Representatives of KBSU took part in the discussion of topical issues at the Kamchatka Ecoforum

450 young naturalists, ecologists, people who are not indifferent to the problems of environmental conservation, from 89 regions of Russia were united by the All-Russian Youth Ecological Forum “Ecosystem. Reserved Land”, which took place in Kamchatka. Among the participants of the forum and the team of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H. M. Berbekov, which included the head of the department of ecology and nature management of the KBSU Asker Shibzukhov, the head of the feasibility study of the KBSU «Green Watch» Ivan Danilushkin, the regional coordinator of environmental volunteers from the All-Russian Public Organization «Do!» Muhammad Ibragimov.

In his welcoming address to the participants of the forum, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin says:

One of the main results of your first forum was the creation of the Ecosystem All-Russian Ecological Public Movement, which brought together both environmental experts and energetic, caring people from many regions of the country. Those who, at the call of their hearts, are ready to work for the sake of preserving our natural wealth and are convinced that human impact on the environment should be reasonable and prudent.

Vladimir Putin noted that during the forum, representatives of environmental and volunteer organizations, students and young scientists will be able to continue an open discussion on a wide range of environmental issues, meet with authoritative experts, activists, entrepreneurs, exchange experience and best practices, and propose their projects in the field of environmental safety, development of protected areas, tourism and get acquainted with the unique sights of the Kamchatka Territory. The President emphasized the importance of preserving the traditions of preserving native nature, caring for the improvement of the environmental situation in Russia, and wished fruitful, constructive work to the participants, organizers and guests of the forum.

The forum was organized by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Romolodezh) and the Government of the Kamchatka Territory. General partner of the All-Russian Youth Ecological Forum “Ecosystem. Reserved Land” is the State Corporation “Rosatom”. The official partner is the Russian movement of children and youth «Movement of the First». The environmental partner of the forum is the Russian Ecological Operator. Official sponsors — VTB Bank (PJSC), Gazprombank (JSC).

Within the framework of the forum, 300 events were held. 90 experts worked at the venues, more than 200 guests met with forum members. Among them are Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, who at the opening of the forum read out a welcoming address from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Governor of the Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Solodov, Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) Ksenia Razuvaeva, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Federation Irina Yarovaya, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Victoria Abramchenko, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Andrey Yatskin, Director of the direction for the implementation of state and industry programs in the field of ecology of the State Corporation «Rosatom» Andrey Lebedev, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, great intellectual Anatoly Wasserman , Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut Sergei Revin and others.

During the panel session on the topic “Green Diplomacy and Achieving National Goals: Ecology”, ambassadors of foreign states, leading political figures, representatives of international organizations discussed issues of maintaining environmental partnership under sanctions and what tools of green diplomacy young people already have today.

The educational part of the forum was held in the format of 23 thematic clubs in five main areas: «Reserved Affairs», «Natural Components», «Ecology and Society», «Environmental Science» and «Development of Territories». Mentors in each club were experts recognized in Russia and in the world.

The topics of the clubs were devoted to topical issues of the modern environmental agenda, namely: «Preservation of forests», «Clean air», «Science in protected areas», «Circular economy», «Conservation of biological diversity», «Specially protected natural areas: show, to Save”, “Ecological Communities”, “Ecological Consumption” and other topics.

The Club of «Green» technologies of the future, which Asker Shibzukhov was a member of, under the supervision of the state corporation Rosatom, developed practical solutions for modernizing the urban infrastructure of the model city of Atomsk in order to improve the quality of life of the population through the introduction of «green» technologies of the future.

By tradition, within the framework of the forum “Ecosystem. Reserved Territory ”was held a grant competition of Rosmolodezh. 9 eco-projects were recommended for financial support for a total of 4 million rubles. Educational quizzes, processing workshops, a mobile laboratory, scientific expeditions in the Caucasus, an exhibition of art objects.

The forum hosted a series of speeches by lecturers from the Russian society «Knowledge», who told the participants about the uniqueness of Russia’s natural resources, environmental design, the human ecosystem, and the features of charity in the field of environmental protection.

During the educational and tourist trip around Kamchatka, the forum participants tried their hand at arranging hiking routes and building eco-trails, analyzed water, soil and air samples, developed a digital twin and calculated the carbon footprint.

In the final, the participants presented new areas of work in the field of international environmental cooperation, approved the work plan of the All-Russian Movement of Young Naturalists for the coming year, and also determined the model for the work of the All-Russian Youth Ecological Center in the Kamchatka Territory.

Asker Shibzukhov shared his impressions of participation in the Kamchatka ecoforum:

We came to the forum “Ecosystem. Reserved Land” with the project “Development of Ecological Media Space”. We got a good experience and feedback from experts who were pleasantly impressed, they said that they are ready to provide even a platform, to help with the resources they have. The forum brought together not just participants, but really experts in various ecospheres, very interesting people who shared their experience with pleasure.

I remember the closed meeting with the First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko, which was attended by the Governor of the Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Solodov, the head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) Ksenia Razuvaeva and other political and public figures. I liked the format of the meeting, namely the fact that government officials did not express something classical, instructive, but wanted to hear our ideas. There were a lot of proposals and ideas from the audience that we would like to implement on the territory of the Russian Federation. I liked that Sergei Kiriyenko wrote them all down and then commented on each of these proposals. This means that our work is very important for the country.

The educational program of the forum was very intense, there were many good quality experts, a lot of alternative sites that could be visited. A varied cultural program allowed the participants to get acquainted with the natural sights of Kamchatka. The week of the forum flew by unnoticed.

In my future work, I am going to use the experience gained at the eco-forum in Petropavlovka, in particular, I may slightly change the concept of holding the All-Russian Ecological Roll Call forum, which will be held in October.

Translated by Gekkieva J.A.