October 14th

14.00–14.30

(Hereinafter the MINSK TIME is indicated)

Welcome speech by the organisers

Representatives of Belarus and Poland

Presentation of Photo and Video Materials on the Republican Biological Reserve “Dnepro-Sozhsky” and Polesie State Radiation and Environmental Reserve (PSRER)

Semen Shevtsov, Project Photographer, Minsk, Belarus

14.30–14.55

Methodological Approaches to the Development and Implementation of Interactive Educational Programmes in Specially Protected Natural Areas (Abstract)

Dr. Liudmila Fakeyeva, PhD in Economic, Social and Political Geography, Associate Professor; Belarusian State University, Faculty of International Relations, Department of International Tourism, Belarus; Chevening Scholar, The University of Edinburgh, Business School, Scotland

14.55–15.15

Technical and Organisational Aspects of Visiting National Parks in the United States of America Based on Personal Experience

Maria Shchaveleva, Senior Software Performance Engineer, Vaxa, North Carolina, USA

Experience Sharing of Taiwan Climate Change Education Initiative

I-Chan Cheng, Szu-Chi Kao, Green Cross Taiwan, Environmental Quality Protection Foundation, Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Educational Activities in Natural Values ​​in Poland

Miroslav Stepanyuk, Dr. of Geography, Chief Designer at Podlasie Office of Spatial Planning, Poland

16.00–16.20

Methodological Approaches to the Service Provision of Interactive Educational Programmes in Specially Protected Natural Areas (Abstract)

Dr. Liudmila Fakeyeva, PhD in Economic, Social and Political Geography, Associate Professor; Belarusian State University, Faculty of International Relations, Department of International Tourism; Chevening Scholar, The University of Edinburgh, Business School, Scotland

16.20–16.40

Specially Protected Natural Areas as a Factor in the Development of Educational Tourism in the Republic of Belarus (on the example of the Republican Biological Reserve “Dnepro-Sozhsky”)
(Abstract)

Ilya Igorevich Zaprudskiy, Candidate of Geographical Science, Associate Professor at the Department of Economic and Social Geography of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformatics of Belarusian State University, Belarus

16.40–17.00

Coffee break

17.00–17.20

Features of Conducting Local History Research in Conditions of a Limited Basis of Historical Sources Abstract
(Abstract)

Andrey Dmitrievich Lebedev, Candidate of Historical Science, Associate Professor at the Department of History of Belarus of Gomel State University n.a. F. Skoriny, Gomel, Belarus

17.20–17.35

Sozh Swamps: 20 Years of Local History and Ethnographic Activities on Studying Local Culture

Ivan Vosipau, Local Historian, Local Culture Researcher, Practitioner, Manager of the Initiative for the Development of the Traditional Beekeeping “Brotherhood of Barefoot Beekeepers”, Abakumy village, Belarus

17.35–17.55

Meadow Ecological Routes of the Republican Biological Reserve “Dnepro-Sozhsky” as a Basis  for Carrying Out Educational Activities with Pupils

Nikolay Mikhaylovich Dayneko, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Botany and Plant Physiology of Gomel State University n.a.  Frantsisk  Skorina, Gomel, Belarus

17.55–18.10

Presentation of an Educational Manual for the Reserve “Dnepro-Sozhsky”
(Abstract) 

Liudmila Skakun, editor of the digital addendum for cards, Minsk, Belarus

18.10–18.35

Development of Scientific Tourism and Environmental Education Using the Potential of PSRER: Prospects, Problems and Limitations
(Abstract)

Anatoly Vladimirovich Uglyanets, Candidate of Agricultural Science, Lead Research Associate, PSRER, Belarus

18.35–19.05

Insects of PSRER as the Main but Least Studied Part of Animal Biodiversity
(Abstract) 

Anatoly Viktorovich Kulak, Entomologist, Candidate of Biological Science, Lead Researcher of the State Scientific and Production Association "Scientific and Practical Centre under the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources", Belarus

October 15th

14.00–14.20

Educational Tourism in Narew National Park:

- Introductory Video

- Presentation

Monica Olshevska, Senior Park Access Specialist, Narew National Park, Poland

14.20–14.40

Educational Tourism in Knyszyn Forest Landscape Park 

- Introductory Video

- Presentation

Adam Sakharevich, Guardian of Knyszyn Forest Landscape Park, Poland

 - Presentation

Ioanna Bober, Dr. of Biology, Senior Specialist in Education at Białowieża National Park, Poland

15.00–15.15

Experience in Establishing a Regional Forest Ecological Educational Centre in Lida District of Grodno Oblast Based on the Natural Monument of Local Significance “Gorni”

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Sudnik, Candidate of Biological Science, Head of the Plant Monitoring Sector of the Institute of Experimental Botany n.a. V.F. Kuprevich under the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Irina Petrovna Voznyachuk, Candidate of Biological Science, Lead Researcher, Institute of Experimental Botany n.a. V.F. Kuprevich under the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

15.15–15.25

Experience of Team Work on Reviving “Botanist Vladimir Adamov's Farmstead”

Anna Vasilyevna Zhukova, History and Social Science Teacher of the Top Qualification Category of SEE “Vitebsk Grammar School #1 n.a. Z.I. Alferov”, Vitebsk, Belarus

Maria Gorovaya, Pupil of 11 “A” of  SEE “Vitebsk Grammar School #1 n.a. Z.I. Alferov”, Vitebsk, Belarus

15.25–15.45

Coffee break

15.45–17.00

Natural and Cultural Values ​​of the Educational-Tourist Trail "Upper Narew Valley”

- Introductory Video (15 minutes)

- Geological Values of the Upper Narew Valley (15 minutes)

Volodzimezh Kvyatovski, Dr. of Biology, Podlasie Office of Spatial Planning, Poland

- Botanic Values of the Upper Narew Valley (15 minutes)

Den Volkovitskiy, Dr. in., Institute of Forest Science, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland

- Ornithological Values of the Upper Narew Valley (15 minutes)

Yaroslav Khira, Poland

- Cultural Values of the Upper Narew Valley (15 minutes)

Miroslav Stepanyuk, Dr. of Geography, Chief Designer at Podlasie Office of Spatial Planning, Poland