On September 18, Minsk /BelTA correspondent/. Scientists and specialists from 23 countries will gather in Minsk for the 14th International Symposium on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Forest Development in Europe, the press service of the Ministry of Forestry informed BelTA correspondent. The symposium will commence its work on September 19. More than 100 scientists and specialists in the field of forestry from Belarus, Austria, Japan, Finland, Serbia, Moldova, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Sweden, Russia, Iran, Hungary, Germany, and other countries will participate. Along with other participants, Belarusian specialists will deliver reports detailing the republic's forest legislation, ways to improve it, and will strive to identify solutions to conflicts between economic and environmental needs within the country's forest legislation. Belarusian scientists will also raise a number of topical issues. The symposium will run until September 21. On this day, the forum participants will visit the Glubokskoye Experimental Forestry Enterprise to familiarise themselves with the Belarusian model of forest management, forest cultivation, conservation and protection technologies, as well as other production processes. -0-

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