IDEA head attends British producer's film on marine environment in Azerbaijan

/By Azernews/

By Amina Nazarli

"The End of the line" documentary, which was produced on the initiative of the International Dialogue for Environmental Action (IDEA), was held at Nizami Cinema Center on May 11.

Vice president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, founder and head of IDEA Public Union Leyla Aliyeva attended the event.

Shot by the UK's Blue Marine Foundation, the film was translated into Azerbaijani through partnership with IDEA Public Union.

Rory Moore, project manager at the Blue Marine Foundation, hailed Leyla Aliyeva`s role in preserving marine fauna.

After the presentation participants of the event viewed the exhibition on the protection of marine environment.

With the aim of protecting and increasing the number of wild nature, IDEA Public Union founded in 2011 makes every effort to protect the nature for future generations.

The organization is aimed at promoting public awareness of environmental issues and action, collaboration with youth, education in the field of environmental problems and finding proper solutions for them.

IDEA identified the Caucasus Big Five project which envisages protection of five animals such as brown bear, imperial eagle, grey wolf, goitered gazelle and Caucasian leopard, considering symbols of the Caucasus and the region’s main living beauty, being under threat of extinction.

IDEA and Wild World Foundation have also prepared an action plan on reintroduction of bison.

The organization has also become a network of young environmentalists from all around the globe, holding a number of conferences and meetings with the participation of international experts.