An international conference on "Research and sustainable development of forest types" was held
On June 17-19, 2025, an international conference called "Research and sustainable development of forest types" was held at the AR ETN Botany Institute under the joint organization of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Institute of Botany of the State Agency for Science and Higher Education and Nakhchivan State University.
A number of state representatives, local and foreign (Hungary, Pakistan, China, Turkey, Iran, etc.) scientists, specialists participated in the opening ceremony of the event.
is to determine the role of forests in making In his report on the forest cover of Azerbaijan, the professor discussed the total area of forests, the impact of anthropogenic influences and climate changes on forest ecosystems, as well as the destruction of the forest fund of Karabakh as a result of fires caused during the occupation, etc. stressed the problems.
Then Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan Vugar Karimov, Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Vice-President of ANAS, Academician Irada Huseynova, General Director of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhang Yuanming, founder and president of BCAA, Director of the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the HUN-REN Ecological Research Center of Hungary, Professor Péter Ódor, Muhammad Zafar, Professor of Plant Sciences Chair of Quaid-i-Azam University of Pakistan and others. Speakers spoke and wished success to the work of the conference.
The delegation of Nakhchivan State University participated in the conference. At the plenary session, the Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation of Nakhchivan State University Elsever Asadov spoke.
In the continuation of the conference, an interactive seminar dedicated to forest research was held by the Azerbaijani-Hungarian team and expeditions to forest areas were organized. It was done.
