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ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER Green Belarus "ECO-INFO" CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY NAS BELARUS NewsNews && EventsEvents № 2 (6), February, 2014 MINSK, BELARUS inin BelarusBelarus http://ecoinfo.bas-net.by/ecology-belarus/ecology_news_in_Belarus.html THIS ISSUE: Recommendations on sustainable eco- RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM system management proposed for No- MANAGEMENT PROPOSED FOR DISTRICT vogrudok District ...... 1 The nature reserves Vydritsa, Kozyansky and ―The implementation of the project let coordinate Pripyatsky Scientists from Belarus, Sweden, Finland, the activities of the Novogrudok District companies as well Construction of power grid linkup for Norway, Latvia, Poland and Estonia have developed as those of the local authorities and people for environmen- Belarusian nuclear station to begin in Q2 recommendations for sustainable management of tal protection measures,‖ the coordinator of the project said. ecosystems in the basin of the Neman River in Novo- In his words, there has been no cooperation between differ- 2014 ...... 1 grudok District, lecturer of the Department of Tourism ent agencies before. Each of them was guided by their own and Nature Management of the Belarusian State Tech- interests. As a result they lacked unity in actions and re- Grodnoenergo to build solar power nological University Nikolai Yushkevich said at the ceived little from investment, concurrently causing damage final seminar of the EU interna- to the ecology of the region. plant in 2014 ...... 2 http://www.borovik.by/assets/uploads/img/gallery/nature/DSCF1302.JPG tional project, Baltic Landscape The participants of the project plan to Belzarubezhstroy to build battery recy- in change - innovative approach- continue their work on the territories ...... 2 es towards sustainable forestred of the Baltic landscape which will in- cling facility in Venezuela by 2015 landscapes, on 26 February, clude research into the climate change BelTA has learned. reasons. ―A strong international team Volkovysk District to implement Neolithic Scientists have revealed of experts has been formed during the Village tourist project ...... 2 problems in the Neman River basin implementation of the project,‖ Nikolai that hinder sustainable management Yushkevich said. Unique factory to process used oils in- of ecosystems in the area. ―For in- The project will be officially completed Belarus ...... 2 stance, sustainable forest manage- on 31 March 2014. Its results, howev- ment means the use of forests and er, have been reviewed already today, Belarus Red Cross announces contest of wooded lands at the level that guar- on 26 February. The implementation of antees the conservation of their the project was launched in Belarus in climate change initiatives ...... 2 biodiversity, regenerative capability 2012. The project was initiated by and vital capacity,‖ Nikolai Yushkevich said. Only thus for- European environmental and economic organizations. Par- Third Belarusian-German Energy Forum ests will continue delighting the eyes of local people and taking in the project was Belarus, Sweden, Finland, Norway, in Minsk in 2014 ...... 3 guests of the region. Latvia, Poland, Estonia and 15 partners (of them three part- ―The scientists have worked our more than 20 ners were from Belarus – the Belarusian State Technological Main operations at Vitebsk hydropower recommendations which implementation will help the stake- University, Belgosles and Novogrudok Forestry). The project holders (local authorities, the public and educational estab- aimed the development of the Baltic Landscape in the Ne- plant construction site to begin in May lishments) to use these territories more wisely from the man river-valley in Novogrudok District – a new, democratic ...... 3 ecological point of view,‖ the specialist said. The recommen- and efficient model of governance in landscape. A network dations will help avoid problems that can emerge during the of such landscapes has been developed alongside water Recommendations on sustainable eco- construction of dams on the Neman. bodies in Finland, Poland, and Sweden. The EU allocated system management proposed for No- Besides, a list of essential habitats has been com- about €500,000 to Belarus for the implementation of the piled for the basin of the river. ―Scientists have developed project. vogrudok District ...... 3 estimation techniques for this part of the recreation activity. belta.by, They have also formed eco-friendly infrastructure develop- 26.02.2014

Number of agro-eco-tourists up by 50% ment principles,‖ Nikolai Yushkevich said. in Oblast in 2013 ...... 3 Belorusneft busy taking seismic measure- CONSTRUCTION OF POWER GRID LINKUP FOR ments in Western Siberia ...... 3 BELARUSIAN NUCLEAR STATION TO BEGIN IN Q2 2014

Belarus-Japan radiation safety coopera- The construction of construction process will be in progress virtually all over tion aims for new heights ...... 4 the system to collect the country. More than 1,000 Chinese specialists will arrive the electricity the in Belarus in order to get it done, said Vladimir Shaternik. Belarus, Poland, Ukraine launch Shtetl Belarusian nuclear The project also envisages the construction of a Routes project ...... 4 power plant will 330kV transformer substation in Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast. generate and con- Four 330kV substations in Ross and Smorgon, Grodno New Belarusian-German projects sought nect the power plant Oblast will be reconstructed in addition to a 220kV substa- with the national tion in Stolbtsy, Minsk Oblast, and a 330kV open-type-bus- by German government ...... 4 power grid is sup- and-switch arrangement at cogeneration plant No.4. posed to begin in Q2 The presentation of the construction project will 2014, BelTA learned take place in Minsk on 3 March. North China Power Engi- from Vladimir neering Company (NCPE) has been chosen to be the gen- http://www.energy-experts.ru/insimgs/img_7673.jpg Shaternik, Grod- eral contractor for the project. The company will unveil noenergo Director details of the project and its participation. General, during the media tour arranged for central The construction of the power collection and deliv- state mass media and regional ones on 20 February. ery system will cost $340 million, including $110 million for The executive said that as the customer of the buying the necessary equipment and materials. A credit construction project the Grodno Oblast electrical company line from the Export-Import Bank of China to the tune of Grodnoenergo will begin implementing the project in Q2 $323.8 million will cover 95% of the costs initially. The 2014. It is the most important project after building the share of participation of Belarusian construction and instal- power-generating units of the nuclear power plant. Plans lation companies in the construction project will be at least have been made to build over 1,000km of 330kV overhead 45%. high-voltage power lines in Minsk Oblast, Grodno Oblast, and Vitebsk Oblast. As much as 600km of high-voltage power lines will be reconstructed and 890km of fiber optic belta.by, cables will be laid. Divided into 23 stages, the large-scale 20.02.2014

NEWS & EVENTS IN BELARUS http://novostienergetiki.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/solnechnaya-elektrostanciya-v-Yakutii.jpg Belzarubezhstroy to build GRODNOENERGO TO BUILD SOLAR battery recycling facility in POWER PLANT IN 2014 Venezuela by 2015 The Grodno Ob- plants have to be large, Belzarubezhstroy will last electrical company those are much more commission a facility to recycle used rechargeable batteries in the Grodnoenergo intends to effective,‖ said the Venezuelan state of Carabobo by build a solar power plant Director General. 2015. The design capacity of the near the Grodno hydro- The pilot solar power facility is 12,000 tonnes of recy- power plant in 2014, plant will be located at cled batteries per year, BelTA BelTA learned from Vladi- learnt from the press service of premises of the hydro- http://today.mts.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/37938_72352.jpg mir Shaternik, Grodnoen- power plant near the the Belarusian company. ergo Director General, former construction As of December last year, 43 Belarusian and 56 Vene- during the media tour camp and will occupy zuelan specialists were involved in the design and construction of the facility. The enterprise will be fitted with cutting-edge equip- arranged for central state 0.8ha. The designed mass media and regional ment. Its commissioning will allow employing up to 50 Venezue- output capacity is ex- lans on the first stage of the project. ones on 20 February. http://vgr.by/images/stories/2013/33/solnechnye-batarei.jpg pected to reach 300kW. GREEN BELARUS Belzarubezhstroy built and commissioned Latin America’s The executive said: ―It is a pilot Grodnoenergo has already signed the biggest factory to produce ceramic blocks in the city of Guatire project. It is interesting for us regardless of contract for designing the power plant with (the state of Miranda), located 40km from Caracas. The facility economic considerations. It is known that the the Belarusian Heat and Power Institute boasts the annual output of 25 million ceramic blocks. ―The se- terms offered to private companies are much cond line to produce ceramic blocks for flooring is in progress , 2014 (BELTEI). The technical and economic feasibil- more profitable for now as far as the con- ity studies will be prepared this year. Tenders here. The total output will increase by 60% and will make up 40 million ceramic blocks per year,‖ the press service of the company struction of renewable energy sources is to buy the necessary equipment will be held. concerned. But from the point of view of informed. The project is supposed to return saving organic fuel resources and the environ- More than that, three assembly plants built by Belarus- investments within 5-6 years while the service mental effect the development of solar power ian specialists in the state of Barinas have produced over 1,300 life of solar cells can be as long as 25 years. tractors for the agricultural sector and 750 MAZ trucks.

FEBRUARY engineering looks very promising. Our power The power plant will require roughly Br1.2 plant will be small, but its construction will Belzarubezhstroy is Belarus’ leading exporter of con- billion to build. It will be the first project of allow assessing whether such investments can struction services, works and goods to Venezuela. The company the kind for Grodnoenergo. The company runs joint projects in design and construction with Germany, be effective. Although it is obvious that the intends to implement it using its own re- Austria, France, Russia, Lithuania, South Korea, the United Arab prime cost of solar energy is way lower than № 2 (6), sources. Emirates and other countries. It also runs a number of large-scale the energy generated by a cogeneration plant projects to design, construct and renovate Belarusian industrial, — $0.06 per 1kWh against $0.09-0.0095 per agricultural companies, civil and administrative buildings. 1kWh. As a matter of principle, solar power belta.by, belta.by, 20.02.2014 14.03.2014

Volkovysk District to implement UNIQUE FACTORY TO PROCESS USED Neolithic Village tourist project OILS IN BELARUS Volkovysk District is planning to build a tourist Neolithic village, A unique enterprise will for the region because the enterprise BelTA learnt from Denis Vakanov, the be established in Belarus to pro- has already created 30 jobs and will coordinator and member of the Trail cess used oils. The information gradually increase the number up to was released by Dmitry Cheriko- 100. About $9 million has already of Miners initiative group. ver, managing partner of the been invested in the enterprise, The Ecotour of Ross project, company IOOO DVCh Manage- primarily in the infrastructure. The which incorporates the Neolithic village ment, at the roundtable session construction of the other two stages project, participated in the small grant held on 19 February to discuss will raise the investments to about program of the United States Agency for waste processing, BelTA has $15 million. The company is ready to International Development (USAID) Local learned. invest another $20 million in the Entrepreneurship and Economic Develop- The first stage of the enter- processing of used chemicals, vege- ment (LEED) Project implemented in prise with the processing capacity of table and animal oils and other kinds Belarus by the United Nations Develop- http://vershina.by/assets/templates/vershina/images/topsplash_belarus.jpg 10,000 tonnes of used oils per an- of waste that contain hydrocarbons ment Program. This initiative is part of num will be opened in the town of such as plastics, rubber and so on. A the larger tourism development strategy ing to the initiative group, the camping is Krupki this year. Two more stages facility with this size and infrastruc- in Volkovysk District called as the Trail of projected to generate a $60,000 in reve- are supposed to be built after that to ture can grow rapidly, noted the Miners. nue per month in the summer period even raise the processing capacity up to businessman. According to Denis Vakanov, the if it is utilized by 30%. 30,000 tonnes. Speaking about first phase suggests creating the land- In the future, a Neolithic Village Dmit- details of the scaped camping site for 200 places. The hotel compound will be built near the ry Cherikover project for pro- project funding (a small grant of $15,000) camping site. The village will include all underlined that cessing used oils, will be used to develop a business plan kinds of dwelling, a sanctuary place, a the company Dmitry Cherikover and project-estimate documentation. The stone processing workshop and a boat he represents said that the key camping site will be located in the area of workshop. The village will be fitted with boasts exten- purpose is to the Ross oldest chalk deposit. About 8 interactive animation programs. Tourists sive experience recycle petroleum hectares of land will be allocated for fu- will be able to experience the atmosphere of recycling and synthetic oils, ture tourist sites. of primitive villages, live in huts, try to used oil prod- which have been The site for the village will be make ancient weapons and make a fire. ucts and oper- polluted and are prepared at the first phase. The water The guests will also have a chance to try ates several no longer fit to reservoir will be cleaned from garbage their hand at archery, javelin throw, similar enter- serve their initial and several information boards will be pottery and weaving. prises abroad. purpose or have installed. At the second phase the project Now the initiative group is look- Belarus has http://www.krupki.net/_nw/4/27471173.jpg lost their qualities developers suggest creating the camping ing for the investor. According to prelimi- been chosen due to other reasons. Two daughter site and a tourist complex which will nary estimates, it would take about for the investment project because, enterprises have been set up al- feature an interactive recreational area, $400,000 to turn the ambitious ideas into the businessman believes, it offers ready. One takes care of collecting well-equipped beach, sauna, and sport reality. The expected profit for the season good conditions. ―We have received and transporting the waste while the and tourist equipment rentals. The camp- (May-September) will be around serious support from the Natural other one focuses on processing it. ing site will be equipped with barrier-free $300,000. The project is to pay off in two Resources and Environmental Protec- The equipment is in the tuning access for persons with disabilities and seasons. tion Ministry and the Belarus govern- phase. It will reach its designed people with limited mobility, and also will belta.by, ment as a whole. We have signed an capacity within a month or two. have water and electricity supply. Accord- 18.02.2014 investment contract with the Minis- Unique multiple-section vehicles try. The right steps to enhance the have been bought to deliver used oils legal base are made in the country,‖ to the processing site without any BELARUS RED CROSS ANNOUNCES he remarked. Apart from that, Bela- environmental damage or the possi- rus is attractive from the logistics bility of an explosion. A chain of CONTEST OF CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES point of view because it is part of the outlets is being deployed to collect The Belarusian Red initiatives. Customs Union and borders on the secondary resources, with special Cross Society The international project, which European Union at the same time. tanks being installed. As a result of (BRCS) has an- the Belarusian Red Cross Society takes part According to the source, the the recycling process 75% of the nounced a competi- in, is implemented in six countries: Belarus, future enterprise will be unique in final product will be able to substi- tion of mini initia- Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the ex-USSR area. ―We have decided tute expensive petroleum imports. tives on climate Armenia. Climate Forum East is aimed at to invest the entire bulk of our cut- Dmitry Cherikover under- change, BelTA addressing global warming issues and ting-edge knowledge and technolo- lined that one should not forget learned from BRCS chief specialist for taking steps to adapt to climate change. gies in here, the best specialists of about the environmental value of the PR Elena Sveshnikova. Every participating state proposes its pro- our mother concern have arrived to project. The data collected during the The project will be launched on 15 ject. work here upon the invitation of the market research phase indicates that February as part of the international pro- Belarus has joined the UN Frame- Natural Resources and Environmental an overwhelming majority of used ject, Climate Forum East. The main goal of work Convention on Climate Change. The Protection Ministry,‖ explained Dmit- oils in Belarus are just thrown away the competition is to support development country has worked out the national pro- of programs aimed at the creation of the ry Cherikover. or are burnt, resulting in potent gram for the mitigation of climate change The enterprise occupies cancer-producing substances. public awareness campaign in what regards consequences for 2013-2020. global warming and its consequences. 14ha and is located near the M1 belta.by, belta.by, motorway close to a railroad not far 19.02.2013 As part of the project the Belarus- 14.02.2014 ian Red Cross Society will support 20 best from Minsk. It is a significant project P. 3 NEWS & EVENTS IN BELARUS Third Belarusian-German MAIN OPERATIONS AT VITEBSK HYDROPOWER Energy Forum in Minsk in 2014 PLANT CONSTRUCTION SITE TO BEGIN IN MAY

T h e T h i r d The main operations at the construc- other reasons. Yet the contractor — China National Belarusian-German tion site of the Vitebsk hydropower plant will Electric Engineering Company (CNEEC) — guaran- Energy Forum in begin in May, BelTA learned from Ivan Puga- tees that the Vitebsk hydropower plant will be 2014 will take chev, head of the Vitebsk hydropower plant commissioned on time in early 2017. place in Minsk. construction office of the Vitebsk Oblast elec- The hydropower plant costs over $100 Preparations for trical company Vitebskenergo. million. It will be able to generate 40MW of electric- the event were In his words, the ity to satisfy one third of Vi- discussed among construction workers have tebsk District’s demand. In other matters at finished building the main spring about 800 construction the meeting be- http://www.belta.by/newnimages/001032_00000637147.jpg access road of about 2km workers from China will be tween Ambassa- long. It is located along the employed to build it. In line dor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bela- right bank of the Zapadnaya with the contract services of rus to Germany Andrei Giro and Chairman of the Dvina River and will stay in Belarusian enterprises and Board of the German Energy Agency (DENA) place after the hydropower Belarusian materials are sup- Stephan Kohler in Berlin, representatives of the plant is built. The construc- posed to cost 30% of the sum. Belarusian Foreign Ministry told BelTA. tion of the premises for The customer RUP Vitebsken- The negotiations took place in the DENA HQ. construction workers is over. ergo will oversee the imple- http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9103/19662219.3/0_be0de_4cf6c686_XXXL.jpg The talks touched upon opportunities for Belarusian- The premises include halls of mentation of the contract. German institutional interaction in energy matters in residence, a canteen, and The concept of Belarus’ energy security till 2014, including within the framework of the bilateral manufacturing installations. The bypass channel to 2020 envisages the construction of four hydropower working group for trade and investments. In particu- reroute the Zapadnaya Dvina River once the upper plants along the Zapadnaya Dvina River: the lar, the sides agreed that DENA will participate in the and lower earth dams are in place is nearly over. Polotsk one, the Vitebsk one, the Beshenkovichi Third Belarusian-German Energy Forum during the Apart from that, contracts have been one, and the Verkhnedvinsk one. Their total capaci- 19th Belarusian Energy and Ecology Congress. A signed for designing a waterworks facility and con- ty will be 125-130MW. A Turkish company has seminar on biogas matters within the framework of struction operations at the bottom of the water contracted to build the Beshenkovichi and Verkh- the international specialized expo Belagro 2014 will storage reservoir. Speaking about the latter, Ivan nedvinsk hydropower plants. The company will own be held as well. Pugachev noted that documents will be issued as the facilities for 30 years. After that the ownership soon as they are ready in order to rule out any will be transferred to Belarus. belta.by, delays. 04.02.2014 All in all, the construction progress is belta.by, slightly behind the schedule due to winter among 04.02.2014 RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROPOSED FOR NOVOGRUDOK DISTRICT Scientists from Belarus, Sweden, Fin- Besides, a list of essential habitats has been own interests. As a result they lacked unity in actions land, Norway, Latvia, Poland and Estonia have compiled for the basin of the river. ―Scientists have and received little from investment, concurrently developed recommendations for sustainable developed estimation techniques for this part of the causing damage to the ecology of the region. management of ecosystems in the basin of the recreation activity. They have also formed eco- The participants of the project plan to con- Neman River in Novogrudok District, lecturer of friendly infrastructure development principles,‖ Niko- tinue their work on the territories of the Baltic land- the Department of Tourism and Nature Man- scape which will include research into the climate agement of the Belarusian State Technological change reasons. ―A strong international team of University Nikolai Yushkevich said at the final experts has been formed during the implementation seminar of the EU international project, Baltic of the project,‖ Nikolai Yushkevich said. Landscape in change - innovative approaches The project will be officially completed on towards sustainable forestred landscapes has 31 March 2014. Its results, however, have been learned. reviewed already today, on 26 February. The imple- Scientists have revealed problems in the mentation of the project was launched in Belarus in Neman River basin that hinder sustainable manage- 2012. The project was initiated by European environ- ment of ecosystems in the area. ―For instance, sus- mental and economic organizations. Partaking in the tainable forest management means the use of for- project was Belarus, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Lat- ests and wooded lands at the level that guarantees via, Poland, Estonia and 15 partners (of them three the conservation of their biodiversity, regenerative partners were from Belarus – the Belarusian State capability and vital capacity,‖ Nikolai Yushkevich Technological University, Belgosles and Novogrudok said. Only thus forests will continue delighting the Forestry). The project aimed the development of the eyes of local people and guests of the region. Baltic Landscape in the Neman river-valley in Novo- ―The scientists have worked our more than lai Yushkevich said. grudok District – a new, democratic and efficient 20 recommendations which implementation will help ―The implementation of the project let model of governance in landscape. A network of such the stakeholders (local authorities, the public and coordinate the activities of the Novogrudok District landscapes has been developed alongside water educational establishments) to use these territories companies as well as those of the local authorities bodies in Finland, Poland, and Sweden. The EU allo- more wisely from the ecological point of view,‖ the and people for environmental protection measures,‖ cated about €500,000 to Belarus for the implementa- specialist said. The recommendations will help avoid the coordinator of the project said. In his words, tion of the project. . problems that can emerge during the construction of there has been no cooperation between different belta.by, dams on the Neman. agencies before. Each of them was guided by their 26.02.2014

Number of agro-eco-tourists up by Belorusneft busy taking seismic 50% in Grodno Oblast in 2013 measurements in Western Siberia In 2013 Tourists paid over The Belarusian trict. Two teams of specialists of the compa- the number of Br9 billion for their industrial ny’s field seismic exploration division are tourists vacation- stay, up by Br3.4 group Belo- involved in the work. The work is supposed to ing at rural tour- billion compared to rusneft has be completed in April 2013. ism estates of the previous year. started taking Grodno Oblast Rural tourism es- seismic meas- Seismic exploration services abroad represent increased by tates are sprouting urements in an important part of Belorusneft’s operation. more than 50% http://www.lelchitsy.info/images_novosti/139_agroekoturizm.jpg all over the region, Russia’s West- At present Belorusneft specialists are busy to make up about which is due to the http://www.yerkramas.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/seysmostanciya030613-300x225.jpg ern Siberia. studying subsurface resources in Venezuela 55,500 people, BelTA learnt http://img.newsam.com/news/156372.jpghttp://img.newsam.com/news/156372.jpg simplified registration and Ecuador for the sake of prospecting hy- from the Grodno Oblast Of- The work is part (individuals can start this busi- drocarbon deposits in these countries. fice of the Ministry of Taxes ness without state registration of the contract signed with the Russian com- and Duties. as individual entrepreneurs), tax pany Geoseis Technology. The Russian com- The Belarusian industrial group Rural tourism estates benefits and a possibility to pany is part of the holding company Geoseis Belorusneft was founded in 1966. The compa- are getting increasingly popular apply for soft loans. and performs geological prospecting, geo- ny specializes in the surveying, prospecting physical and geochemical research concerning and development of oil fields, well drilling, oil with domestic tourists. About Some 246 rural tourism the exploration and reproduction of mineral and associated petroleum gas extraction in 51,000 Belarusians vacationed estates were registered in Grod- there in 2013. About 3,000 no Oblast in 2013, including 242 resources. Belarus and other countries, including Russia, Russians, 500 Poles and about individuals and four farms. In The Belarusian professionals are Ukraine, Venezuela and Ecuador. 400 Lithuanians visited local 2010 there number was 180 . expected to take 3D measurements in Khanty rural tourism estates the same belta.by, -Mansiysk District and Nadym District as well belta.by, year. 04.02.2013 as 2D measurements in Nizhnevartovsk Dis- 03.02.2013 NEWS & EVENTS IN BELARUS BELARUS-JAPAN radiation BELARUS, POLAND, UKRAINE safety cooperation aims LAUNCH SHTETL ROUTES PROJECT for new heights The international Cooperation be- technical aid project tween scientists and “Shtetl Routes: Vestiges specialists of Bela- of Jewish Cultural Herit- rus and Japan in age in Transborder Tour- matters concerning ism” has started in the radiation safety Belarus-Poland-Ukraine SUPPLEMENT “NEWS & after emergencies at borderland, BelTA learnt nuclear power from Head of the Branch

plants will soon Office of the Joint Tech- http://www.belta.by/newnimages/001098_00000622475.jpg EVENTS IN BELARUS” reach a higher level, nical Secretariat of the Cross-Border Cooperation BelTA learned from Nikolai Vasilkov, Head of Program Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2007-2013 Maxim TO THE DIGEST the Healthcare Office of the Gomel Oblast Aldanov. Executive Committee. The participating countries will develop one internal “GREEN BELARUS”. In Hiroshima the city’s university and route each. Each of the routes will encompass 20 shtetls http://ecoinfo.bas-net.by/ecology-belarus/ the Belarusian national science to practice center (shtetl is a Yiddish word for a small Jewish settlement) ecology_news_in_Belarus.html for radiation medicine and human ecology signed associated with the history and culture of Jewish people. an agreement on joint research efforts that will After that, five most interesting settlements will be selected allow studying effects of small doses of radiation and included into the common cross-border tourist route. In The supplement was established on humans in detail. Belarus these will be Zheludok, Novogrudok, Mir, Ruzhany, Detailed studies into the influence of Pinsk and Motol. The internal route will go through Brest in 2013 as an informational and small radiation doses on humans are of great Oblast, Grodno Oblast and Minsk Oblast and will also include importance for both countries. ―We have no Stolin, David-Gorodok, Pruzhany, Kobrin, Gorodishche, educational resource that can be immediate evidence testifying that, for instance, Radun, Indura, Ostrino, Oshmyany, Lunna, Ivie, Dyatlovo, freely accessed by all users inter- in Gomel Oblast radiation has caused an increase and Volozhin. in the number of cardiovascular and oncological ―The major objective of the project is to show the ested in ecology and environ- diseases. However, these matters are poorly shetl culture that is now gone. However, the settlement mental problems. researched for now. We cannot rule out that the itself should be alive and developing. Therefore, we included influence of small doses will be registered at the the communities where Jewish heritage sites survive and the gene level or the high-molecular level. There is places that are of interest to this very day,‖ Director of the It is a digest of the most im- no doubt that research efforts will secure truth Museum of History and Regional Studies in Novogrudok when married to technical capabilities. Results of Tamara Vershitskaya. The museum is one of the partner portant news and events. these researches will be interesting for the entire institutions and recipients of the international technical aid. mankind because nuclear power engineering continues developing,‖ said the official. The project is expected to make the region more appealing to tourists. The Belarus-Poland-Ukraine border- According to Nikolai Vasilkov, interaction land is the place where Jewish culture once flourished. This Published once a month. between Belarusian and Japanese medics began region is the birthplace of many outstanding and famous shortly after the Chernobyl disaster. ―Keeping in Jews. Therefore, the cross-border route might be interesting mind the sorrowful experience of the aftermath of for people who fancy sentimental or nostalgic tourism that is nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the getting increasingly popular worldwide. Japanese willingly shared the information they had accumulated and came up with recommenda- The project also envisages the development of a tions concerning population protection,‖ he noted. multi-language Internet tourist portal ―Shtetl Routes: Jewish SUPPLEMENT "NEWS & EVENTS IN BELARUS" Besides, various charity foundations and cultural heritage in Eastern European towns‖, creation of a database of Jewish heritage sites, publication of a guidebook TO THE DIGEST “GREEN BELARUS” healthcare institutions have helped a lot with equipping Gomel Oblast’s healthcare institutions to the Jewish heritage sites in five languages and arranging and with examining the people, who live in the training sessions for guides. Specialists from Israel have most affected areas. already offered their assistance in arranging training ses- sions. New aspects of cooperation evolved due ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION to the need to deal with the aftermath of the The international technical aid project ―Shtetl CENTER "ECO-INFO" Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster that Routes: Vestiges of Jewish Cultural Heritage in Transborder happened in March 2011. ―Over the last two Tourism‖ is financed by the European Commission and is set CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY NAS BELARUS years seven delegations from Japan have visited to run for two years. The overall budget of the project ex- HTTP://ECOINFO.BAS–NET.BY Gomel. They were interested in purely medical ceeds €460,000. Belarus will receive €80,000 of this amount. aspects of the effect that radiation has on human The partner institutions in Belarus are the Yanka Kupala bodies. This time we are the ones to share our Grodno State University and the Museum of History and research and recommendations that have accu- Regional Studies in Novogrudok. The project is led by the № 2 (6), mulated for more than 25 years since the Cher- Brama Grodzka (Town Gate) Theater NN Center in Lublin, nobyl disaster,‖ said Nikolai Vasilkov. Poland. FEBRUARY, 2014 belta.by, belta.by, 13.02.2013 18.02.2014 REPRINT WITH REFERENCE TO GB NEW BELARUSIAN-GERMAN PROJECTS SOUGHT LEAVES IN ENGLISH BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT AThe German government’s program to ment in Belarus. They were made familiar with Bela- support Belarus will announce a new tender for rusian and foreign experience of the creation of event INTERNET-BULLETIN Belarusian-German projects in spring 2014. tourism products and brands. Winners of the tender will be financed, BelTA HTTP://ECOINFO.BAS-NET.BY/ECOLOGY- Dmitry Karpiyevich told BelTA that event learned from Dmitry Karpiyevich, the coordina- BELARUS/ECOLOGY_NEWS_IN_BELARUS.HTML tourism is a very effective instrument for developing tor of the regional process of the program, in the regions and for raising living standards. Belarus Grodno on 11 February. is already home to a multitude of various events. The room contains materials prepared by In his words, the sixth phase of the program Every year their number rises, with each meant to support Belarus will be completed in sever- event contributing to Belarus’ positive image as a the news agency correspondents BELTA, al months. It has been decided that the next phase . tourist destination. ―It is now KyivPost, inhabitat, Belarus Digest will begin in June to run in 2014 important to understand how -2016. Plans have been made the existing brand projects can : to support Belarusian-German be used to the best of their WORKED ON THE PRODUCTION OF joint projects in various areas. ability and how new projects SHYSHKOVA E.A. Applications for the tender will should be created. The new be accepted in May-June 2014. : projects should be most effec- DESIGN AND LAYOUT SHYSHKOVA E.A. The list of priority areas for the tive, should pay their way and projects includes social innova- attract as many tourists as tions, energy saving, education, possible. We are convinced that ecology, sustainable develop- event tourism can be an effec- ment of the regions, including tive instrument and a factor in tourism. Winners will be fi- the sustainable development of nanced for up to €100,000. The http://www.dw.de/image/0,,4912638_4,00.jpg Belarus’ regions,‖ he said. total budget of the program Dmitry Karpiyevich also mentioned several has yet to be finalized. During the previous phase positive examples of event tourism in Belarus. In over 30 projects out of 60 nominees were okayed. particular, he referred to the international cooking "Eco-Info" CSL NASB A national science to practice seminar on festival Motalskiya Prysmaki in Ivanovo District, Brest Address for correspondence: tourism was scheduled to take place in Grodno on 11 Oblast, the Annensky Kirmash fair in Zelva District, Surganova, 15, of. 501 February with assistance of the German govern- 220072 Minsk, Belarus Grodno Oblast, and the Bard Music & Fishing Festival ment’s program for supporting Belarus. The seminar in Mogilev Oblast. He said he believes event tourism e-mail: [email protected] was primarily dedicated to the promotion of event projects should be promoted in the regions. The Website: http://ecoinfo.bas-net.by/ tourism in Belarus as a factor conducive to the sus- projects should attract the attention of Belarusian Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_Belarus tainable development of territories. Representatives and foreign tourists towards the countryside. While Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CSL.by of educational and cultural institutions, tourism or- doing so, it is necessary to lobby one’s own brand, Tel.: +375 (17) 284 14 96 ganizations, owners of farm tourism estates, mem- stage quality awareness campaigns, and create bers of initiative groups of Grodno Oblast’s tourist interactive calendars of the tourism events that the destinations took part in the seminar. During the regions offer. seminar the participants were expected to discuss belta.by, prospects and problems of event tourism develop- 11.02.2013