Venue: 25 January 2018, from 10.00 to 13.00 hours in the White hall of al-Farabi Library UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Development of the Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences organizes an open lecture on "Biodiversity and sustainable development" Gilles Boeuf Professor at the University Pierre and Marie Curie - Sorbonne-Universités (France).

Gilles Boeuf - a specialist in environmental physiology, marine and terrestrial biodiversity. He also worked on the biological bases of aquaculture. Has written more than 400 scientific papers (more than 150 articles A H-index of 39), is also engaged in popularization of science, wrote chapters for books. He is often invited in France and in other countries: more than 130 travel abroad in 80 countries. He holds numerous public lectures, also intended for organizations, large institutions or enterprises, mostly about life in the oceans, living resources, role of water in the living world and on biodiversity.

He took an active part in the organization of the COP21 and continued its activities in the framework of the future conference COP22. He takes part in radio and television and reads a lot of lectures in many countries around the world (more than 120 lectures per year).

Everyone is invited!