Ecosystem Services in Azerbaijan: Value and Losses

Author Biography

Dr. Rovshan Abbasov is the Head of the Geography and Environment Department at Khazar University, Azerbaijan.  Rovshan Abbasov has been conducting research in the field of environmental management for many years. Its main activities are dedicated to transboundary river management, values of nature, disaster risk reduction, and management of hazardous pollutants. He is currently working with organizations such as UNDP and FAO as an expert on projects such as the impact of climate change on water resources and coastal management. Rovshan Abbasov is a member of the IPBES’s Multidisciplinary Expert Panel since 2018. He is also the Coordinating Lead Author in National Ecosystem Assessments for Azerbaijan. Dr. Rovshan Karimov holds the position of principal researcher at the “Demography and Geography of Population” Department of the Institute of Geography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. He served as a consultant on a number of projects, including those on migration, socio-economic development, climate change, and ecosystem services. He worked also as a focal point within some international programs and projects. He has been involved in staff mobility actions within a few Erasmus+ projects.  Dr. Natavan Jafarova is a senior scientist in the Institute of Geography at the National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan. She is a senior researcher in “The Political and Economic Geography” Department of the Institute of Geography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Research works of Natavan Jafarova deal with geographical features of the distribution of the population by settlements, socioeconomic development of regions, and study of natural hazards through remote sensing and GIS mapping.