PERMAFROST PROTECTION
Ecophone Enironmental Protection Fund's Project
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
Permafrost stores a significant amount of organic matter - the remains of plants and animals “preserved” by the cold. It is a source of carbon and methane, two active greenhouse gases. The Arctic contains almost a third of the Earth's soil carbon! According to estimates for 2020, permafrost holds 2.5 times more carbon than the planet's atmosphere. The loss of permafrost could radically alter the water and carbon cycle, irreversibly accelerating climate change.
project
Experts of the Environmental Protection Fund - Ecophone participated in the preparation of the draft Federal Law “On the Protection of Permafrost and Regulation of Economic Activities in Permafrost Zones”.
Draft law on the protection of permafrost
- The law will ensure social stability.
- The law will ensure environmental safety in the implementation of state plans for the development of the Arctic.
- The law will provide legal regulation of the State System for monitoring permafrost and forecasting changes in its condition.
- The law will create conditions for the development of technical solutions for the adaptation of industrial and social infrastructure to changes in the state of permafrost.
Non-Permafrost
Permafrost thawing is one of the major climatic hazards for the entire planet.
In recent years this process has literally been taking place before our eyes. It has a number of extremely negative consequences. In addition to the destruction of infrastructure, degradation of ecosystems and animal habitats, melting permafrost emits methane, a greenhouse gas that worsens climate change.
The issue will not vanish by itself. Countries of the world can solve the problem only by joining their efforts. There is a chance that Russia can take a leading position in permafrost conservation and study in the interests of all mankind.
In recent years this process has literally been taking place before our eyes. It has a number of extremely negative consequences. In addition to the destruction of infrastructure, degradation of ecosystems and animal habitats, melting permafrost emits methane, a greenhouse gas that worsens climate change.
The issue will not vanish by itself. Countries of the world can solve the problem only by joining their efforts. There is a chance that Russia can take a leading position in permafrost conservation and study in the interests of all mankind.
Non-Permafrost
A film by Environmental protection fund - Ecophone describing the role of permafrost thawing in the course of global climate change