Sergei Shestakov
Director of the Lapland Nature Reserve
This is where the Lapland Biosphere Reserve – one of the 800 biosphere reserves operating under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere programme – was established. The aim was to find options for sustainable development and preserve biodiversity. Sergei Shestakov shares his experience on how fulfilling key objectives of the biosphere reserve can lay the basis for sustainable development of the region.
The article below tells about the problems and objectives of nature reserves and role of the business community in attaining those objectives:
- Dmitry BogdanovVice President of the RSPP Business School, head of acceleration programmes
- Natalya PolikarpovaDirector of the Pasvik Nature Reserve
- Aleksey KnizhnikovBusiness Environmental Responsibility Expert at the Nature & People Foundation