The business program of the International Forum “Eco Altai. Thread of Nature"

International forum “Eco Altai. Thread of Nature" will take place on September 29–30, 2023 in Gorno-Altaisk. The business program of the event has been published, which this year includes 16 thematic sessions and contains key tracks on Russian and international environmental issues.

At the Forum, innovative projects and best practices for territorial development, models of noospheric development in the context of the national agenda of environmental sovereignty will be presented, expert discussions will be held on new opportunities for sustainable development of territories and the global sustainable development of the country, the role of traditional and complementary medicine in the development of new growth points, the development of ecotourism and tourism infrastructure, mechanisms and practices for involving youth in the environmental agenda through eco-entrepreneurship, the formation of environmental thinking and environmental culture. A separate session of the Forum “Unique ecology as a factor and limitation of sustainable development” will be devoted to Eurasian practices, within which projects from India and Russia will be presented.

The Altai Republic ranks first among the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in terms of the value of the environmental-economic index and in its development is based on the principle of balanced development of the biosphere and technosphere. “We have determined that the economic growth of the region will contribute to the preservation of unique nature and traditional culture. This principle has become one of the components of the concept of environmental sovereignty - the main development paradigm for the republic at the moment,” emphasizes the head of the republic Oleg Khorokhordin.

The central event of the Forum will be the plenary session “From ecology of thinking to environmental sovereignty.” Environmental sovereignty is the development and promotion of one’s own environmental policy, based on national interests and the characteristics of the territorial development of the country and its regions.

The plenary session will be attended by: Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Victoria Abramchenko; Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District Anatoly Seryshev; Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Head of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) Valery Fadeev; Head of the Altai Republic Oleg Khorokhordin; Ambassador of Mongolia to Russia Ulziysaikhany Enkhtuvshin; First Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Konstantin Tsyganov; Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Dmitry Kobylkin; Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Svetlana Radionova; Chairman of the Board of PJSC Sberbank of Russia German Gref; General Director of PPK "Russian Ecological Operator" Denis Butsaev; head of the ASI Center for Youth Initiatives Alexander Vaino; Director of the Institute of Asian and African Countries, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosova D. I. n. Alexey Maslov; Director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution named A.N. Severtsov RAS Sergey Naidenko.

Thinking green means respecting the world we live in and thinking about the consequences of our actions, taking responsibility for them. Thinking environmentally and building your environmental sovereignty means thinking strategically, thinking about long-term consequences and systemic effects, dosing intervention, but not giving up efforts; not to protect, but to cultivate, not to prohibit, but to care.

“The theme of ecology runs like a red thread through many of the Roscongress Foundation’s events. Forum “Eco Altai. Thread of Nature“ dynamically started in 2022 and today, in the second year of its work, it has already become international. The capacious program, the choice of particularly significant areas of discussion, and the presentation of successful Eurasian practices in the field of ecology determine increased interest in this event,” said Alexander Stuglev, Director of the Roscongress Foundation.