the workshop “Integrated Development of Arctic Territories: Expert Opinion”. The event was organized on November 25 by the Department for Multidisciplinary Research KarRC RAS.