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Presentation by the coordinator of the UNWASTE project at the VII International Summer School "Integrated Management of Natural Resources in a Green Economy"

The annual VII International Online Summer School "Integrated Management of Natural Resources in a Green Economy" was organized on the basis of the S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University in the period from June 21 to July 2, 2021 with the participation of more than 100 students, undergraduates, doctoral students, as well as teachers from 13 countries: Italy, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Morocco, Ireland, Czech Republic, Sweden, USA, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. The school was organized by the Faculty of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment of S. Seifullin KATU.

Lectures and practical classes were held daily by lecturers, professors of universities - partners of far and near abroad in the field of green economy, precision agriculture.

The lecturers of the School presented the results of the EU Erasmus+ projects implemented at S. Seifullin KATU.  Prof. Dr. Gunnar Prause from the University of Wismar, Germany, project coordinator, presented information about the new UnWaste project "Development of the closed-cycle economy in partner countries through the development and implementation of the Master's program "Waste Management" (EU Erasmus+ UnWaste project "development of the circular economy in partner countries through the development and implementation of the Master's program "Waste Management"). Professor Sergey Tyaglov, Director of the Institute of Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection of Rostov State University of Economics, the Russian partner of the UnWaste project, also made a presentation on "Promising trends in the application of the foundations of a green economy". The lecturers emphasized that the direction of the UnWaste project is completely new, and the university will work on the development of the Waste Management module, which will be implemented at the Department of Ecology and Forest Resources and Forestry of the newly created Faculty of Forestry, Wildlife and the Environment.

According to the dean of the Faculty, Dani Sarsekov, the main goal for the participants of the Summer School is to gain new knowledge, master innovative technologies and methods of conducting scientific research in the field of forestry, ecology and wildlife.