Over the past few years, the Karelian Research Center RAS has been an active participant of the International Forum “Ecology of Big City”. Scientists from Karelia act as speakers in congress programs and as panelists in various sessions of the forum. The current forum was no exception.
Leader of the Karelian Research Center RAS, Corresponding Academician Olga Bakhmet gave a talk “Experience of science in creating and developing protected areas: the Republic of Karelia case” at the Forum session on the topic of creating protected areas. She also acted as an expert in the sessions on climate change and national climate monitoring.
The Ecology of Big City Forum is rightfully considered one of the key congress and exhibition events in Russia in the field of environmental protection and sustainable nature management. It was first held back in 2001. This year, as the organizers report, the 19th Forum gathered about 3500 specialists from 10 countries, 145 cities and 62 regions of the Russian Federation.
Traditionally, the forum is held with the support and participation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the State Duma, Roszapovedtsentr, and the Government of St. Petersburg. The goal declared by the organizers of the forum is to promote and implement in Russia the innovative environmental protection equipment and techniques contributing to the conservation of natural resources, enhancement of environmental safety and improvement of the quality of life of the population of big cities.
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March 18, 2025
The experience of scientists of the Karelian Research Center RAS in the establishment and development of protected areas in the Republic of Karelia was highly appraised at the International Forum “Ecology of Big City”, which closed in St. Petersburg on March 14.
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April 28, 2025
Karelian biologists ran successful trials of a technique for detecting fish infection with helminths based on traces of their DNA in water
Specialists of the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS were the first in the republic to test the method of environmental DNA analysis (eDNA) to detect a model fish parasite in an area impacted by trout farms. This is especially important in the context of a growing number of fish farms that use the practice of transporting stock (fry) from between water bodies, which creates a risk of new parasites appearing in lakes. Currently, fish have to be captured and examined to detect an infection, and for the output to be accurate the sample should be at least 15 fish. This may be problematic in the wild and costly in cage facilities. The eDNA diagnosis system can detect the presence of parasites directly in water samples.
Specialists of the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS were the first in the republic to test the method of environmental DNA analysis (eDNA) to detect a model fish parasite in an area impacted by trout farms. This is especially important in the context of a growing number of fish farms that use the practice of transporting stock (fry) from between water bodies, which creates a risk of new parasites appearing in lakes. Currently, fish have to be captured and examined to detect an infection, and for the output to be accurate the sample should be at least 15 fish. This may be problematic in the wild and costly in cage facilities. The eDNA diagnosis system can detect the presence of parasites directly in water samples.