VOLGATECH AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BRICS COUNTRIES

International Scientific and Practical Conference "BRICS Regional Cooperation: Issues of Rational Natural Management - Ecology, Education, and Tourism" concluded in Petrozavodsk.

From September 14 to 15, experts discussed topical issues of climate change, environmental safety, rational use of natural resources and research, "green" energy, as well as the development of ecotourism. The event was organized by the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Committee on BRICS Research (Russia).

The conference was aimed at creating collaboration at the regional level of this interstate association. Scientists, government representatives, and experts from the BRICS countries attended the event. The online format of the conference made it possible to connect a large number of researchers from almost all federal districts of Russia, as well as scientists from India, China and South Africa. Professor Eldar Kurbanov, on behalf of Volgatech, presented at the conference on the environmental monitoring and assessment of land use/ land cover change impact on ecological safety using geospatial technologies in the framework of project GEMOECO (BRICS RFBR). The project was carried out with the participation of Yunnan University (China), Fujian Normal University (China), and the Council of Geosciences of Pretoria (South Africa).