National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

11.03.2016

Heads and representatives of NAS of Belarus and Ministry of Natural Resources hold meeting

On March 11, 2016 heads and representatives of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus held a meeting at the NAS of Belarus. Among the participants there were the Chairman of the NASB Presidium Vladimir Gusakov and the Minister of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus Andrei Kovkhuto.

The meeting considered results of scientific research, both fundamental and applied, their application in practice, promising areas of cooperation between organizations of the NAS of Belarus and the Ministry. Experts discussed issues of carrying out environmental monitoring, conducting flora and fauna inventories. The problems of land degradation and desertification and of research in the Antarctic were also the focus of the meeting.