Nordgold film “Soil”, created with the assistance of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, received first place in the category “Best Popular Science Film” at the V International Festival of Short Documentary Films about the Mining Industry MineMovie-2023, organized by the MINEX Mining Forum and the First Geological Channel.
“Soil” is a short popular science film dedicated to protecting nature. The film tells about the thinnest, but most fertile layer of the earth - soil. Scientists from the Institute of Ecology and Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences popularly explain why we owe the abundance of food to underground inhabitants, whether a mushroom can grow the size of a small country, why it is extremely important for people to take care of the soil and its inhabitants, how fragile this ecosystem is and how easy it is to disturb it.
“If we compare the total mass of all vertebrate animals that live on one hectare of land, then they will be approximately 100 times less than the total mass of soil animals that live on the same hectare,” says Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Deputy Director in the film in science from the IEE RAS Konstantin Gongalsky.
Candidate of Biological Sciences Daniil Korobushkin participated in the preparation and implementation of the film script. He talks about how 93% of our potential food comes from the soil. Therefore, if we pollute the soil, it directly affects our nutrition. At the same time, restoring the soil to 100% is very difficult, and sometimes even impossible.
Nordgold places a high priority on environmental issues, striving to minimize the impact of production on surrounding ecosystems. The company is continuously improving its environmental management system (EMS), which implements a consistent and holistic approach to ensuring environmental safety in all areas where it operates. In particular, Nordgold actively and fruitfully cooperates with IEE RAS in the field of protection and conservation of biological diversity.