YOUNG ECOLOGISTS FROM UDORA WILL PRESENT THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AT ISTOKI CONFERENCE IN MARCH
Silver Taiga representatives together with Udora educational department and PA Centre of Komi are going to conduct the fifth in succession ecological conference Istoki on March 16, 2019 in Usogorsk village (Udora district of Komi).
According to the conference conditions, the schoolchildren from 7 – 11 forms participate in the conference. However, there are always younger children ready to take part in the conference. Last year, for example, the youngest participants were from the 4th form. There was a wide variety of topics presented by the schoolchildren last year. Among them were Mezen river diversion process, lamprey variety, traditional fishing gears, Udora district protected areas inventory. It should be noted that the report about the traditional fishing gears of Komi people was accompanied by the collection of the ancient fishing gears. There were also unusual works with the slope of literary studies. Two research works were devoted to Vashka and Irva rivers.
At first the Istoki conference was held under Model River Mezen project in Vazhgort village in autumn 2015 and it was the interschool event. Since 2017 it is of district status.
