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August 25, 2020
A summer field school within the CBC Karelia project “Ordinary Man in a Great War” took place in August. The school was co-organized by the Karelian Research Centre RAS and the Republic of Karelia Centre for Cultural Heritage Protection.
July 25, 2020
Collaboration with the Ruskeala Mining Park rises to a new level
On July 16 a working meeting of the Ruskeala Mining Park (Kolmas Karelia company), KarRC RAS, Russian Geographical Society and Museum Technologies company (St. Petersburg) took place at the Park’s Visitor Centre. The participants looked into a number of issues regarding interactions between KarRC RAS and Kolmas Karelia (including KarRC RAS’s contribution to the making of the park’s cultural and information centre), discussed pre-investment plans for the park’s development, and some other issues.
On July 16 a working meeting of the Ruskeala Mining Park (Kolmas Karelia company), KarRC RAS, Russian Geographical Society and Museum Technologies company (St. Petersburg) took place at the Park’s Visitor Centre. The participants looked into a number of issues regarding interactions between KarRC RAS and Kolmas Karelia (including KarRC RAS’s contribution to the making of the park’s cultural and information centre), discussed pre-investment plans for the park’s development, and some other issues.
July 13, 2020
Scientists from the Karelian Research Centre RAS told the TV programme Vesti-Karelia about ways to control invasive alien species, focusing on giant hogweed as an example.
July 2, 2020
A multidisciplinary team from KarRC RAS started doing fieldwork within the international project "Water management in Baltic forests – WAMBAF Tool Box" implemented under the INTERREG Baltic Sea Region Programme. The team is made up of specialists in hydrobiology, silviculture, botany and soil science.
April 30, 2020
Appreciation for the work of the Karelian Research Centre RAS under the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on the development of the Green Belt of Fennoscandia was expressed at the videoconference between the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kobylkin and Minister of the Environment and Climate of the Finnish Republic Krista Mikkonen, with participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland to Russia Mikko Hautala. Over the ten years since the signing of the MOU much has been done in spheres such as the environment, economy, and social development.
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.