Sample tasks
Scientific interests
Ecology, climate study, physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, geography.
The Olympiad format
Participants will decide theoretical and practical cases from academic, environmental and industrial partners in two rounds, which will held on different days.
In the first (theoretical) round of the Olympiad participants will decide theoretical cases in two stages (individually and by a national team).
In the second (practical) round, it is planned that the participants, as part of the country's team, will travel to a protected natural area (the Caucasus Biosphere Reserve) to decide practical cases.
In the first (theoretical) round of the Olympiad participants will decide theoretical cases in two stages (individually and by a national team).
In the second (practical) round, it is planned that the participants, as part of the country's team, will travel to a protected natural area (the Caucasus Biosphere Reserve) to decide practical cases.
Case directions
- Significant components of biological diversity for its conservation and sustainable use;
- Protected area systems where special measures are needed to conserve biological diversity;
- Measures to rehabilitate and restore degraded ecosystems;
- Introduction of invasive alien species;
- Consideration of the environmental consequences of significant adverse impacts on biological diversity;
- Emergency response to actions/events that pose a serious and imminent threat to biological diversity;
- Conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats in-situ (trip of participants to protected areas).
Sample task options
- Participants will have to evaluate measures to protect ecosystems, natural habitats, preserve viable populations of species in natural conditions, and make proposals for their improvement;
- Participants will have to consider various situations where anthropogenic or natural threats may arise that have a negative impact on local biological diversity. It is necessary to identify such threats, analyze and assess their consequences, and propose solutions;
- Participants will be to analyze national emergency response mechanisms for environmental threats in their own country and neighbouring countries and to submit proposals for developing joint contingency plans.