OUR Arctic networking: Observing, Understanding, Responding (NPA INTERACT, SecNET, Northern Forum)

This event organized by and Siberian Environmental Change Network SecNet and INTERACT Non-Profit Association. The Networks have long experiences to work in the Arctic and adjoined territories, observing and monitoring changes. The changes affect the people of the Arctic and the global population through feedbacks to climate and changes in biodiversity that, in turn, affect food, fuel, fibre and pharmaceuticals. Observing power is low, despite remote sensing. While remote sensing can detect change, ground-proving and an understanding of causes of change are needed. All actors - researchers, decision-makers, local and indigenous people, need to work together to Observe, Understand and Respond to the multiple and interacting challenges. We present some examples of networking and will try to note the path forward.

Speakers:

• Professor Terry V Callaghan, CMG, Dr., proffesor of Sheffield Uni., UK, Founder, scientific director and President of NPA "International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic"
• Olga Shaduyko, Siberisn Environmental Change Network

Online participants:

• Romanov Andrey, Doctor of science (techniques) , professor, head of the laboratory, Institute for Water and Environmental problems, SB RAS, Barnaul
• Troshkin Dmitriy, PhD (physics and math) , senior researcher, academic secretary, Institute for Water and Environmental problems, SB RAS, Barnaul
• Sergey Kirpotin, Doctor of science (biology), professor, head of the laboratory, Tomsk State University, Tomsk
• Lidia Rakhmanova, PhD, researcher, High School of Economics in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
• Mikhail Okotetto, reindeer herder, head of the Union of the communities of Indigenous Peoples of the North (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), Salekhard
• Niklas Labba, Sámi reindeer herder, Norway
• Lassi Heininen, Professor, Helsinki University, Finland
• Alexandra Lavrillier, Deputy Director for the Arctic - Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines , Paris, France
• Otgonbayar Demberel, PhD, head of the Laboratory , Western Regional Branch, National University of Mongolia, Khovd (visiting researcher at OJERY Institute, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea)
• Munkhnasan Lamchin, Research professor, OJERY Institute of Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
• Hedding David, Senior researcher, University of South Africa, SAR
• Ndivhuho Tshikovhi, Durban University of Technology, SAR
• Luo Ying, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies South China Business College, Polar Issues Research Centre, China
• Rajendra Kumar Isaac, professor, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology, India
• Aiding Kornejady, Golestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Iran
• Ana Flávia Barros-Platiau, University of Brasília, Institute of International Relations
• Diana Bryazgina, anthropologist
• Olga Lukashenko, PhD (economics), Ass.prof., Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, Novosibirsk
• Roosa Rythkoenen, PhD student Manchester University, UK