Publications on Hot Spots Environmental Co-operation
2020
Read about the results of the Hot Spots Exclusion work under the Swedish Chairmanship of the BEAC Working Group on Environment in 2018-2020. Hot Spots Fact Sheet 2020
In February 2020, two pilot Hot Spots followed the Full Track Exclusion Procedure and were excluded from the Barents List: Ko3-2 Mondi Syktyvkar Pulp and Paper Mill (wastewater discharge), located in the Komi Republic, and K5 Sewage treatment in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia. Watch the videos produced by the Hot Spots owners - Mondi Syktyvkar JSC and Petrozavodsk Communal Systems - Vodokanal JSC - on environmental improvements at both installations:
Ko3-2: "Frankly about Mondi. Part 1. 19 November 2019" by Yurgan TV, Komi
K5: "Clean Water. Reconstruction of the Sewage treatment facility in Petrozavodsk" by PKS-Vodokanal JSC
2017
Read about the results of the Hot Spots Exclusion work under the Norwegian Chairmanship of the BEAC Working Group on Environment in 2016-2017. Hot Spots Fact Sheet 2017
2013
In 2013, NEFCO, together with the Finnish Ministry of
the Environment and the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, released a
publication Hot Spots - Tackling environmental challenges in the Barents Region. (11/2013)