The newspaper "Azerbaijan" published an interview with PhD on geography Mirnukh Ismayilov, the head of the "Landscape and Landscape Planning" department of the Institute of Geography named after acad.Hasan Aliyev MSE.
The article entitled "Water shortage, desertification, polluted air..." discusses the main environmental problems of Azerbaijan, the environmental damage caused to the country's environment during the 30-year occupation, the resilience of agriculture to extreme events and the modern realities of Azerbaijani nature. According to the head of the department, who expressed his opinion on the topic, the state annually allocates millions of manats of funds for environmental protection. Every citizen, regardless of their position in society, must be responsible for environmental education and culture. "The natural environment now needs the healing hands of people," the landscape scientist says, calling for a more careful attitude towards nature.