The110th anniversary of the birth of the academician Hasan Aliyev, a prominent Azerbaijani scientist naturalist and ecologist, is going to be celebrated. In this regard, the President of the country Ilham Aliyev issued an order to hold this event. For many years, H.A.Aliyev worked on the study of nature in the republic and did much for its protectonand rational use. He headed the public organizations “Azerbaijan Geographical Society”, “Azerbaijan society for the Protection of nature”, founded the journal “Nature of Azerbaijan”. The work begun by him is still ongoing. In this regard, the following programs are of particular importance: “National Program on Sustainable from ecological point of view Social and Economic Development in Azerbaijan”, “Plan of National Strategy and Activities for the Protection of Biodiversity in Azerbaijan and SustainableUse for 2017-2020”, “Azerbaijan 2020: a look into the future”, “National economy and the Road map on the main branches of the economy” and others.

    The preparation of scientific basis for the implemented measures, strengthening the scientific innovation, study of the role of forthcoming activities in the elimination of environmental problems are some of the major challenges faced by scientists. On June 16-17, 2017 ,a scientific and practical conference on the theme “Ecogeographic problems of man-environment relation” will be held in Lenkoran. It will be organized by Azerbaijan Geographic Society and the Lenkoran State University within the framework of the program adopted according to the President’s decree in connection with the 110^th anniversary of academician H.Aliyev.

       The Main sections of the Conference are as follows:

• Geography

Current state and prospects of using of landscape and potential of natural resources

Problems of assessment, use and protection of the modern climate and water reserves

Socio-economic and demographic development, its regional problems and perspective directions

• Ecology

Ecogeographical basis of Azerbaijan sustainable development

Conservation of biodiversity and ecological balance

Regional ecogeographical problems and ways of their solutions

• Land and vegetation:

Rational use of lands and their environmental problems

Protection of soil and vegetation cover.

     Articles should be composed in the following order:

1. Format A4, interval 1,5, indents 2cm above, below, left and right;
2. Font Times New Roman, font size 14;
3. At the top of the article should be noted:the title of the article, author’s name, last name, patronymic, name of the organization, e-mail address;
4. Summary in two languages (Russian/Azerbaijani and English);
5. List of references and referencesto them in the article;
6. Articles must be at least 5 pages long;
7. Articles should be submitted in hard copy and electronic format;
8. Only one article is accepted from one author.

Note: Articles are accepted until May 15, 2017 (ANAS, Institue of Geography, room 827, Phone: 012 539 33 61, 050 590 43 88 (Zakir Eminov N.) E-mail: [email protected].

    Articles that are weak on the scientific content and do not correspond to the themes of the Conference will not be accepted.

    Organising Committee