News and media in the Barents region 

News from the Barents region  - news in English and Russian from the Barents region, updated daily with English-Russian-English translation.

 

Efficacy of geoengineering to limit 21st century sea level rise 24.8.2010
Using biofuels for energy, and capturing and storing CO2 emissions has the best chance of slowing—or potentially stopping—damaging sea level rise, according to a new study.
Report on the Investment Climate in the Murmansk Region 21.6.2010
According to a report on the economy of the Murmansk region, the future prospects of the region are promising despite the consequences of the global depression.
BARENTSOBSERVER: Arctic summit to Rovaniemi 18.6.2010
Finland’s Foreign Minister invites all Arctic nations to hold an Arctic Council Summit in Rovaniemi.
Youth on tour with reggae, rock and human rights 9.4.2010
The youth sphere of the Barents cooperation is sparkling with energy. Recently the two working groups of BEAC - the Working Group of Youth Policy ( WGYP) and the Regional Working Group of Youth Issues ( RWGYI) - had a joint meeting in Luleå, Sweden. The Barents Regional Youth Council ( BRYC) also participated at the joint meeting.
Blicken på Kalotten / Katse Kalotille - Nordkalottkonferens på Ylläs, 20–22. 8. 2010 2.2.2010
Syftet är att genom dialog mellan medborgare och beslutsfattare söka lösningar och möjligheter med hjälp av vilka områdets näringar, natur, kultur, bysamfund och människor tillsammans kan utveckla sitt område.
The 16th Nordic Conference on Reindeer and Reindeer Husbandry Research 1.2.2010
The conference takes place at the University of Tromsø 15th to 17th November 2010.
Schoolchildren in the Barents Region are happier than in the south 28.1.2010
Master of Education Arto K. Ahonen from the University of Lapland has studied psychosocial well-being in Norway, Sweden and Finland and Northwest Russia. The results show that children and youth in the Northern areas are happier in general than their peers in the southern part of the same countries.
Arctic Business Forum, Rovaniemi 18.2.2010 19.1.2010
Pohjoisen investoinnit – miten niihin pääsee mukaan?
Across the Arctic Ocean - Russian Arctic Expeditions 16.12.2009
The Arctic Centre Library’s new Book Exhibition presents Russian Arctic explorers and their expeditions from the beginning of 18th century to the end of 20th century.
Yamal nenets cope well with rapid land use and climate change 4.12.2009
Scientists have long sought to determine why some ancient ecosystems and societies are flexible in the face of external pressures, like climate change and industrial development, while others collapse or change form so as to become unrecognizable.

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