WWf Expert’s words

According to WWF experts to reduce the negative impact of economic activity on natural forests, including the impact on the climate, help sustainable forest management practices. Responsible forest management helps to preserve the rich flora and fauna, and, moreover, reduces the impact on the nature of other aspects of human activity. "Biodiversity is a key factor in the welfare of mankind, because the diversity of natural resources in combination with biological diversity significantly improves the overall stability of the biosphere", - said director of Center for Environment and Sustainable Forest Management in Bogor (Indonesia), Robert Nazi. or environmental safety in the Euro-Arctic Region will now follow the Northern (Arctic), Federal University. The statement was made Vice-rector for scientific work of the University of Arkhangelsk A. Eisenstadt, held yesterday at an international conference dedicated to addressing the economic problems of the European North. Eisenstadt said that the North (Arctic), the University will not just deal with pollution, but also to eliminate the causes of this phenomenon. And this, according to the Provost, will be a principled approach to solving the serious environmental problems. The conference heard reports on the environmental problems of the Arkhangelsk region and their possible solutions.

Climate Agreement in Copenhagen

The new climate agreement, which must be signed in Copenhagen in December will be effective only if it is signed by all countries - is confident the British Ambassador to Russia Anne Pring. "We can not solve the global environmental challenge of our time-climate change, if that would not involve all countries. The new climate agreement must be signed by all countries in a different way this environmental problem is not solved, "- said Pringle, a meeting with students Rossiyskogo Hydrometeorological University. She noted that our country has played a significant role in this protocol, but the problem is that the agreement is not ratified by the U.S. "The new agreement should be more ambitious, and with mandatory participation of developing countries", - said ambassador. Also, she noted that to date there are good preconditions for signing a new agreement. "Now we have a political impetus for the signing of the agreement. And the best opportunity is unlikely to emerge. We hope that a political agreement which was signed in Copenhagen, will soon be drawn into a legal document, "- said Ann Pring.World Wildlife Fund (WWF) believes that preserving forests helps to combat global warming. "Intact forests are very much resistant to external influences, they are able to recover after disturbance maximize its function, which is ensured, in particular, and rich biodiversity, which is observed in the natural forest ecological systems. That is why forests have made a significant contribution to preventing climate change ", - said the press service of the WWF.

Impact of global warming

The conference was dedicated to the 80 th anniversary of the University and to the Lomonosov readings. In this 2009 addition ASTU anniversary and preparing for the reorganization. XVIII Lomonosov readings on the innovative development of the northern territories of Russia, began on November 19 in Severodvinsk. The Deputy Governor of the Arkhangelsk region E. Kudryashov, in his address spoke about the work being done today to create a federal university, and she noted that the new university will be named MV University. Northern (Arctic), Federal University (Safa) will combine the institutions of higher and secondary vocational education. climate change - one of the most serious environmental problems facing world agriculture, trying to feed a world population which in 2050 will amount to 9.1 billion people. In developing countries, warming could lead to a slowdown in agricultural productivity by 9% -20%. "Agriculture and food production in many developing countries are particularly vulnerable to the negative influences of this global environmental problem. This applies particularly to countries with low incomes and high levels of hunger and poverty, which is already suffering from droughts, floods and cyclones, "- notes a new report from FAO. In Africa, all this may lead to increased dependence on food imports. Scientists estimate that climate change could further towards the end of XI century lead to a decrease in agricultural production in Africa by 30%.

Environmental Pollution-Kyoto Protocol

A reduction of feed and reduces fish stocks. According to research by 2050, ocean acidity to increase by 150%. The new study also claims that by the year 2100 due to increasing acidity of 70% of coral will be destroyed. Increased acidity of the ocean, according to the Executive Secretary of the Convention A. Djoghlaf, the process is practically irreversible and the damage to ecosystems can be averted only a rapid decline in CO2 emissions. Therefore, A. Djoghlaf believes that this issue should be discussed in Copenhagen. In the Kyoto Protocol, may be added to the contract, taking into account the need to improve the environmental performance of transport. This was reported yesterday by the International Union of Railways M. Sagevik. As part of the global environmental project "train from Kyoto, which is held under the auspices of the UN program for environmental protection of international environmental services is currently traveling in Russia's railways. The project started on November 5 this year in Kyoto (Japan). And later this month in Copenhagen to be negotiated political agreement to strengthen the dialogue on reducing emissions into the atmosphere.

"The current situation calls for innovative solutions. Adopted in Kyoto, the decision was not ambitious ... We hope that the Copenhagen agreement will be established, which includes an article and that the railways must be one of the most effective ways to solve environmental problems, "- noted Sagevik during his visit in Nizhny Novgorod.

"The problem of transportation is absolutely not accounted for in the Kyoto Protocol, and it was he gives a significant share of environmental pollution" - Finally, the representative noted the UIC

Environmental Pollution-2

But there is another problem - the usual rubbish that had accumulated in certain places, decomposes and releases alcohols and aldehydes, resulting in these volatile substances fall through the cellars of houses, while there they are concentrated in the 300-800 times above normal. In the air over the dump at the same time form toxins that have filtered through the soil. For the most part, they are alcohols (alil higher than the maximum permissible concentration of 600, methyl 50-fold).
In 2050, ocean acidity to increase by 150%, which negatively impact on marine ecological systems. This is stated in the report, issued today, 14 December, in the climate change conference in Copenhagen.
The report was prepared by the International Center to monitor and protect the environment, UNEP.
According to a report data, World Ocean absorbs a quarter of total CO2 that is emitted into the atmosphere due to fuel combustion, deforestation and other forms of human activity.
In the absence of this mechanism, the carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere would accumulate much faster and the effect of climate warming would be more noticeable.But the absorption of CO2 at the same time and leads to increased acidity of water, disrupting the ability of some species of marine organisms to form shells and exoskeletons, which are composed of calcium carbonate.

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