Fundamental Issues in Geospatial Training for Arctic Environmental Management. An Example of Franco-Russian Cooperation

• Main Authors: Gadal, Sébastien, Zakharov, Moisei
• Other Authors: North-Eastern Federal University, Étude des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace (ESPACE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), RANEPA, FMSH-RBSF OSAMA (development Of an optimal human Security Model for The Arctic)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Russia; France; Human security; Economic development of territories; Geospatial services; Joint Master Program; Geomatic; Environment; Natural resources; [SHS.STAT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Methods and statistics; [INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation; [INFO.INFO-TI]Computer Science [cs]/Image Processing [eess.IV]; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Siberia
• Online Access: https://amu.hal.science/hal-03247181; https://amu.hal.science/hal-03247181/document; https://amu.hal.science/hal-03247181/file/Gadal-Arctic-RANEPA-2021.pdf

International audience The importance, or rather the multiplicity of human security issues in the Russian Arctic is fundamental for the development of this region, whose growing economic significance with environmental problems linked to the adaptation of populations and mobilization of the humans' competencies. The Russian Federation has a significant lead in training and education in the Arctic, however, in some areas such as geomatics, there are significant gaps. This is mainly due to the positioning of geomatics and remote sensing in Russia and to a technical approach to the discipline. The International Franco-Russian Master's Degree in Geomatic and Environment (MIGE), the first Master's Degree in this field in Siberia, responds to this demand: to train specialists in geomatics applied to the management of the Arctic environment and the exploitation of natural resources. Academic cooperation makes sense because of the common issues. The built cooperation is based on the complementarity and cross-mobilization of competencies and knowledge.