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March 23, 2020
On March 3-4, 2020 a workshop on the project “Water management in Baltic forests – Tool box” – WAMBAF Tool Box, took place in Riga. Its main organizer was the Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava.
Chief International Cooperation Officer at KarRC RAS Nadezhda Mikhailova told the project participants about the Karelian Research Centre and its international activities. Researcher at the Laboratory of Landscape Ecology and Forest Ecosystem Protection (Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS) Vera Timofeeva gave an update on WAMBAF Tool Box project activities at KarRC RAS.

The workshop included talks by work package coordinators, practical sessions, and discussion of materials for draft recommendations. Upcoming project implementation plans were discussed, in particular for working meetings in spring and autumn in Petrozavodsk, training courses in the Arkhangelsk Region, and many more.

WAMBAF Tool Box project is implemented under Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020. The Lead Partner is the Swedish Forest Agency. Russian partners in the project are KarRC RAS and World Wildlife Fund (WWF Russia) Arkhangelsk Region Office. The partnership also includes 7 research institutions from other countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, and Sweden.

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November 17, 2023
Starting November 13–18, the 7th BRICS International School takes place in Moscow. Its participants are graduate and post-graduate students and young specialists from countries of the alliance. The event is organized by the Russian National Committee on BRICS Research with support from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, and Presidential Grants Fund. KarRC RAS takes part in the school for the second time.
November 11, 2023
The international seminar “Cooperation on climate change research, environmental monitoring and modeling” completed in Petrozavodsk. Specialists from the Northern Water Problems Institute KarRC RAS and Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences presented their studies and identified areas of common scientific interest for joint projects.
November 8, 2023
Scientists from Karelia and China discuss plans for joint research of water bodies. A delegation from the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is on a working visit to KarRC RAS. The researchers are focusing on climate change, human impact on the natural environment and other topics and areas common to Russia and China.