The Fifth All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference “Safe North – clean Arctic”.

The Fifth All-Russian Research-to-Practice Conference (with international participation) “Safe North - Clean Arctic” was held on April 13-14, 2023 at the Surgut State University. This traditional forum brought together 280 participants from various regions of Russia, as well as colleagues from Kazakhstan. The topics of the presentations (more than 80 reports in total) covered a wide range of issues: the study and conservation of biodiversity, the creation of bioresource collections, environmental monitoring, human ecology, rational use of natural resources, the formation of a comfortable and safe environment for human life in the northern regions. To the 85th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Department of Ecology of Surgut State University, a round table “The scientific heritage of Professor Yu.V. Titov (1938-2001)" was organized. The round table participants discussed the role of Yu.V. Titov as an organizer of science and education in Ugra.