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TOMSK, Aug 1 – RIA Tomsk. International research station
Aktru of Tomsk State University (TSU) will be a part of the Russia's first
geopark in the territory of Altai Republic; geopark will be opened officially
in September 2017 and its creators hope, it will receive international status,
confirmed by UNESCO, director of the station Sergey Astakhov told journalists.
Earlier it was reported that the
research base of TSU works more than 50 years in glaciers of Aktru (Altai
Republic). Researches in the field of climatology of biology, geology and
ecology are conducted by scientists from Tomsk and the international research
teams At the geostation. The station in Aktru and TSU entered Scannet
interact network in 2011.
"The station entered the first
geopark which is created in the territory of Russia. The territory
"Aktru" became the main cluster of this geopark... The status of the
geopark is an international recognition of uniqueness of the territory where it
is possible to watch evolution in all its completeness, – both natural, and evolution
of human society. Official opening of the geopark will take place in September,
(2017)", – Astakhov told at the press conference in RIA Tomsk.
He noted that the structure of the
Russia's first geopark, besides the Aktru station, includes the territory of
Kosh-Agachsky District, the valley Chulyshman. UNESCO awards the international
status to the geopark.
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"The procedure (obtaining the
status of the geopark – the Ed.) is very long. It is necessary to describe all
available monuments – both natural, and archaeological, historical... Within
Altai Republic this status is approved. Now the international community has to
set this status. The ribbon will be cut in September, we expect that the
international status will be received by this time", – Astakhov noted.
He added that the scientific
description of 54 nature sanctuaries and stories in the territory of the
geopark is prepared. These data will be transferred to UNESCO. "But
actually there are much more monuments", – Astakhov noted.