14-10-05
Russian and Norwegian environmental youth organizations have united to
protect the Barents Sea.
"Activists of Etas [Arkhangelsk region], Nature and Youth [Murmansk region] and
Natur Og Ungdom [Norway] are concerned about the outlook of oil and gas
production in the Russian and Norwegian parts of the Barents Sea, which has led
them to sign a Concept for Joint Actions and demand a solution to environmental
problems related to oil and gas complex's activity in the Barents Euro-Arctic
region," the Bellona international environmental organization told.
The activists want the prospecting and development of new offshore oil and
gas fields in the Barents Sea to be banned.
The activists also signed an appeal to the Norwegian leadership, in which they
propose establishing oil and gas production free zones in the Barents Sea.
Source: Interfax