Head of the Chair of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Karine Danielyan and lecturer of the same Chair Ruzanna Sadoyan
presented the students and specialists of the field a number of environmental issues they had raised in numerous forums and conferences.
Referring to the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations" held on the island of Rhodes, Greece, Karine Danielyan spoke on the theme “Transition of Global Civilization to Sustainable Development: Theory and Implementation.”
She said that the forum focused on global processes; it was suggested to organize an interreligious dialogue. “The ideology of great religions is in line with the ideology of sustainable development: this is the basis for the development of dialogue,” said Karine Danielyan.
She did not conceal that it is kind of a struggle between the East and West where the winner is the East.
Presenting the results of the conference organized by the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Karine Danielyan said it summarized the results of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20. “In the context of sustainable development, the participants discussed global and national processes, Armenia's participation in the program as well as the possible cooperation with CIS member states,” she said.
With regard to Tbilisi-hosted social forum, the environmentalist said Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries dwelt on issues relating to energy, climate and environment.
Ruzanna Sadoyan, who represented the Pedagogical University at the VII Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of CIS held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in October, said it was the first time that reference was made to the sector of ecology and environment. “All post-Soviet countries represented at the forum are encountering the same problems.
We held interesting discussions, raised a number of issues and attempted to find solutions to them. It was interesting to know the population of Sevan trout [a fish endemic to Lake Sevan in Armenia] in Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. I regret to say that the fish is considered to be an endangered species there, too,” she said.
At the same time, the ecologist was glad to inform that 2013 has been declared the year of environmental culture and environmental protection.
At the end of the meeting, Karine Danielyan called on everyone to participate in all international forums when the opportunity presents itself.
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