UKRAINIAN URBAN ECOLOGISTS
VISIT VIRGINIA TECH’S CONSERVATION
MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
BLACKSBURG,
Jan. 21, 2004 -- Conservation
Management Institute (CMI) at
Virginia Tech and Legacy International
recently welcomed a visiting group
of Ukrainian professionals. The
group represented university professors,
state agents, and businesses working
in the field of environment, public
health, land management, and environmental
legislation from the Luhansk Region
of the Ukraine.
CMI offered a tailored training
opportunity to address the conservation
needs of the group's region and
discussed how Virginia Tech can
help further develop this relation
with different government agencies
and Ukraine's technical universities.
The
Ukrainians attended presentations
from CMI research coordinators
about topics relevant to the Luhansk
region. Tom Hammett, associate
professor of wood science and
forest products in Virginia Tech's
College of Natural Resources,
introduced the group to non-timber
forest product issues and opportunities
in a discussion. The group visited
the Center for Environmental Applications
of Remote Sensing Lab and also
traveled to the Corporate Research
Center to learn how new innovative
centers develop.
During
their stay in the United States,
the Ukrainian ecologists visited
many government agencies, private
businesses, and NGOs concerned
with the ecology and quality of
environment in Washington, D.C.
and Virginia.
