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15 April 2010 The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic State Assembly (Il Tumen) during the XVI Plenary Session issued the Social Impact Assessment ("Ethnological Examination") Law. Expert review procedures should be obligatory undertaken before any infrastructure projects or other development interventions which could affect territories of traditional residence and traditional economic activities of indigenous peoples of the North. 

The new law was adopted to prevent and minimize the potential negative impacts of proposed economic and other activities to the original environment, traditional lifestyle and livelihood, socio-economic and cultural development of the indigenous peoples of Yakutia.

Ethnological examination is defined as the scientific study of small peoples original environment and socio-cultural situation change impact on the development of the ethnic group.

EthnoExpert Co. Scientific Director Konstantin B. Klokov participated in the 2010 State of the Arctic Conference: "At the Forefront of Global Change", held 16-19 March 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Miami in Miami, Florida, USA.

The main goal of the conference was to review the understanding of the arctic system in a time of rapid environmental change. On the conference sessions discussions of future research directions aimed toward a better understanding of the arctic system and its trajectory took place. Topics ranged from basic understanding of the Arctic and system-wide change to developing response strategies to adapt and mitigate change. 

This international scientific forum gathered more than 200 leading researchers from 17 countries.

Konstantin B. Klokov presentation abstract "Responses of Human-Rangifer Systems to the Fall of the Soviet Union".

11-13 March 2010 EthnoExpert company specialists participated in the conference "VII-th Ushakovskie Chteniya" in Murmansk devoted to the ethnographic, cultural and historical studies on the Russian North. The conference was organized by leading scientific and educational centers of the region: Murmansk State Pedagogical University, State Archives of the Murmansk region, Murmansk Regional Museum and Murmansk State Regional Universal Scientific Library.

During the conference plenary and three special sessions were organized - "The Spiritual Life of the Russian North", "Euro-Arctic Region: History and Modernity", "Local history in literature, history and education". Several presentations were made by the international researchers: Ivar Berklund, Yulian Konstantinov, Vladislava Vladimirova (University of Tromso, Norway) and Veronika Simonova, Vladimir Davydov (University of Aberdeen, UK).

EthnoExpert Co. Ltd. announces European Representative Office opening in Riga (Latvia). Representative office staff will be responsible for liaison with European partners, company international projects development, business meetings, seminars and forums organization and administration.

In the scope of the Russian-European cooperation in energy and oil&gas sector, researches and services for the protection of historical and cultural heritage, environmental and social impact assessment procedures require international experts collaboration. EthnoExpert Company specialists for several years have been cooperating with Scientific Research and University Centers of Northern Europe. With the successful development of transport and IT infrastructure of Riga the Representative Office opening will provide more efficient management and coordination of company international projects.