Since 1948, the university began teaching forestry, and to date, hundreds of forestry specialists have been trained.Graduates of this specialization and later becoming Doctorates of Science are Nazim Akhundov, Mahmud Khalilov, Karam Asadov, Fazil Hajiyev and Yusif Agayev.
Among these well-known forestry scientists are Mehdi Mustafayev, a graduate of AAI, Hero of Socialist Labor, who became Deputy Minister and Minister of Forestry for 30 years.
Taking into account the high demand for foresters and ecologists in the country, in 1989, on the initiative of Professor Vahid Guliyev, was established the current department of "Ecology and Forestry" under the name "Environmental Protection".
After the admission of students majoring in "Forestry" in 1990, the Department of "Environmental Protection" was renamed "Department of Forestry and Environmental Protection", after the admission of students to the speciality "Ecology" (1996), the department was renamed "Department of Ecology and Forestry" and still operates under this name.
He has made a valuable contribution to the development of many scientists working here as scientific personnel. Since 2007, the Department of Ecology and Forestry has been named after Academician Hasan Aliyev. The department joins a number of international projects in the field of ecology and forestry and cooperates with the relevant departments of universities of Russia, Turkey, Austria, Germany and the United States.
Employees of the department have published more than 150 scientific articles in the last 5 years, including "Forest Plants", "Forest Structure", "Forest Taxation", "Practicum on Agricultural Ecology", "Fundamentals of Industrial Production", "Forestry", “Forestry and Forest Ecology ”and other textbooks, manuals, programs and methodical instructions.
The department conducts research in 2 directions of "Environmental problems of natural resources in the Lesser Caucasus and ways to solve them" : "Current state and ways to improve the broad-leaved mountain forest landscape in the Lesser Caucasus" and "Environmental problems and improvement of summer pastures."
The department cooperates with relevant universities of CIS countries, Georgia Technical University, Artvin Coruh University of Turkey, Kastamoni University, Black Sea Technical University, Vienna University of Natural Sciences, Austria, Gottingen University, Germany, Institute of Forestry and Forest Ecology, Poznan University of Natural Sciences, Poland and others in the field of science and education. In recent years, the department has cooperated closely with the Faculty of Forestry of Poznan University of Life Sciences (PULS) as part of ERASMUS + the European Union's cooperation program in science, education and culture.
In connection with the training of specialists in "Forestry" and "Ecology" at the University, the department cooperates with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and the Ministry's regional offices, Ganja Regional Ecology Department, Goygol National Park, Eldar Pine State Reserve. The department also cooperates with Gadabay, Goygol, Tovuz, Yevlakh and Regional Forestry Centers.
The teaching staff of the department consists of 20 people (doctor of sciences, professor - 1 person; doctor of philosophy, associate professor - 12 people (1 professor of ADAU); senior teacher - 2 people; assistant - 5 people.
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Bayramov Musa Ahmad oglu
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