How the Krasnoyarsk Territory intends to prosper on permafrost

Abstract: At the end of June, the Russian government approved the Regulation on state background monitoring of permafrost. The collection of information and compilation of permafrost maps are organized on the basis of the observation network of the Federal Hydrometereology and Environmental Monitoring Service. Specialists whose work is related to the cryolithozone have long discussed the need for constant monitoring of the cryolithozone at the state level, as it was in Soviet times. Maps made in the 1970s are still used, although much is no longer relevant in them. Last time the maps were updated in 1990. Permafrost in different regions of Russia is different. It can be different even under neighboring structures. This means that professional experience exchange is required, but there will be no universal recipes. This is discussed at every theoretical and practical event. Shortly before the approval of the above-mentioned regulation, the “Mingeo Siberia” two-day international mining and geological forum was held in Krasnoyarsk. In this article, we will talk about the issues discussed at one of its plenary sessions called “Cryolithozone and geocryological studies during exploration and development of deposits; construction of enterprises and monitoring of permafrost grounds”. The discussion at this session was about the Krasnoyarsk Territory peculiarities, observations of permafrost, personnel training, innovations and cooperation between business and science.

Keywords: permafrost: permafrost degradation; monitoring; Krasnoyarsk Territory; personnel problem; permafrost experts; targeted training; information exchange.