The South Ossetian delegation took part in the X International Junior Forest Contest in Russia, Khanty -Mansiysk. As IA "Res" was informed by the team leader Irbeg Margiev, "participants from 29 countries presented their projects on ecology and forestry. The international jury has included the scientists from Russia, Korea, Brazil, South Ossetia, as well as representatives of the Federal Forestry Agency of Russia, the CIS and Poland," - said Margiev.
The main condition of the competition was the possibility to put their works into in practice.
"The South Ossetian delegation consisted of four people, including a senior lecturer of the department of biology and botany of the South Ossetian State University, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences Johnny Kachmazov, who became a member of the nomination committee of the contest, as well as the students of the Faculty of Biology of the South Ossetian State University."
Our team submitted two reports on the forestry of South Ossetia, which have been ranked among the bests.
The International Junior Forest Contest is held since 2004 by the Federal Forestry Agency of Russia with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Russian Society of Foresters and a number of major international and non-governmental organizations. Participants of the competition are pupils and students not elder than 20 years old from different countries of the world. Representatives of Japan, Norway, the U.S., Korea, Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Cuba, Germany, Sweden and the CIS countries competed for the title of the best forester - junior.
