The Second Meeting of the International Contact Forum on Habitat Conservation in the Barents Region in Petrozavodsk, November 26-29, 2001
Finland, Sweden and Norway have all had bilateral cooperation in nature conservation with Russia for more than ten years. The idea of joining the efforts and creating a multilateral cooperation forum arose in the summer 1998, when the Russian, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish specialists participated in an international scientific expedition in Belomore-Kuloi Plateau, Archangelsk region.
Read more... WWF Arctic Bulletin - “CAFF Delivers Report on Arctic Flora and Fauna”
“What is the overall state of the Arctic’s natural environment?” This sweeping question defines the ambitions of Arctic Flora and Fauna: Status and Conservation. This plain-language report was delivered by the Arctic Council working group CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna), in Rovaniemi, Finland, on June 11, at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy.
Read more... Barents region forest sector initiative under development
Background:
In the Barents cooperation, the role of the forest sector was recognised in 1999 when an initiative was set up with the goal of improving rural development in the Boreal forest region covering the forested areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Northwest Russia. The forest sector initiative was formulated at the meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council on 21 April 1999. Relying on this initiative and the subsequent expert seminar organised by the WGEC/BEAC in Petrozavodsk in October 1999, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council in March 2000 in Oulu welcomed the decision to create a Forest Sector Task Force.
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