The ministry is drafting a law on single system of permafrost monitoring to cover the entire Arctic zone and the Far East, said State Secretary and Deputy Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Anton Basansky at the Eastern Economic Forum.

He reminded the audience that permafrost is present in the 65 percent of Russia’s territory, which is monitored by only five regional centers: in Yakutia, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Republic of Altai and the Arkhangelsk Region.

“We suggest expanding it throughout the Arctic and the Far East to obtain unique data to be collected in one center,“ he resumed.