Seminar
Better Relations and New Opportunities

Discussions with Victoria Panova, PhD, Vice President for International Relations at the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok

HSS

On September 17 and 19, 2018, a seminar on international scientific cooperation for the environment took place in Vladivostok. Participants from Russia, Germany, Switzerland, South and North Korea discussed ways for environmental cooperation in Northeast Asia, in particular on the Korean Peninsula. The recent improvement in relations of both sides opens up more opportunities for cooperation. Among the topics discussed were forestry, emissions trade and climate change, as well as renewable energy and water. The seminar is the fifth in a series of exchanges organized by Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea in cooperation with international experts as well as participants from South and North Korea. Jan Dresel, resident representative of HSF in Moscow, was also part of the seminar. Trips to Ussuryisk National Park and to the Far Eastern Federal University, local host of the seminar, were part of the program.