WATER RESOURCES OF THE ARCTIC REGION – INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, STATE OF THE TERRITORY, FACTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
This article is devoted to the analysis and generalization of the current state of water resources in the Arctic region of the Russian Federation – the Murmansk region and the border territories of Scandinavia. This state is viewed as a result of environmental policy and a factor of economic development. Theoretical and scientific-practical issues of the interrelationship of exploitation of the resources of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation with the goals of ecology are considered. They are aimed at minimizing the consequences of anthropogenic influences, ensuring the high quality of life of the population, including due to the high quality of the environment. The conceptual orientation of the policy in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation to preserve the environment is confirmed. Data are presented for the Arctic region (Murmansk region), which indicate the intensification of the pollution problem, despite significant resources aimed at eliminating the problem. A conclusion is made on the need to revise the concept of the development of the modern society. The movement to the new Knowledge Society is possible only within the framework of new views on the possibilities of ensuring sustainable development. It is noted that every enterprise that exploits Arctic resources should be considered as a component of a single ecosystem. The possibilities of forming an objective basis for changes that approximate the Society to realize the ideas of the noospheric mind are determined.