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08/10/2009

The Regional Workshop, October 21-22, Barnaul

10/07/2007

Water resources and water use problems in Central Asia and the Caucasus

13/06/2007

Hydrological Impact of Climate Change

25/10/2004

Environmental Security and sustainable land use of mountain and steppe territories of Mongolia and Altai

      Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IWEP SB RAS) was founded on September 1, 1987 on the base of laboratories of Academy institutes involved in natural-resources and environment research.
     Academician Oleg F.Vasiliev, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, currently the Advisor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, was the first Director -Organizer of the Institute. Since 1995 Professor Yuri I.Vinokurov (Proffesor of Geography) heads IWEP.
     IWEP SB RAS is situated in Barnaul that is the administrative center of Altai Krai.

Major Trends of Research

"Problems of nature management, water resources state and environment conservancy under present-day interaction between nature and society" is the basic scientific trend of the Institute research approved by the Presidium of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Institute is involved in basic research within the following prior trends established by the Joint Academic Board on the Earth Sciences of the Siberian Branch of RAS:

Natural processes in hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, the Earth surface and their evolution with due regard for anthropogenic impact
Ecology and rational nature management. The environment monitoring. Decrease of risk and aftereffects of natural and industrial catastrophies.

1,Molodyoznaya St., Barnaul 656038,
Altai Krai, Russia
IWEP SB RAS

Phone: (3852) 66-64-60
Fax: (3852) 24-03-96
E-mail: mailto:iwep@iwep.asu.ru