Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Mikhail Kotyukov took part in a round table at which scientists from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) presented the results of a study of the impact of Norilsk Nickel enterprises on the region’s ecosystem.
The scientific and practical project of the SB RAS together with Norilsk Nickel to study biodiversity started in 2022 and covered the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Murmansk Region and the Trans-Baikal Territory. Such large-scale research has been carried out for the first time in the history of modern Russia. In the region, the focus of scientists was the section of the Northern Sea Route, as well as the Norilsk industrial region, including the port of Dudinka.
More than 70 specialists from seven institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as the Siberian Federal University, Irkutsk and Altai State Universities, nature reserves of Taimyr and the Kola Peninsula were involved in the scientific and practical project.
“The comprehensive scientific work carried out is a new milestone not just in the study of Taimyr, but in matters of scientific and technological development of the country. This is a unique example of cooperation between fundamental science and an industrial enterprise,” noted Mikhail Kotyukov.
“I am confident that the results obtained will allow us to improve operating technologies in the Arctic, bringing them not only in line with modern standards, but also setting new world standards for activities beyond the Arctic Circle. It is necessary to not only involve leading scientists in this work, but also teams of youth laboratories that the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with the country’s Ministry of Higher Education, is creating within the framework of the national project “Science and Universities.”
The scientific and practical project is set to continue in 2024.
Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished
