19 October 2015

MPI Scientists at the General Meeting of Yakutian Geographers

 The Yakutia Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS-YRB) held its general meeting in Yakutsk on 14 October 2015. The meeting was attended by 131 Society members and representatives from the Yakutian government, Academy of Sciences, and North-Eastern Federal University. The Chair of the Branch, Grigory Savvinov, reported on the activities during the last five years. In the discussions that followed the delegates highlighted the broad scope of activities undertaken by the Society members in Yakutia. Those who had made significant contribution to dissemination of geographical knowledge and promotion of research in the field of geography and environmental protection were awarded with the RGS-YRB Badge of Merit. Among the awardees was the MPI Director, Dr. Mikhail Zhelezniak. Three MPI members were elected to the new RGS-YRB Council: Rosalia Ivanova as Scientific Secretary, Alexander Fedorov as Head of the Committee on Physical Geography, and Mikhail Zhelezniak will chair the Grants Committee.

  

 

RGO meeting