Concept information
Preferred term
MODIL-NAO
Definition
- Short Title: MODIL-NAO Project URL: http://www.polaryear.no/prosjekter/Modilnao Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=46 MODIL-NAO is cooperation project of a scientific institute and an indigenous peoples' organisations. Cooperation will be on equal terms. Other scientific and monitoring institutions, both through IPY-related and other projects, cooperate as consultants. The project idea was initiated by the Association of Nenets People "Yasavey" of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO, Northwestern Russia), which has in their files documented a rather chaotic development of oil-related activities in the NAO; these activities have severe impacts on nature, reindeer pastures and the socio-economic situation of the indigenous people living in and of the land. Reindeer pastures have been and are continually destroyed and polluted. Numerous violations of Russian environmental law by oil companies seem to occur. To collect and make easily available data on this development, an Internet-based electronic GIS database and explanatory report showing these activities will be created. Data monitoring will use personal observations of "Yasavey" members and other native representatives, questioning of native individuals in selected areas of the NAO, photo documentation, published data, inquiries at oil companies, satellite image surveying, etc. We also discuss cooperation with the Nenets Information and Analytical Center (NIAC) in the NAO. The project is essentially a monitoring project. The GIS database will show the physical and ethno- geography (indigenous settlements and traditional land use areas) of the NAO, as well as all visible and detected impacts derived from hydrocarbon prospecting and production (drilling sites, pipelines, major vehicle track lines, damaged tundra areas, spills, etc.) as an interactive map to the scale of 1:1 mill. Details about the locations will be linked to the map in text and image format. The database will use technical solutions which have been successfully used for other topics at the Norwegian Polar Institute. The accompanying report(s), to be prepared in print and on the Internet (in English and Russian), will discuss the observations in environmental, socio-economic, ethnic and human-security-related contexts. For this purpose, a working group consisting of indigenous representatives from the NAO and international experts on these topics will be formed. The discussion will incorporate experiences from similar activities in indigenous land use areas made in other parts of Russia and North America. Specialists from Canada and the Komi Republic have already indicated their interest in joining the project, while others are still to be addressed. Such a database can be used towards management and authorities as a documentation of illegal actions, and towards oil companies for negotiations on compensation claims. At the same time, the project will train Yasavey's staff in using GIS. The project can also function as a pilot project for other areas in the circumpolar North. Dependent on available funding, the project can be carried out as a one-year's project, or a several years' project in order to monitor annual changes of the situation. The least desirable length would be two years, 2007 and 2008, which would provide an indication of the annual development. (en)
Broader concept
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URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/a851a6ec-8071-49a1-9483-b4d3753e5743
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