April 1 is a significant day for all bird lovers. On this day in 1906, the International Convention for the protection of birds was signed, and since then it has been celebrated as International Bird Day., The celebration of Bird Day took place at the university this week, at the Department of Natural Sciences.
Its organizers - first-year master's students of the Biology program, GulzhanSatmukhambetova, Ekaterina Malyshko, Olga Zhigadlo, and Alexander Popov. They held a poster competitiontogether with biology, geography, and chemistry students, as well as an educational quiz where they learned a lot of interesting facts about birds, and also competed in the speed of making origami. The winners of the competitions, Leila Abzhanova and Anastasia Ishutkina were awarded memorable prizes, collective and individual certificates.
Professor Tatiana Bragina, whose main research areas include biological diversity and conservation of natural ecosystems, soil zoology, fauna, and ecology of invertebrates, shared with students about an international scientific project aimed at restoring the population of the steppe eagle in the Naursum Nature Reserve region. Due to extensive fires in 2022, the nests of the steppe eagle were damaged. The Global Greengrants Fund project involves their artificial restoration.
It is worth noting that the Global Green Grant Fund is a foundation that supports environmental initiatives worldwide. By the way, the initiator of the project is our university's biology graduate, RishatBatryakov. The successful implementation of the project was facilitated by the research materials of the Faculty and the strong knowledge of the department's graduates. Holdingnature conservation festivals fosters teaches respect for nature and shows interest in scientific research.
