Senior Researcher of the Department of Political and Economic Geography of Azerbaijan at the Institute of Geography named after acad. H.Aliyev of ANAS, PhD in geography Natavan Jafarova participated in a regional conference on the theme “Integrated management of Erosion” held in Georgia, Tbilisi and Kazbeki district on October 17-19 2018.
More than 80 experts and specialists from selected international organizations, from the ministries of the beneficiaries of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, as well as representatives of state institutions and enterprises took part in the event, held as part of the program (IBIS) “Integrated Biodiversity management in the South Caucasus” of the German Society for International Cooperation.
At the conference, the issue of sustainable management of soil erosion was discussed; a database on the state of the land was presented.
The participants of the event intend to apply new approaches to improve land management and expand activities in this direction.