The prestigious Swiss publishing house Springer published a book titled "Ecosystem Services in Azerbaijan: Value and Loss" by the staff of the Institute of Geography named after A. Academician H.A. Aliyev – P.h.D. on geography - Rovshan Kerimov, Natavan Jafarova and Rovshan Abbasov (head of the department of Khazar University).

The purpose of the authors when writing the book is to draw the attention of readers to the depletion of Azerbaijan's natural resources.