10th meeting of Environmental Ministers

Umeå, Sweden, 8-9 November 2011 

L-R: Audun Garberg (NOR), Ville Ninistö (FIN), Anna Prakhova
(Indigenous Peoples' representative), Lena Ek (SWE) and
Rinat Gizatulin (RUS)

Declaration 
Program and Agenda 
Participants 
Article Barentsobserver

Reports of the work in 2010-2011: 

• Working Group on Environment (WGE), Presentation by Caroline Dickson  
• Regional Working Group on Environment (RWGE), Presentation by Mattias Lindgren 
• Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO), Financing environmentally sustainable solutions in the Barents Region, Presentation by Magnus Rystedt 
• BEAC Working Group on Environment (WGE) and Regional Working Group on Environment (RWGE): Final report 2010-2011 
• WGE Subgroup on Cleaner Production and Environmentally Sound Consumption: Final report 2010-2011 
• WGE Subgroup on Nature Protection: Final report 2010-2011 
• WGE Subgroup on Hot Spots Exclusion: Final report 2010-2011 
• WGE Subgroup on Water Issues: Final report 2010-2011 

The Barents Environmental Hot Spots: 

• The temporary Subgroup on Hot Spots Exclusion Background document 
• Work and achievements of the WGE Subgroup on Hot Spot Exclusion and the regions, Presentation by Åke Mikaelsson 
• Waste of woodworking and pulp-and-paper industries, Komi Republic, Presentation by Anton Lelekov 

Barents Protected Area Network (BPAN):

• BPAN Background document 
• BPAN Presentation by Olle Höjer 
• BPAN Information brochure 

Seminar 9 November: Climate change and energy saving in the Barents region, Programme  

Seminar part 1: 

• Avec Group, Presentation by Erik Sollen 
• Regional cooperation in creating sustainable cities, Presentation by Ivan Skrynikov and Ragnhild Svonni 
• NEFCO perspective on future work to be done, Presentation by Henrik Forsström 

 Seminar part 2: 

• Effects of culture climate change on biodiversity in the Barents region, Presentation by Anoushka Hof and Roland Jansson