National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

04.09.2018

Polesie Agrarian and Ecological Institute to hold 8th International Scientific Conference "Polisie natural environment and scientific and practical aspects of resource management" on 12-14 September 2018

On 12-14 September 2018, the State Scientific Institution "Polesie Agrarian and Ecological Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus" holds the 8th International Scientific Conference "Polesie natural environment and scientific and practical aspects of resource management" at the recreation center "Beloye ozero" (Brest District). Scientists will gather to discuss the problems of environmental management in the transboundary Central European region of Polesie, to exchange experience in solving them in different regions and countries, to prepare a scientifically based concept of a transboundary cluster on the effective use of climatic, water, mineral and biological resources in solving the problems of sustainable development of Polesie.

The conference concerns issues on water resources and regional agro-climatic potential; preservation of landscape and biological diversity in anthropogenic transformation of the natural environment; soil, land reclamation and environmental safety of agricultural production; meadow ecosystems and problems of intensive fodder production; ecology-safe waste transformation and secondary material resources; fading settlements and modern land-use strategies; transboundary natural complexes, facilities and ecological network; cultural-historical and natural-ethnographic identity of Polesie; cross-border cluster "Europolesie" and prospects of interregional cooperation in environmental management.

Conference program