InterConsult Group ASA Key Persons Jiri(George) Lev M.Sc., Geophysicist, principal consultant; vast experience in world wide project management in ground and airborne geophysics, expert in quality control of airborne geophysical surveys, software application and large data sets processing and evaluation; (30 reports and publications), responsible for WP5 Oddmund Soldal Dr.Sc. Engineering Geologist; senior consultant and IC project manager, expert in hydrogeology engaged in projects in Angola, Ecuador, Lithuania, Macedonia and in Turkey, since 1994 with ICG, main activities refer to marine/coastal pollution, soil contamination and hydrogeology(45 reports and publications); responsible for WP4 and relevant WP-manager Arve Misund M.Sc; Hydrogeologist, comprehensive experience as project manager in a national hazardous waste project including creation of national databases; (55 reports and publications), responsible for WP3 Relevant publications: - Chekushin, V.A., Bogatyrev, I.V., Finne, T.E., Misund, A., Niskavaara, H. Pavlov, V.A., Volden, T. & Äyräs, M. (1993): Report on Joint Ecogeochemical Mapping and Monitoring in the Scale of 1:1 Million in the West Murmansk Region and the Contiguous Areas of Finland and Norway. NGU- Trondheim. - Vaisanen, U., Misund, A. & Chekushin, V.(1998): Ecogeochemical Investigation: Stream Quality as an Indicator of Pollution in the Border Areas of Finland, Norway and Russia. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 104: 205-219. - InterConsult International, (2000): Feasibility Study, Trinational Project for the Sustainable Development of the Rio Lempa Upper Watershed, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador. Subcontractor's Key Persons Vyacheslav Nikonov D.Sc., Biologist, Head of the laboratory of terrestrial ecosystems ecology T. D. Makarova Ph.D., Geographer, Head of the Laboratory of ecological and geographical research Relevant research activities are related to ecological-geographical aspects of assessment and prediction of anthropogenic change of environment, landscape - geochemical investigations, sulphur and heavy metals transport and deposition in the environment, ecological mapping on the base of terrestrial and satellite data Relevant publications: - Kryuchkov V. V., Makarova T. D.(1989): Airborne industrial impact on the Kola North ecosystems: KSC RAS. Apatity, 96 p. - Map 1: 1 000 000 (in Russian and English) (1996): "Natural environment of the Murmansk region under conditions of industrial pollution". Moscow. - Baklanov A., Makarova T., Nazarenko L. (1997): GIS Application in the Arctic Environment. Geographic Information Research. Bridging the Atlantic. European Science Foundation and National Science Foundation. - USA. Bristol. - Kashulina G., Reimann C., Finne T.E. et. al.(1997): The State of the ecosystems in the Central Barents Region: scale, factors and mechanism of disturbance: The Science of the Total Environment. - Smirnov D. Y., et. Al (1997): Conservation of nature, cultural heritage and ecotourism - strategy elements in development of the Barents Euro-Arctic region (Russian part). Petrozavodsk. - Ecologic-geographical problems of the Kola North - collected articles: KSCRAS. Apatity, 1999. - Atlas of maps "Ecological atlas of the Murmansk region". Moscow-Murmansk, 1999. http://alphais.inep.ksc.ru/inst/ksclink.htm