Ukraine Network for Coastal Research - Basic research of the major problems

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The main purpose of the conference was to analyze the current state of the research conducted by the leading scientific institutions of Ukraine and other countries in the field of natural sciences and to show necessary directions for measurements on integration of science and education in order to provide sustainable development of modern society.
The conference, unlike the previous ones, was not just scientific where only scientific problems were discussed. In this case problems existing in higher education were also under consideration. The main task of the conference was to combine main scientific achievements with the educational process, to improve the training level of higher school specialists in nature protection i.e. ecologists, hydrophysicists, marine biologists, climatologists, etc.

The five foci of conference are:
Focus 1: Management of coastal resources of sea water area of Ukraine;
Focus 2: Ecological-economical modeling of characteristics of the Marine Environment Resources;
Focus 3: Interdisciplinary monitoring, measuring, information and forecasting systems as components of International program GEOSS;
Focus 4: Climatic variability;
Focus 5: Problems of an estimation of the bioproductive and anabolic potential of the Black Sea ecosystem.

The most topical problems in ecological activities of both fundamental and applied importance were considered in sections: from the management of coastal resources in the Ukrainian marine area till the problems of climatic variability and estimation of various aspects of the Black Sea ecosystem state.
The MHI scientists prepared an exhibition for the participants of the conference where they displayed their published works, new devices and apparatus for water environment control. Undoubtedly, a special place was occupied by textbooks and train aids published by the scientists of the institute for students of higher schools.
For a long time the Marine Hydrophysical Institute has been fruitfully collaborated with higher educational institutions of the South Ukraine. This collaboration resulted in signing a joint order of the Ministry of Education and Science and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (June, 2006) aimed to organize a Centre of Master’s Training for students of the Odessa State Ecological University on the base of the MHI. Professor A.B. Polonsky, Dr of Geographical Sciences, the head of the Department of Marine Climate Research of the MHI, was appointed the leader of the Centre.
The international conference showed the current state of ecological science concerned the coastal areas of the Azov-Black Sea Basin, the rational exploration of natural resources and the state of affairs in different regions of Ukraine and in the Black Sea states. It also opened a perspective for the further development of all the natural sciences.
The problems discussed during the conference can be solved under the following conditions:

precise estimation of the ecological state of coastal and open sea areas;
high level of qualification of specialists in research institutions accomplishing permanent monitoring and analysis of the state of the regions under investigation;
high level of training of young ecologists at higher schools due to scientific and methodological literature, up-to-date equipment that can provide students, post graduates and young scientists with necessary knowledge and experience.