Scientific publications

According to the Minutes of the 12th Board meeting of the European Green Belt (EGB) Association (Nuremberg, Germany, April 19-20, 2017), one of the main tasks for the nearest future is delineation of EGB boundaries. Earlier, we suggested an ecosystem-based (biogeographical) approach, which focuses on the original aim of GBF establishment -preservation of ecosystems in the border area in their natural state. The first basic principal of this approach is that the boundaries should be drawn along clearly identifiable natural formations. We in Fennoscandia, first of all use rivers and shores of large lakes for drawing these boundaries, because they are numerous and have different orientations. Another two principal items determining the location of the GBF boundary are: 1) distance to the national border should be around 50 km, and 2) protected areas in the immediate vicinity of GBF boundary should be included in GBF

The map showing the main protected areas (PAs) and the GBF boundaries is presented. The Murmansk part of the GBF occupies ca. 400 km and includes the Ainovy Islands cluster of the Kandalakshsky Strict Nature Reserve, Pasvik Strict Nature Reserve, Nature Parks Rybachy and Sredny Peninsulas and Korablekk, Regional Nature Reserves (Zakazniks) Laplandsky Les, Kaita, and Kutsa, and Regional Nature Monuments "Waterfall on the Shuoniyok River", "Biological Group of Spruces (Biological Group of Spruces at the Range Border)", "Siberian Cedar (Siberian Cedar in Nikel Forestry District)", "Lake Komsozero and its Five-hundred-meter Shore Strip", "Nyamozero Cedars" and "Geological-geophysical training ground Shuoni-Kuets", as well as eight planned PAs: Kutsa Nature Park, Regional Reserves (Zakazniks) Pazovsky, "Spruce forests at Lake Alla-Akkajarvi", "Old-growth forests at the national border", Ionn-N'yugoajv Regional Nature Monument or Regional Reserve, and Regional Nature Monuments "Forests at the headwaters of the Malaya Pechenga River", "Bogs at Lake Alla-Akkajarvi", "Forests south-west of Lake Orijarvi (with a buffer zone)".