In fact, RNPLS&T has been acquiring literature in ecology since its establishment in 1958.
The subjects of “ecology’, “nature management”, “environmental protection”, “natural resources", "sustainable development” receive wide coverage in publications in technology and natural sciences.
Since 2003, RNPLS&T, in cooperation with other organizations, has been building the single ecological information data bank of Russian and the CIS libraries. Please review the information resources of RNPLS&T’s partner libraries at "The libraries’ Green Pages". The section Russian regions is updated on the regular basis and comprises materials on ecological situation in Russian Federation entities and links to the information resources in regional ecology.
The RNPLS&T’s Group of Ecology and Sustainable Development Projects organizes thematic exhibitions and displays, workshops, library lessons and other events. Within the annual World Professional Forum “Crimea” (before 2014, “Crimea” International Conference), the section on ecology information support and ecological education of population, and since 2018, the International Conference in Ecology are held. The problems of ecology and sustainable development also get coverage at LIBCOM Conference. The reviews of the events are available through the Library’s website.
On March 9. 2021 the webinar «Public library work meets sustainable development» was held by OCLC Global Council. The webinar was held in a form of panel discusion via Webex Meet. Workers of International Relations Department and Group of Ecology and Sustainable Development Projects participated in the event as listeners.
On February 9. 2021 the webinar «Academiclibraryworkmeetssustainabledevelopmentю Sustainable development and libraries: Global goals, collective action» was held by OCLC Global Council. The webinar was held in a form of panel discusion via Webex Meet. Workers of International Relations Department and Group of Ecology and Sustainable Development Projects participated in the event as listeners.
Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology and V.I. Vernadsky Nongovernmental Ecological Foundation announce International Contest “Sustainable Development Goals Calendar: preservation of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”. The Contest will be held from February 1st to May 30th 2021.
According to the Meteorological Observatory of the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University, 2020 has become the hottest year in the history of observations in Moscow - since at least 1780. The average annual air temperature in Moscow in the outgoing year for the first time exceeded the mark of eight degrees, amounting to +8.1 ºС. Until now, the warmest year in the capital was the previous year 2019 with an average annual air temperature of +7.8 ºС.
No. 1 (203) of the International Environmental Digest GREEN BELARUS of the Environmental Information Center "Eco-Info" of the Central Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has been released.