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FSC National Risk Assessment
FSC National Risk Assessment for the Russian Federation DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO PROCEDURE FSC-PRO-60-002 V3-0 Version V1-0 Code FSC-NRA-RU National approval National decision body: Coordination Council, Association NRG Date: 04 June 2018 International approval FSC International Center, Performance and Standards Unit Date: 11 December 2018 International contact Name: Tatiana Diukova E-mail address: [email protected] Period of validity Date of approval: 11 December 2018 Valid until: (date of approval + 5 years) Body responsible for NRA FSC Russia, [email protected], [email protected] maintenance FSC-NRA-RU V1-0 NATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2018 – 1 of 78 – Contents Risk designations in finalized risk assessments for the Russian Federation ................................................. 3 1 Background information ........................................................................................................... 4 2 List of experts involved in risk assessment and their contact details ........................................ 6 3 National risk assessment maintenance .................................................................................... 7 4 Complaints and disputes regarding the approved National Risk Assessment ........................... 7 5 List of key stakeholders for consultation ................................................................................... 8 6 List of abbreviations and Russian transliterated terms* used ................................................... 8 7 Risk assessments -
Climate Change in Northern Russia Through the Prism of Public Perception
Climate change in Northern Russia through the prism of public perception Oleg Anisimov & Robert Orttung Ambio A Journal of the Human Environment ISSN 0044-7447 Ambio DOI 10.1007/s13280-018-1096-x 1 23 Your article is protected by copyright and all rights are held exclusively by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. This e-offprint is for personal use only and shall not be self- archived in electronic repositories. If you wish to self-archive your article, please use the accepted manuscript version for posting on your own website. You may further deposit the accepted manuscript version in any repository, provided it is only made publicly available 12 months after official publication or later and provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on Springer's website. The link must be accompanied by the following text: "The final publication is available at link.springer.com”. 1 23 Author's personal copy Ambio https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1096-x RESEARCH ARTICLE Climate change in Northern Russia through the prism of public perception Oleg Anisimov , Robert Orttung Received: 9 February 2018 / Revised: 18 May 2018 / Accepted: 22 August 2018 Abstract This article fills a major hole in the Western INTRODUCTION literature on climate change perceptions by reporting detailed data from Russia. While Northern Russia Extensive Western literature on climate change perceptions demonstrates high rates of climate change, regional among the public shows that there is a complex relation- adaptation policies are yet to be established. ship between the changes that are actually taking place in Complicating the problem, how the Russian public the climate and what individual members of the public perceives climate change remains poorly known. -
The Need for Fast Near-Term Climate Mitigation to Slow Feedbacks and Tipping Points
The Need for Fast Near-Term Climate Mitigation to Slow Feedbacks and Tipping Points Critical Role of Short-lived Super Climate Pollutants in the Climate Emergency Background Note DRAFT: 27 September 2021 Institute for Governance Center for Human Rights and & Sustainable Development (IGSD) Environment (CHRE/CEDHA) Lead authors Durwood Zaelke, Romina Picolotti, Kristin Campbell, & Gabrielle Dreyfus Contributing authors Trina Thorbjornsen, Laura Bloomer, Blake Hite, Kiran Ghosh, & Daniel Taillant Acknowledgements We thank readers for comments that have allowed us to continue to update and improve this note. About the Institute for Governance & About the Center for Human Rights and Sustainable Development (IGSD) Environment (CHRE/CEDHA) IGSD’s mission is to promote just and Originally founded in 1999 in Argentina, the sustainable societies and to protect the Center for Human Rights and Environment environment by advancing the understanding, (CHRE or CEDHA by its Spanish acronym) development, and implementation of effective aims to build a more harmonious relationship and accountable systems of governance for between the environment and people. Its work sustainable development. centers on promoting greater access to justice and to guarantee human rights for victims of As part of its work, IGSD is pursuing “fast- environmental degradation, or due to the non- action” climate mitigation strategies that will sustainable management of natural resources, result in significant reductions of climate and to prevent future violations. To this end, emissions to limit temperature increase and other CHRE fosters the creation of public policy that climate impacts in the near-term. The focus is on promotes inclusive socially and environmentally strategies to reduce non-CO2 climate pollutants, sustainable development, through community protect sinks, and enhance urban albedo with participation, public interest litigation, smart surfaces, as a complement to cuts in CO2. -
ALROSA Finance S.A. Incorporated As a Socie´Te´ Anonyme with Limited Liability in Luxembourg US$300,000,000 8.875 Per Cent
ALROSA Finance S.A. incorporated as a socie´te´ anonyme with limited liability in Luxembourg US$300,000,000 8.875 per cent. Notes due 2014 Unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by ALROSA Company Limited incorporated in the Russian Federation Issue Price: 99.511 per cent. ALROSA Finance S.A. (the ‘‘Issuer’’), a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (‘‘Luxembourg’’) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alrosa Finance B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands, wholly owned by ALROSA Company Limited (‘‘ALROSA Ltd.’’ or the ‘‘Guarantor’’), a closed joint stock company organised under the laws of the Russian Federation (‘‘Russia’’), with the alternate legal name AK ‘‘ALROSA’’ (ZAO), is issuing the US$300,000,000 8.875 per cent. Notes due 2014 (the ‘‘Notes’’). The Issuer and ALROSA Ltd. will enter into a loan agreement to be dated 16 November 2004 (the ‘‘Intercompany Loan’’) pursuant to which the Issuer will lend the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes, equal to US$295,983,000 (after payment of commissions), to ALROSA Ltd., and ALROSA Ltd. will agree to repay an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Notes will mature on 17 November 2014. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrear on 17 May and 17 November of each year, commencing on 17 May 2005, at the rate of 8.875 per cent. per annum. Payments on the Notes will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any taxes imposed by Luxembourg, The Netherlands or Russia, to the extent described under Condition 9 ‘‘Taxation’’ in ‘‘Terms and Conditions of the Notes’’. -
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 321 II International Scientific-Practical Conference "Psychology of Extreme Professions" (ISPCPEP 2019) Subjective Assessment of the Quality of Life of Specialists working in the Arctic Economic Zone in Yakutia Aida Egorova Valentina Davydova Department of Psychology Department of Psychology North-Eastern Federal University North-Eastern Federal University Yakutsk, Russia Yakutsk, Russia [email protected] [email protected] Abstract The article describes the main aspects of the Purpose of the study: is to study the subjective subjective assessment of the quality of life by highly assessment of the quality of life of highly qualified qualified specialists living in the Arctic economic zone of specialists working in the Arctic zone. Yakutia, some differences were revealed in the assessments of the quality of life and factors affecting the II. METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH METHODS subjective satisfaction and psychological well-being of Quality of life is understood as an individual's people in the Western and Eastern economic zones. In assessment of the totality of the conditions of his physical, general, among representatives of the AEZ, the overall mental, social well-being and as the category, which is assessment of the quality of life corresponds to the characterizing the parameters of life potential and living average level. The subjective assessment of the quality of conditions, which includes objective (living standard of a life of specialists working in the Arctic depends on the particular person) and subjective parameters (degree of relationship with people and colleagues around them, on satisfaction of his needs and value structures). There are the nature and content of the work performed, and on demographic, social, psychological, physical, and spiritual- the degree of readiness to work in the Arctic. -
ISSN 2221-2698 Arkhangelsk, Russia DOI 10.17238/Issn2221-2698.2016
ISSN 2221-2698 Arkhangelsk, Russia DOI 10.17238/issn2221-2698.2016.25 Arctic and North. 2016. N 25 2 ISSN 2221-2698 Arctic and North. 2016. N 25. CC BY-SA © Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, 2016 © Editorial board of electronic scientific journal “Arctic and North”, 2016 The journal “Arctic and North” is registered at Roskomnadzor as an internet periodical issued in Russian and English, Registration certificate El № FS77-42809, November 26, 2010; at the system of the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), license contract № 96-04/2011R, April 12, 2011; Scientific Electronic Library "Сyberleninka" (2016); in the catalogs of international databases: Directory of Open Access Journals — DOAJ (2013); Global Serials Directory Ulrichsweb, USA (2013); NSD, Norway (2015); InfoBase Index, India (2015); ERIH PLUS, Norway (2016). The Journal is issued not less than 4 times per year; 25 issues were published in 2011—2016. The Founder — Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk, Russia). Editor-in-Chief — Yury F. Lukin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Honorary Worker of the higher education of the Russian Federation. All journal issues are available free of charge in Russian and English. Rules and regulations on submission, peer reviews, publication and the Declaration of Ethics are available at: http://narfu.ru/aan/rules/ The Journal is devoted to the scientific articles focused on the Arctic and the North relevant for the following professional degrees: 08.00.00 Economics; 22.00.00 Sociology; 23.00.00 Political science; 24.00.00 Culturology. No payments for publication are collected from authors, including students and post-graduate students. -
Chatter Marks
ISSUE 03 Chatter Marks A journal of the Anchorage Museum, dedicated to creative and critical thinking and ideas of past, present and futures for the Circumpolar North. Chatter Marks are a series of often crescent-shaped gauges chipped out of the bedrock as a glacier drags rock fragments underneath it. Present since the last ice age, most of the world’s glaciers are now shrinking or disappearing altogether as the climate gets warmer. As they mark the passage of deep time, our landscapes are also indicators of our tomorrow. Wood bowl, n.d. in this issue Yup’ik or Inupiaq Wood bowl repaired with baleen lashing Collection of the Anchorage Museum, WHY STORIES ABOUT BROKEN-DOWN SNOWMOBILES CAN TEACH 6 1972.005.108a YOU A LOT ABOUT LIFE IN THE ARCTIC TUNDRA / AIMAR VENTSEL Photo: Chris Arend THOUGHTS ON INDIGENUITY / JOAR NANGO AND 10 SILJE FIGENSCHOU THORESEN REPAIR AS ACCOMPANIMENT / AMY MEISSNER 15 MENDING NET / ANNA HOOVER 24 AKIA / SIKU ALLOOLOO 28 A JOURNEY OF NOURISHMENT IN THE NORTH / JENNIFER NU 36 NOTES ON REPAIR / CHRISTINE BYL 41 A RETURN TO WATER: REPAIRING WOODEN BOATS IN THE NORTH 47 / ANDY REYNOLDS THE ACT OF MENDING / ELINE MEDBØE 51 + images, objects, photographs, sketches and drawings from the following collections including: Anchorage Museum, Alaska State Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Museum of the North and Kodiak Historical Society. Also including work from collaborating artists, designers and historical works in the public realm. THE STATE Welcome to the third issue of Chatter Marks. Guest editor: Amy Meissner / Designer: Karen Larsen for the Anchorage Museum OF REPAIR The Anchorage Museum highlights people and place, celebrating connection, 2 co-creation, and imagination. -
Yakutia) December 13/2016 Acad
1 61 8 ЯКУТСКИЙ МЕДИЦИНСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ YAKUT MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC - PRACTICAL JOURNAL OF THE YAKUT SCIENCE CENTRE JOURNAL OF COMPLEX MEDICAL PROBLEMS ISSN 1813-1905 (print) ISSN 2312-1017 (online) 1(61) `2018 ЯКУТСКИЙ МЕДИЦИНСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ The founder The Yakut Science Centre of Complex Medical Problems YAKUT Editor- in- chief Romanova A.N., MD Editorial Board: MEDICAL Deputy Chief Editor and Executive secretary Nikolaev V.P., MD Scientifc editor JOURNAL Platonov F.A. MD Editorial Council: SCIENTIFIC - PRACTICAL JOURNAL Aftanas L.I., MD, Professor, OF THE YAKUT SCIENCE CENTRE OF COMPLEX acad. RAMS (Novosibirsk) MEDICAL PROBLEMS Voevoda M.I., MD, Professor, Corresponding Member RAMS (Novosibirsk) Ivanov P.M., MD, Professor (Yakutsk) Kryubezi Eric, MD, Professor (France) Quarterly Maksimova N.R., MD (Yakutsk) Mironova G.E., Doctor of Biology, Registered by the Offce of the Federal Service on Professor (Yakutsk) supervision in the feld of communications, information Mikhailova E.I., Doctor of Pedagogics, Professor (Yakutsk) technologies and mass communications in the Republic Nikitin Yu.P., MD, Professor, Sakha (Yakutia) December 13/2016 Acad. RAMS (Novosibirsk) Odland John, MD, Professor (Norway) Registration number PI No.ТU 14-00475 Puzyrev V.P., MD, Professor, Acad. RAMS (Tomsk) Subscription index: 78781 Reutio Arya, MD, PhD, Professor (Finland) Fedorova S.A., Doctor of Biology (Yakutsk) Free price Husebek Anne, MD, Professor (Norway) Khusnutdinova E.K., Doctor of Biology, Professor (Ufa) «Yakut Medical Journal» is included in the approved by Editors: the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Chuvashova I.I., Federation List of leading peer-reviewed scientifc Kononova S.l. journals and publications, in which the main scientifc Semenova T.F. -
Benefit Sharing in the Arctic • Maria Tysiachniouk, Andrey N
Benefit Sharing in the Arctic • Maria Tysiachniouk, Andrey N. • Maria Petrov Tysiachniouk, and Violetta Gassiy Benefit Sharing in the Arctic Extractive Industries and Arctic People Edited by Maria Tysiachniouk, Andrey N. Petrov and Violetta Gassiy Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Resources www.mdpi.com/journal/resources Benefit Sharing in the Arctic Benefit Sharing in the Arctic Extractive Industries and Arctic People Special Issue Editors Maria Tysiachniouk Andrey N Petrov Violetta Gassiy MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan • Barcelona • Belgrade • Manchester • Tokyo • Cluj • Tianjin Special Issue Editors Maria Tysiachniouk Andrey N Petrov Centre for Independent Social Research University of Northern Iowa Russia USA Violetta Gassiy Kuban State University Russia Editorial Office MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel, Switzerland This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Resources (ISSN 2079-9276) (available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/resources/special issues/industry people). For citation purposes, cite each article independently as indicated on the article page online and as indicated below: LastName, A.A.; LastName, B.B.; LastName, C.C. Article Title. Journal Name Year, Article Number, Page Range. ISBN 978-3-03936-164-9 (Hbk) ISBN 978-3-03936-165-6 (PDF) Cover image courtesy of Maria Tysiachniouk, Andrey N. Petrov and Violetta Gassiy. c 2020 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. -
Russian Group of Diamond Mining Companies That Occupies a Leading Position in the Industry and Has the Largest Rough Diamond Reserves in the World
2 ALROSA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 ALROSA* is a Russian Group of diamond mining companies that occupies a leading position in the industry and has the largest rough diamond reserves in the world. The Group accounts for one third of the reserves and more than a quarter of the production of the global rough diamonds market. The key areas of activity, comprising the focus of the major strategic efforts of the Group, are deposits exploration, mining, processing and sales of rough diamonds. The core activities of ALROSA Group are concentrated in two regions of the Russian Federation, namely the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Arkhangelsk Region, as well as on the African continent, in Angola, Botswana and Zimbabwe. The majority of ALROSA Group revenue comes from selling rough diamonds. Rough diamonds are sold under long-term agreements to Russian and foreign diamond cutting companies. The rough diamond segment accounts for about 90% of the total Group revenue. *For the purpose of this Annual Report, ALROSA Group means PJSC ALROSA and its subsidiaries. 2 CONTENT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ROLE AND PRINCIPLES 87 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE 6 ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 128 SUPERVISORY BOARD CONTROL SYSTEM 8 132 ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION PROTECTION OF INSIDER INFORMATION 12 2015 KEY EVENTS 133 FOR SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTORS 1 3 STRATEGIC OVERVIEW CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 18 ABOUT THE COMPANY 142 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND 21 RELATIONS WITH INTERESTED PARTIES COMPANY POSITION IN THE INDUSTRY 145 22 HR AND HR POLICY -
Buy Alrosa 10 August 2012 Coverage Change Emerging Europe Russian Federation Price at 9 Aug 2012 (RUB) 25.15 Metals & Mining Price Target (RUB) 40.00
Deutsche Bank Markets Research Rating Company Date Buy Alrosa 10 August 2012 Coverage Change Emerging Europe Russian Federation Price at 9 Aug 2012 (RUB) 25.15 Metals & Mining Price Target (RUB) 40.00 Reuters Bloomberg Exchange Ticker 52-week range (RUB) 76.44 - 22.40 ALRS.MM ALRS RX MSE ALRS A diamond in the rough; initiating Erik Danemar Research Analyst with a Buy (+7) 495 933 92 19 [email protected] Pureplay leverage to diamond market; initiating with a Buy We initiate coverage on Alrosa with a Buy recommendation and a George Buzhenitsa RUR40/share target price, offering almost 60% upside potential. We see Alrosa Research Analyst trading at 0.63x our DCF estimate or 4.4x and 5.5x our 2012F EV/EBITDA and (+7) 495 933-9221 P/E, implying a 17%/40%/35% discount to diversified miners/gold/diamond [email protected] companies. Alrosa boasted 47% EBITDA margin in 2011 with an improved financial position and paid a 28% dividend on its IFRS results. With an optimistic outlook on diamond prices, we believe Alrosa can deliver further Price/price relative improvements. While the stock may retain a meaningful liquidity discount until IPO plans are clarified, we believe there is upside for the patient investor. 90 75 Carat: the world’s biggest producer (by vol) with the world’s biggest reserves 60 With 34.5mnct or about 25% of global output in 2011, Alrosa is the world’s 45 largest diamond miner (by vol). Over 2011-21F, Alrosa plans to further expand 30 production by 18% to 40mctpa. -
Ethnocultutal Identity of the Indigenous People of the Arctic (A Case Study of Anabar District in Yakutia)
SHS Web of Conferences 112, 00014 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202111200014 Northern Sustainable Development Forum 2020 Ethnocultutal identity of the indigenous people of the Arctic (a case study of Anabar district in Yakutia) Viktoriya Filippova1,*, Liliya Vinokurova1, Yana Sannikova1, Natalya Zakharova1, and Akulina Mestnikova2 1 Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North, Siberian branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, #1 Petrovskogo str., Yakutsk, 677027, Russia 2 Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “Churapcha state institute of physical education and sports”, #2а Sportivnaya str., Churapcha, 678670, Russia Abstract. The article presents the preliminary results of a comprehensive study on the social anthropology of the cultural landscape of the Khatango-Anabar region as an integral historical and cultural space, formed as a result of the interaction of man and nature, local ethnic communities and social institutions. The purpose of the article is to study the regional ethno-cultural identification of the population living in one of the Arctic regions of Yakutia - Anabar. The field research, including interviews, a sociological survey, and a psycholinguistic experiment revealed indicators for determining the ethnocultural identity. Three main criteria of ethnocultural identity of residents of Anabar district were identified. These are territorial, cultural and linguistic ones. It was found that the unifying indicator of the population living in this area is regional identity as Anabarians. 1 Introduction September 2020, sociological survey and psycholinguistic experiment results. The ethnocultural diversity of the Russian population is studied within various social humanitarian disciplines. Despite a significant number of Russian and foreign 2 About Anabar district publications, most of the works are aimed at studying Russian identity; issues of regional and local identity 2.1 Landscape remain outside the scope of research [1].