The lecture by Petr Malkov “Role of protected areas in the conservation of local and global biodiversity (case of the Katunskyi Biosphere Reserve)” on September 28, 2021 was met with great interest and gathered listeners not only from universities, but also representatives of several protected areas. It was conducted within The ACT! webinar series that also makes for the MOOC of SDGs for Arctic and mountain sustainability.

On September 20-23, 2021, the project team of SFU and RSHU participated in the offline meeting within the framework of SUNRAISE project «Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in the Arctic and High Mountainous Areas» in Russian State Hydrometeorological University (Saint-Petersburg, Russia).

The lecture “Development of green economy models in real life socio-economic conditions” by Raisa Adarina attracted the attention of more than 70 participants, including those who watched it on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWOsyHFFvaAdxFYzBEMtcQ). It was conducted within The ACT! webinar series that also makes for the MOOC of SDGs for Arctic and mountain sustainability.

The representatives of Russian State Hydrometeorological University Tatiana Bikezina, Vice-Rector for Economic Affairs, and Anna Timofeeva, Director of the Institute of Continuing Education, paid a working visit to Gorno-Altaisk State University on September 06-11, 2021 within the framework of the SUNRAISE project. Colleagues from St. Petersburg met with the representatives of GASU administration, got acquainted with the directions of training and scientific work of three faculties - Natural Sciences and Geography, Economics and Law, and Altaic and Turkic Studies, were introduced to the university’s system of further education, and visited its museum complex and laboratories.

On September 14, 2021 the lecture by Alexander Evdokimov, PhD, Professor of the Saint-Petersburg Mining University on “Svalbard Archipelago as a case for the international cooperation over sustainable Arctic” was held within the SUNRAISE/ACT! webinar series to show how the sustainability of Svalbard Archipelago is maintained by Norway and High Contracting Parties according to the Treaty signed in Paris on February 09, 1920.