YEREVAN. – A 3-day international symposium, entitled “Geoecological  Monitoring and Risk of Administrative Region,” will get underway on Tuesday at State Engineering University of Armenia. The event will bring together 56 scientists from 17 countries.   

The symposium is organized by the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Institute, Youth Foundation of Armenia, State Engineering University of Armenia, and Gegharkunik Regional Administration. Topic of the event is of particular importance for Armenia, since the country has several environmental problems. The discussants will examine a number of topics including the current state of Armenia’s Lake Sevan’s water basin, human-influenced ecological changes in water resources, risk assessment models for chemical and technological objects, and prevention of lakes’ and reservoirs’ radioactive contamination in case of major accidents.

Business activity’s consequences and dangers on the geological environment will be among the topics underscored during the symposium. The event’s Armenian and foreign specialists will deliver in excess of 50 scientific reports, and the best ones will be published in American chemical technology and Romanian environment protection magazines, and also in the herald of the Engineering Academy of Armenia. Along the lines of the symposium, the participants will also visit Lake Sevan and the salt marshlands of Ararat Valley, Youth Foundation of Armenia Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.