ИСТИНА

The Northern Socially-oriented Observation Network (NOSON) was launched in the taiga-tundra interface zone by the IPY PPS Arctic cluster during the International Polar Year 2007-2008 and supported by the Research Council of Norway, as well as Russian Academy of Sciences. The main objective of Socially-oriented Observations (SOO) is to increase knowledge and intensify observation of changes in living conditions (state of natural environment including climate and biota, safe drinking water and foods, well-being, employment, social relations, access to health care and high quality education, etc.) as well as to reveal trends in human resources and capacities (health, demography, education, creativity, spiritual-cultural characteristics and diversity, participation in decision making, etc.).