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Experimental Study of Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) Landfills and Non- Authorized Waste Damps Impact on the Environment
Linnaeus ECO-TECH ´10 Kalmar, Sweden, November 22-24, 2010 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) LANDFILLS AND NON- AUTHORIZED WASTE DAMPS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT Veronica Tarbaeva Dmitry Delarov Committee on Natural Resources of Leningrad region, Russia ABSTRACT A purpose was an analysis of waste disposal sites existing in the Leningrad region and a choice of facilities potentially suitable for the removal and utilization of greenhouse- and other gases. In order to achieve the purpose in view, data were collected on the arrangement of non-authorized landfills and waste dumps within the Leningrad region. The preliminary visual evaluation and instrumental monitoring were carried out for 10 facilities. The evaluation of greenhouse- and other gas emissions into the atmosphere as well as of ground water pollution near places of waste disposal was performed. A databank was created for waste disposal sites where it could be possible to organize the work on removing and utilizing of greenhouse gas. The conducted examination stated that landfills exert negative influence on the environment in the form of emissions into the atmosphere and impurities penetrating underground and surface water. A volume of greenhouse gas emissions calculated in units of СО2 – equivalent from different projects fluctuates from 63.8 to 8091.4 t in units of СО2 – equivalent. Maximum summarized emissions of greenhouse gases in units of СО2 – equivalent were stated for MSW landfills of the towns of Kirishi, Novaya Ladoga and Slantsy, as well as for MSW landfills near Lepsari residential settlement and the town of Vyborg. KEYWORDS Non-authorized waste dumps, MSW landfills, greenhouse gases, atmospheric air pollution, instrumental monitoring. -
Here in 2017 Sillamäe Vabatsoon 46% of Manufacturing Companies with 20 Or More Employees Were Located
Baltic Loop People and freight moving – examples from Estonia Final Conference of Baltic Loop Project / ZOOM, Date [16th of June 2021] Kaarel Kose Union of Harju County Municipalities Baltic Loop connections Baltic Loop Final Conference / 16.06.2021 Baltic Loop connections Baltic Loop Final Conference / 16.06.2021 Strategic goals HARJU COUNTY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2035+ • STRATEGIC GOAL No 3: Fast, convenient and environmentally friendly connections with the world and the rest of Estonia as well as within the county. • Tallinn Bypass Railway, to remove dangerous goods and cargo flows passing through the centre of Tallinn from the Kopli cargo station; • Reconstruction of Tallinn-Paldiski (main road no. 8) and Tallinn ring road (main highway no. 11) to increase traffic safety and capacity • Indicator: domestic and international passenger connections (travel time, number of connections) Tallinn–Narva ca 1 h NATIONAL TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2035 • The main focus of the development plan is to reduce the environmental footprint of transport means and systems, ie a policy for the development of sustainable transport to help achieve the climate goals for 2030 and 2050. • a special plan for the Tallinn ring railway must be initiated in order to find out the feasibility of the project. • smart and safe roads in three main directions (Tallinn-Tartu, Tallinn-Narva, Tallinn-Pärnu) in order to reduce the time-space distances of cities and increase traffic safety (5G readiness etc). • increase speed on the railways to reduce time-space distances and improve safety; shift both passenger and freight traffic from road to rail and to increase its positive impact on the environment through more frequent use of rail (Tallinn-Narva connection 2035 1h45min) GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CLIMATE POLICY UNTIL 2050 / NEC DIRECTIVE / ETC. -
Narva Power Plants, Eesti Energia, Estonia Nox Reduction Installations During 2013–2015
Narva power plants, Eesti Energia, Estonia NOx reduction installations during 2013–2015 Fortum eNext reduced NOx emissions at Eesti Energia’s power plants in Narva by 50% Fortum eNext supplied low-NOx technology to Eesti Energia,to enable them to meet the European Union’s NOx emission limit of 200 mg/Nm3 that came to effect on January 1st 2016. Fortum’s delivery contained low-NOx technology installations for Narva power plants’ four units and eight boilers in total. Located near the city of Narva in Eastern Estonia, the Narva plants (Narva Elektrijaamad) consist of two of the world’s biggest oil shale fired power plants, responsible for over 90% of Estonia’s total electricity production. Fortum eNext delivery Customer gains • Modification of 4 units with 8 boilers • Meeting EU’s environmental regulation • New OFA system and wall corrosion • NOx reduction with primary methods protection system brought emission levels down to • Low-NOx combustion system control 180 mg/Nm3 • One boiler delivered with SNCR system, • Extremely small increase in operational the rest with primary methods only costs • Warranty value for NOx < 200 mg/Nm3, • No need for secondary NOx reduction actual daily average < 180 mg/Nm3 methods for majority of the boilers FACTS "We chose Fortum's low-NOx solution as a result of a European- • Customer: Eesti Energia, wide bidding competition. Fortum's Estonia’s biggest energy company clear strengths were its broad and • Oil shale-fired combusting long international experience in power plants in Narva, Estonia 1 combustion technologies. Now we • 8 units (320 t/h) with two boilers can continue energy production at and one steam turbine, and the power plants also after the EU's electric output of 200 MW each new emissions norms have taken • Low-NOx system for boiler 3A installed in 2013. -
Estimation of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Risks Along the Coast of Estonia, Baltic Sea – a Tool for Coastal Management
Littoral 2010, 12005 (2011) DOI:10.1051/litt/201112005 © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2011 Estimation of sea level rise and storm surge risks along the coast of Estonia, Baltic Sea – a tool for coastal management Ülo Suursaar, Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, [email protected] Jaak Jaagus, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, [email protected] Tiit Kullas, Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, [email protected] Hannes Tõnisson, Institute of Ecology at Tallinn University, [email protected] Abstract The aim of the paper is to present statistical analysis of the sea level data obtained from the Estonian coastal tide gauges over the period 1842–2009, to assess storm surge risks and to discuss climate change related mitigation and management issues in the coastal zone of Estonia. Long-term variations of both mean and extreme sea level values were studied in the Eastern section of the nearly tideless Baltic Sea. Influenced by postglacial land uplift, the series of relative sea level displayed slightly varying trends. The remarkably steep rise in annual maximum sea levels (2–12 mm/yr) could be explained by the local response to the changing regional wind climate. Due to its windward location, the sea level variations in the semi-enclosed study area are sensitive to the changes in cyclonic activity. Maximum value analysis revealed that in case of the south-westerly exposed Pärnu Bay, two storm surge events (253 in 1967 and 275 cm in 2005) were inconsistent with the theoretical distributions, which indicate that, in some locations, the most extreme sea level events are hardly predictable by means of return statistics. -
Rmk Annual Report 2019 Rmk Annual Report 2019
RMK ANNUAL REPORT 2019 RMK ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2 RMK AASTARAAMAT 2019 | PEATÜKI NIMI State Forest Management Centre (RMK) Sagadi Village, Haljala Municipality, 45403 Lääne-Viru County, Estonia Tel +372 676 7500 www.rmk.ee Text: Katre Ratassepp Translation: TABLE OF CONTENTS Interlex Photos: 37 Protected areas Jarek Jõepera (p. 5) 4 10 facts about RMK Xenia Shabanova (on all other pages) 38 Nature protection works 5 Aigar Kallas: Big picture 41 Põlula Fish Farm Design and layout: Dada AD www.dada.ee 6–13 About the organisation 42–49 Visiting nature 8 All over Estonia and nature awareness Typography: Geogrotesque 9 Structure 44 Visiting nature News Gothic BT 10 Staff 46 Nature awareness 11 Contribution to the economy 46 Elistvere Animal Park Paper: cover Constellation Snow Lime 280 g 12 Reflection of society 47 Sagadi Forest Centre content Munken Lynx 120 g 13 Cooperation projects 48 Nature cameras 49 Christmas trees Printed by Ecoprint 14–31 Forest management 49 Heritage culture 16 Overview of forests 19 Forestry works 50–55 Research 24 Plant cultivation 52 Applied research 26 Timber marketing 56 Scholarships 29 Forest improvement 57 Conference 29 Forest fires 30 Waste collection 58–62 Financial summary 31 Hunting 60 Balance sheet 62 Income statement 32–41 Nature protection 63 Auditor’s report 34 Protected species 36 Key biotypes 64 Photo credit 6 BIG PICTURE important tasks performed by RMK 6600 1% people were employed are growing forests, preserving natural Aigar Kallas values, carrying out nature protection of RMK’s forest land in RMK’s forests during the year. -
Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe Basin – Lessons Learned
Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe Basin – Lessons Learned Gulnara Roll, Aija Kosk, Estonian Agricultural University Peeter Unt, Natalia Alexeeva, Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation Introduction Lake Peipsi/Chudsko-Pskovskoe, sometimes called Peipus (further Peipsi), is the fourth largest and the biggest transboundary lake in Europe. Its three names originated from three languages historically used in the region – Peipsi came from Estonian, Chudsko-Pskovskoe from Russian and Peipus has German roots. Lake Peipsi belongs to the water basin of the Narva River (or Narova), a 77 km long watercourse, which connects Lake Peipsi with the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Estonian and Russia share the Lake Peipsi and three countries, including Estonia, Russia and Latvia, share Narva River basin. Latvia has only 5% of the water basin and pollution from its territory is very small in the overall pollution load in the basin. What makes the Lake Peipsi specific and different from other great lakes of the world is that it is located on the future European Union border with Russia and is shared by countries in transition. Estonia regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Before that Lake Peipsi was an internal big lake in the northwest of the Soviet Union where the same legislation, procedures, environmental standards were applied for the whole lake basin and therefore it is a new transboundary lake. With these radical political changes at the beginning of the 1990s, the socio-economic context of water management also changed drastically as existed earlier economic contacts across the lake were disrupted with the establishment of border customs control on the border between Russia and Estonia. -
Developing the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) at Local Level - "DESI Local"
Developing the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) at local level - "DESI local" Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Digital Transition Kaja Sõstra, PhD Tallinn, June 2021 1 1 Introduction 4 2 Administrative division of Estonia 5 3 Data sources for local DESI 6 4 Small area estimation 15 5 Simulation study 20 6 Alternative data sources 25 7 Conclusions 28 References 29 ANNEX 1 Population aged 15-74, 1 January 2020 30 ANNEX 2 Estimated values of selected indicators by municipality, 2020 33 Disclaimer This report has been delivered under the Framework Contract “Support to the implementation of the Urban Agenda for the EU through the provision of management, expertise, and administrative support to the Partnerships”, signed between the European Commission (Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy) and Ecorys. The information and views set out in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Commission. The Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this report. Neither the Commission nor any person acting on the Commission’s behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. 2 List of figures Figure 1 Local administrative units by the numbers of inhabitants .................................................... 5 Figure 2 DESI components by age, 2020 .......................................................................................... 7 Figure 3 Users of e-commerce by gender, education, and activity status ......................................... 8 Figure 4 EBLUP estimator of the frequent internet users indicator by municipality, 2020 ............... 17 Figure 5 EBLUP estimator of the communication skills above basic indicator by municipality, 2020 ....................................................................................................................................................... -
Support for Development of a Salmon Management Plan in the Luga River
BASE Project - Implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan in Russia Final report: Support for development of a Salmon management plan in the Luga River Pilot Activity ‘Support for development of a salmon management plan in the Luga River’ Implemented by (Main Consultant) All-Russian Social Organisation “All-Russian Society of Nature Protection”, Leningrad Region office (ARSoNP) Support provided by (EU Expert) Piotr Dębowski Inland Fisheries Institute in Gdansk/Poland. Authors of the report Sergey Titov, Dmitry Sendek, Sergey Mikhelson, Margarita Barabanova, Anton Uspensky, Olga Semenova and Sergey Rezvyi Compilation of this report State Research Institute on Lake and River Fisheries (GosNIORKh), St. Petersburg, RUSSIA For bibliographic purposes this document should HELCOM 2014, BASE project 2012-2014: be cited as ‘Support for development of a salmon management plan in the Luga River’ Design of cover Johanna Laurila, HELCOM Cover photo State Research Institute on Lake and River Fisheries (GosNIORKh), St. Petersburg, RUSSIA Back cover Johanna Laurila, HELCOM English editing (Executive summary and Introduction) Howard McKee, Key Image Ltd Implemented in the framework of: Project Implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan in Russia (BASE) Funded by EU Implemented by HELCOM Secretariat and St. Petersburg Public Organisation ‘Ecology and Business’ This report does not necessarily represent the views of HELCOM. HELCOM does not assume responsibility for the content of the report. Information included in this publication or extracts thereof are free for citation on the condition that the complete reference of the publication is given as stated above. Copyright 2014 Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission HELCOM CONTENTS Executive summary 4 1. -
Technical-Economic Substantiation of The
PROJECT PART-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION Technical-economic substantiation of the development of tourist route(-s) in the section: Ivangorod (The Narova River) – The Rosson River (Children sanitary centre) – Silent Lake Saint-Petersburg January 2008 The Leningrad regional state institution «Information – Tourist Center» - 1 - PROJECT PART-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION Plan 1. Studying the present situation 1.1. Development of water tourism in Leningrad region 1.1.1. General situation 1.1.2. Present infrastructure 1.1.3. Existent routes 1.1.3.1. Camp routes 1.1.3.2. Cruise lines 1.1.3.3. Regular communication 1.1.4. Sail-motor tourism development 1.1.5. Sports fishing in the region 1.1.6. Perspectives for the development of water tourism in Leningrad region 1.2. Investigation of potentially suitable places for water tourism along the route 1.2.1. Description of the rivers 1.2.2. Present recreation areas and parking places on the banks of the Narova River, Rosson River and lake Silent (Vaikne) 1.2.3. Historical places upon the Narova and the Rosson rivers. 1.2.4. History of navigation along the Narova and Rosson Rivers, Silent lake. 1.2.5. Existent mooring constructions along the route 1.2.6. Existent ships on the rivers that. 1.2.7. Approaches to Parking places 1.2.8. Resume concerning apt places for water tourism 1.3. Legal regulations of the development of the route(-s) along the rivers Narova, Rosson and lake Silent 1.3.1. Boundary regime rules. 1.3.2. Rules of the use of ships of small size and constructions for their berthing 1.3.3. -
BR IFIC N° 2654 Index/Indice
BR IFIC N° 2654 Index/Indice International Frequency Information Circular (Terrestrial Services) ITU - Radiocommunication Bureau Circular Internacional de Información sobre Frecuencias (Servicios Terrenales) UIT - Oficina de Radiocomunicaciones Circulaire Internationale d'Information sur les Fréquences (Services de Terre) UIT - Bureau des Radiocommunications Part 1 / Partie 1 / Parte 1 Date/Fecha 06.10.2009 Description of Columns Description des colonnes Descripción de columnas No. Sequential number Numéro séquenciel Número sequencial BR Id. BR identification number Numéro d'identification du BR Número de identificación de la BR Adm Notifying Administration Administration notificatrice Administración notificante 1A [MHz] Assigned frequency [MHz] Fréquence assignée [MHz] Frecuencia asignada [MHz] Name of the location of Nom de l'emplacement de Nombre del emplazamiento de 4A/5A transmitting / receiving station la station d'émission / réception estación transmisora / receptora 4B/5B Geographical area Zone géographique Zona geográfica 4C/5C Geographical coordinates Coordonnées géographiques Coordenadas geográficas 6A Class of station Classe de station Clase de estación Purpose of the notification: Objet de la notification: Propósito de la notificación: Intent ADD-addition MOD-modify ADD-ajouter MOD-modifier ADD-añadir MOD-modificar SUP-suppress W/D-withdraw SUP-supprimer W/D-retirer SUP-suprimir W/D-retirar No. BR Id Adm 1A [MHz] 4A/5A 4B/5B 4C/5C 6A Part Intent 1 109078651 ARG 7233.0000 PICHANAL ARG 64W13'34'' 23S19'09'' FX 1 ADD 2 109078654 -
Projektikohtumise Programm Eestis
Sangaste vald Keeni Põhikool MULTILATERAL COMENIUS SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS „WIR LERNEN TOLERANZ IM EINMÜTIGEN EUROPA!„ (2009-2011) MEETING IN ESTONIA (03th-08th May 2010) PROGRAM Date Time Activities Monday, 03.05 13.55 Arrival at the airport Riga Guests pick up and bus trip Riga –Sangaste: Visiting Barclay de Tolli Mausoleum and Helme Castle Ruins 18.00 -19.15 Dinner at Sangaste Rye Restaurant 19.30 Children to the families, teachers to the Pühajärve Spa & Holiday resort http://www.pyhajarve.com/index.php?Lang=eng Keeni Põhikool 67 012 Keeni Sangaste vald Valgamaa Tel. +372 76 96 225 http://www.keeni.edu.ee E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Sangaste vald Keeni Põhikool Tuesday, 04.05 07.00-7.30 Breakfast in the hotel Valga county 07.30 Departure from the hotel 08.00 Departure from the school to Valga 9.15 Reception of the Valga County head 10.00-11.00 Visit to the Valga orphanage 11.-12.00 Visit to the Museum of Patriotism 12.00-13.00 Lunch in Valga 13.45 Reception in the Sangaste Parish 14.15-15.15 Sangaste wool mill 16.30.-18.00 Tehvandi ski-jump hill; Otepää Adventure Park (long slide) Picnic 18.30 Home from the school: Children to the families, teachers to the Pühajärve Spa & Holiday resort 19.00 Dinner at the hotel and at homes Wednesday, 05.05 07.00-7.30 Breakfast at the hotel Day of cooperation in Keeni school 07.30 Departure from Pühajärve 08.00-8.20 Tour in the school 08.20-9.30 Spring Concert 9.30-10.00 Coffee break 10.00-10.40 Presentation of the homeworks: (students pen-club, poetry corner, visiting an object, which is connected with violence) 11.00-12.30 Workshop: making a picture with our own hands Workshop: writing and practising a runic song 12.30-13.00 Lunch at the school canteen 13.00-14.00 Presenting the runic song; learning and dancing „Kaera-Jaan“ (Estonian folkdance) 14.00-14.30 Coffee break 14.30-16.00 Tour in Keeni, Youth Centre: workshop for students 15.00 Teachers back to Pühajärve, free time and dinner 16.00 Students into the homes, activities with the families and dinner Keeni Põhikool 67 012 Keeni Sangaste vald Valgamaa Tel. -
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