INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN CITIES’ ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA

Arka News Agency, Armenia
May 29 2007

YEREVAN, May 29. /ARKA/. An international youth conference focused
on environmental problems of cities sitting in mountainous terrain
launched Tuesday in Armenia.

Vilen Hakobyan, a member of the board of Armenian National Academy of
Sciences said the conference is focused on solution of two problems –
environment protection and succession of scientists breeds.

In his words, transition period’s difficulties affected such sensitive
areas as science and environment protection.

Hakobyan said that science and environment protection areas had been
fallen into neglect over the years of transition.

"Succession of scientists breeds is very pressing problem in all
post-soviet republics. Such conferences inspire hope that this sequence
won’t be interrupted and CIS common scientific space will be preserved.

The conference will last until. Some 100 young scientists from Russia,
Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia, Germany,
Norway and Israel are present at the event. The conference is organized
by Center of Ecologic and Noosphere Studies, OSCE and UNESCO Yerevan
office.