jfolse@orca.tamu.edu (Joseph Folse) (06/21/91)
A Seminar ECOLOGICAL POLICY IN THE SOVIET UNION by PROFESSOR ALEXEY V. YABLOKOB TIME: 1:30 PM DATE: June 25, 1991 (Tuesday) PLACE: Room 301 Rudder, Texas A&M University Dr. Alexey V. Yablokov serves as the deputy chairman of the Ecology Committee of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet. He was elected a member of the Congress of People's Deputies in 1989. Previously, he was chairman of the Commission of Ichthyology for the U.S.S.R. Ministry of Fisheries and, earlier, head of a scientific laboratory at the Koltzoff Institute of Developmental Biology. He currently serves as a science advisor to the President of the Russia Republic, Boris Yeltsin. Dr. Yablokov is an internationally known scientist who has studied marine mammals such as Arctic dolphins and Baltic seals for 30 years. He has participated in zoological expeditions in the European and Far Eastern U.S.S.R., Central Asia and India. He has a string interest in conservation problems, and has taken part in many joint marine mammal conservation projects with colleagues in the U.S., Sweden and Poland. In addition, he has led the Soviet delegations at several international scientific conferences. Dr. Yablokov has written many scientific papers on theoretical biology, marine mammal research, and reptiles. He has also written popular books about nature conservation, dolphin biology and evolution. The U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences awarded Dr. Yablokov a research prize in 1978 and elected him a corresponding member in 1984. He is currently a candidate for full membership in the Academy. Dr. Yablokov attended Moscow State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in zoology in 1956. He became a Doctor of Biology in 1959 and a Doctor of Science in 1966. SPONSORED BY: * Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences (COALS) * College of Geosciences