On the 23rd-24th May the scientific-practical conference on the theme “Role of National Leader Heydar Aliyev in improving the environment in Azerbaijan” was held under the joint organization of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Ministry of Science and Education in the building of the Presidium of ANAS.

Within the framework of the conference the section meetings were also held at the Central Scientific Library of ANAS and at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The leading scientific staff of the Department of Folklore and Written Literature of ANAS Institute of Folklore gave a report at the section sessions of the conference.

The reports such as “Heydar Aliyev: national historical memory and folk literature” by PhD, associate professor Sevinj Aliyeva and “Nature cults in Azerbaijani folklore” by PhD Khayala Agayeva were made.