Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov met with the volunteers of the Clean Arctic project, who will clean up the Yeniseу River coastline and the Pshenichny Creek coastal strip in the town of Dudinka, as well as the Dolgoe Lake coastline in the town of Norilsk. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, the Krasnoyarsk Territory became the first region to host 33 volunteers that united under the Clean Arctic project.
“Cleaning up the Arctic is perhaps one of the most difficult environmental problems in modern Russia. Over the years of intensive development of the Arctic region, a huge amount of waste has accumulated. Cleaning up the garbage is a big state task that is everyone’s concern. The uniqueness of the Clean Arctic project is that it is a public initiative. The project brought together ecologists, volunteers, scientists, business representatives and residents of the Arctic regions. Only together we will be able to bring this global project to its conclusion,” said Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia.
The goal of the project is to create a unified program for cleaning up the Arctic territories. The program was launched with the support of the All-Russian public organization "Green Patrol" and the All-Russian Popular Front.
"Clean Arctic" started on July 11 with a «subbotnik» in Norilsk, and on August 2, the first group of volunteers flew to the Arctic zone of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Three shifts of volunteers will visit the Norilsk industrial region until September 25.
The Clean Arctic project will take place in 9 Arctic regions. Volunteers are already cleaning up the Yamalo-Nenets District and the Arkhangelsk Region. This week the groups will advance to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the Komi Republics, Karelia and Yakutia. The next will be the Murmansk region and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
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