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Demystifying The EU In The Arctic

Edit Huffington Post 26 Feb 2016
It should be formally accepted as an observer to the Arctic Council ... Myth #1 ... The EU has already made a significant contribution to the region by providing large investments in research, funding for regional development in Northern Fennoscandia and Greenland – in transportation, education, business networks or indigenous entrepreneurship, or acting constructively as an “observer in principle” in the Arctic Council ... ....

Reindeer Husbandry Mitigates the Impact of Climate Change in the Tundra (UArctic - University of ...

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jan 2016
(Source. UArctic - University of the Arctic). Reindeer husbandry is an important livelihood and an essential part of the Sámi culture in Northern Fennoscandia. Moreover, it can also be a significant conservation tool in mitigating the effects of climate change in the Arctic. Reindeer husbandry has a substantial effect on the environment and particularly on the tundra ecosystem ... Original news story on the University of Turku website....

12th Meeting of the Environment Ministers (BEAC - Barents Euro-Arctic Council)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Dec 2015
(Source. BEAC - Barents Euro-Arctic Council). 1.12.2015 ... Good results were achieved in the field of nature preservation and biodiversity ... Two successfully completed projects - Barents Protected Area Network and Green Belt of Fennoscandia, supervised by the Subgroup on Nature Protection - contributed to further actions on forest conservation and environmental cooperation in the border areas ... Photo (IBS) ... More news. distributed by ... (noodl....

Early farmers exploited beehive products at least 8,500 years ago (University of Bristol)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2015
(Source. University of Bristol). Humans have been exploiting bees as far back as the Stone Age, according to new research from the University of Bristol published in Nature today ... Dr Mélanie Roffet-Salque, lead author of the paper, said ... The lack of evidence for beeswax use at Neolithic sites above the 57th parallel North as in Scotland and Fennoscandia points to an ecological limit to the natural occurrence of honeybees at that time....

Public consultation bird protection site Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay closes 21 July (Natural England)

Edit noodls 07 Jul 2014
(Source. Natural England). 7 July 2014. The formal public consultation relating to the Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay potential Special Protection Area (pSPA) is coming to a close in two weeks ... • . •. To note ... All consultation materials can be viewed here ... 1 ... The breeding range is largely within the subarctic zone of North America, Fennoscandia and Russia, where birds breed on small, shallow, fresh, brackish or slightly alkaline waters....

Three weeks to give views on proposals for a Special Protection Area between Falmouth Bay and St Austell (Natural England)

Edit noodls 24 Mar 2014
(Source. Natural England). 24 March 2014. The formal public consultation on proposals for a Special Protection Area (pSPA) between Falmouth Bay and St Austell Bay, in south Cornwall, is coming to a close in three weeks' time ... ENDS - Notes to Editors. ... The breeding range is largely within the subarctic zone of North America, Fennoscandia and Russia, where birds breed on small, shallow, fresh, brackish or slightly alkaline waters....

The Green Belt of Fennoscandia to become a model area for sustainable development (Government of Finland)

Edit noodls 19 Mar 2014
The Green Belt of Fennoscandia will be developed into a model area where sustainable development is supported through transboundary cooperation ... The idea for the Green Belt of Fennoscandia first emerged in a Finnish-Russian community of researchers at the start of the 1990s ... Aino Rekola, Co-ordinator for the Green Belt of Fennoscandia project, Ministry of the Environment....

Lesser white-fronted goose seen in Little Rann

Edit The Times of India 07 Jan 2014
AHMEDABAD. A group of nature lovers and ornithologists on a trip to the Little Rann of Kutch have spotted a lesser white-fronted goose. This is the first-ever sighting of this rare migratory bird in Gujarat ... The bird is long-distance pale arctic migrant, currently breeding discontinuously in the sub-arctic zone from northern Fennoscandia to eastern Siberia ... ....

Ministers of the Environment meeting in Inari discussed conservation of natural (Government of Finland)

Edit noodls 05 Dec 2013
(Source. Government of Finland). Press release. Ministry of the Environment. 5.12.2013 12.40. Snowy mountains in Komi. © Jevgeny Izyurov. Numerous high conservation areas in the Barents Region are still unprotected ... The Green Belts of Fennoscandia and Lapland form corridors for species from the Gulf of Finland to the Arctic Ocean and from the Kola Peninsula to the fells of Sweden and Norway ... The Barents Sea was not part of this cooperation....
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