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This week, the results of research in ecology, physiology and biochemistry of plants, animals and humans will be presented and discussed at the Karelian Research Centre RAS. The conference “Basic and applied aspects of adaptation of living organisms to changing environments in the North” has gathered over 130 scientists from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan.

On September 2, the All-Russian Scientific Conference “Forest Productivity under Climate Change” opened in Petrozavodsk. It is organized by the Forest Research Institute of the Karelian Research Center RAS and the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During this week scientists will discuss the problems of forest conservation, restoration and sustainable use. More than 200 people from 55 organizations from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are participating in the event.

This fall Petrozavodsk will be a venue for discussing the environmental problems of BRICS regions. On September 18-20, experts from Russia, India, China and Ethiopia will gather at the Karelian Research Center RAS for the international conference “Regional cooperation within BRICS: modern environmental and nature management issues”. This is the only regional platform in the country dedicated to the development of scientific and practical cooperation between BRICS member states on this topic.

The Second International Conference “BRICS Countries: development strategies and cooperation mechanisms in a changing world” was held in Moscow. KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet delivered a plenary talk about the main spheres and prospects on scientific cooperation within the BRICS Green Agenda. The Centre’s leader also advertised the regional BRICS Conference to take place in Petrozavodsk in September.

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.

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.

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.