Scientific publications

The textbook «Study of water objects and spatial natural complexes of Karelia» has been prepared to popularize the ideas of various research projects and gathering of reliable data on the status of water objects and spatial natural complexes with view to their conservation and sustainable management.
The textbook continues the series of popular science books published by the Northern Water Problems Institute (NWPI) earlier:
Ecological research of Karelian natural waters. Petrozavodsk: KRC of RAS, 1999. 107 p.
The water environment of Karelia: research, management and conservation. Petrozavodsk: NWPI, KRC of
RAS, 2003. 142 p.
Environmental education: from theory to practice. Petrozavodsk: KRC of RAS, 2004. 134 p.
The book, prepared by researchers from the Northern Water Problems Institute of the Karelian Research Centre and the Karelian State Pedagogical University, is structured into two sections – a practical and a theoretical ones, which complement each other and help perceive scientific research as a holistic process, from planning, organization and implementation using up-to-date techniques and tools to analysis of the information gathered and its articulate presentation.
The authors and editors have the hope that the materials included in the book will help university students, high school teachers and pupils, as well as decision-makers and all people of Republic of Karelia interested in the environmental situation adopt an active stance in life to strive for conservation and sustainable use of waters and natural complexes of Karelia.