Main scientific topics:

 

• Environmental stress factors – impact and protection

• Biodiversity and conservation biology

• Long-term ecosystem research

• Ecological agriculture

 

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About the Seminar:

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The idea for the Seminar was initiated and realized by Prof. Stefka Chankova, PhD, who in 2001 was elected Head of Section "Biology", Union of Scientists in Bulgaria (USB).

 

The short history of the "Seminar of Ecology" is as follows:

 

• 2007 The Sections "Biology" and "Theoretical and evolutionary biology" at the USB, together with Central Laboratory of General Ecology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (CLGE-BAS), organized a seminar on "Evolution and Ecology - 3";

• 2008  The Section "Biology", CLGE - BAS and the “Ecology Society” organized "Seminar of Ecology";

• 2009 The Section “Biology”, CLGE - BAS and the “Environmental Engineering and Environmental Protection Society” organized a "Seminar of Ecology - 2009" dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria;

• Since 2010, the "Seminar of Ecology" has been held jointly by the Section “Biology” - USB and IBER-BAS as inheritors of CLGE-BAS;

• A jubilee "Seminar of Ecology" dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the USB was held in 2014.

• Since 2014, the "Seminar of Ecology" has been held as a scientific forum with international participation - Germany, the Republic of Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Austria and France.

• Since 2019 the Seminar of Ecology has become an International Scientific Forum.

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In 2013, prizes and honorary diplomas were awarded for the best youth presentations and posters for the first time. This tradition is preserved and will continue in the future.

 

Over the years the "Seminar of Ecology", with its up-to-date environmental themes, has established itself as an attractive scientific forum and has gained great popularity. This fact is confirmed by the increasing number of participants each year. An indication of the usefulness of the event is the numerous positive feedback from all attendees. Well-known scholars and young scientists from various institutes and universities nationwide and abroad participate in the Seminar. This scientific forum enables all participants to exchange experience and knowledge in the relevant area of ​​ecology.

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After reviewing, the materials from the Seminars from 2007 to 2019 were published in a series of Proceedings with the corresponding ISBN.

 

All manuscripts are commonly reviewed and edited. Some of the presented plenary reports are published in NAUKA (SCIENCE) Magazine, USB edition (Issue 4 and 5/2017, Year XXVII: http://www.bvu-bg.eu/nmvb/index.php?Clip=nauka).

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•  The proceeding books from 2007 and 2009 were printed in the publishing house of the USB.

•  In 2008, the reports were published in the Ecological Engineering and Environmental

   Protection journal - a special issue.

• The proceeding book, published in 2014, was dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the USB.

• In 2017 the Seminar celebrated its anniversary - it was held for the 10th consecutive year.

• The Proceeding book, published in 2019 was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of USB and the 150th anniversary of BAS.

• The reviewed reports from 2020 were published in Ecologia Balkanica Journal - a special issue. The scientific forum was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of IBER-BAS.

• The reviewed reports from 2021 were published in BioRisk and Phytologia Balcanica journals.​

• The reviewed reports from 2022 will be published in BioRisk and Phytologia Balcanica journals.

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The scientific forum is realized with the support of IBER-BAS, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and USB.

 

The realization of the Seminar over the years has been accomplished thanks to the partial financial support of USB, BULGAP Ltd.; LKB - Bulgaria Ltd., Biotechab Ltd., and Pensoft Publishers.

 

Information about the Seminar is announced through advertisements on the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (http://www.iber.bas.bg) website and in the journal Science, published by USB and the Bulletin of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.