Scientific publications

This volume is the sixth in the series of popular science books published by the Nortern Water Problems (NWPI) of Karelian Research Centre in the frame of the Scientific-Educational Centre “Waters of Karelia and Methods for Their Research” activity. It is arranged as a collection of materials made up of three sections. Learning is based on knowledge, namely on the information derived from scientific research and data analysis. Therefore, section one tells about the results of the studies carried out by NWPI researchers.
The second section presents the proceedings of the international seminar "Baltic University Programme Teacher Training in Education for Sustainable Development for Russian-speaking university teachers" in the Russian and English languages. One of the main aims of the event has been to encourage school teachers, university professors and other educationalists to seek for up-to-date information on sustainable development and nature protection, also from international sources available in the English language only.
Section three is the proceedings of the 1st Regional Seminar “Connecting Education and Science in Training” presented in the form of articles and abstracts produced by young scientists – students of the Petrozavodsk State University, Karelian State Pedagogical Academy, St. Petersburg State University.
The example of the international co-operation of students prepared on the Baltic University Program is presented at the end of the publication.
It is our hope the book will be of use to university students, school teachers and pupils, as well as to decision-makers, and all people interested in the environment, helping them get actively involved in education for sustainable development and consciously begin to act for the environment, including conservation and sustainable use of water resources.