Europe & North America

Estonia

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Estonia's interest in earth sciences goes back many decades. It participates in earth science projects that run the gamut from the study of the Devonian ecosystem to Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography, palaeogeography and climate.

The transboundary Lake Peipsi-Chudskoe Basin, which Estonia shares with the Russian Federation, is the subject of several UNESCO projects. Estonia and the Russian Federation have been providing concrete case study examples from this basin to the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) since its inception in 2000.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector. 

Freshwater

- Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy programme (HELP) project in the Lake Peipsi-Chudskoe basin (Estonia/Russian Federation) More

- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe-Pskovskoe basin case study (Estonia/Russian Federation) More

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

Earth Sciences

- The role of Holocene environmental catastrophes in human history (IGCP, Project 490)

- Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography, palaeogeography and climate (IGCP, Project 491)

- Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions (IGCP, Project 495)

- Devonian land-sea interaction: evolution of ecosystems and climate (IGCP, Project 497-499)

- Ordovician palaeogeography and palaeoclimate (IGCP, Project 503) 

- Global correlation of A-type granites and related rocks, their mineralization, and significance in lithospheric evolution (IGCP, Project 510)

Sciences Policy and Sustainable Development

- Establishing Science and Technology Parks More