Monitoring of permafrost is strategically important, according to the first deputy head of the SF Committee on Economic Policy Ivan Abramov. In an interview with the Parliamentary Newspaper, the senator shared his opinion on the draft law of the Cabinet of Ministers, according to which it is planned to create a system for monitoring long—term (permafrost) on the basis of Roshydromet – it is proposed to make appropriate amendments to the law “On Environmental Protection”.
According to the authors of the document, permafrost occupies 65% of the country’s area. And the issues of the state of infrastructure, prevention of accidents due to global warming in permafrost areas are becoming more and more relevant.
According to the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov, there are hundreds of cities and villages in the Russian Arctic zone, in which about three million people live, and all of them should feel safe.
According to the draft law of the Cabinet of Ministers, methods and technologies for monitoring the state of permafrost in the Arctic will be developed and tested, and background state monitoring will be organized throughout the cryolithozone of the Russian Federation.
The idea was supported in the Federation Council. Senator Ivan Abramov believes that this work is very important, and the bill is extremely relevant.
Source: Senate Inform
