ASSESSMENT OF THE RESILIENCE OF BIODIVERSITY OF ECOSYSTEMS AROUND THE GANJA ALUMINUM PLANT DURING CLIMATE CHANGE

Abstract

Sum­mary: Re­se­arch work car­ri­ed out to de­ter­mi­ne the le­vel of en­vi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­ti­on in the city of Gan­ja and its sur­ro­un­ding are­as, as well as to eli­mi­na­te the ne­ga­ti­ve ef­fects, is of gre­at sci­en­ti­fic and prac­ti­cal im­por­tan­ce. Stu­di­es show that in­dust­ri­al was­te, es­pe­ci­ally he­avy me­tals and ra­di­o­ac­ti­ve stron­ti­um, spre­ads to the city of Gan­ja and its sur­ro­un­ding are­as, pol­lu­ting the so­il and ve­ge­ta­ti­on of the re­gi­on. As a re­sult of pol­lu­ti­on, the bio­lo­gi­cal and eco­lo­gi­cal sta­te of the en­vi­ron­ment is dis­rup­ted, ne­ga­ti­vely af­fec­ting hu­man he­alth and crea­ting con­di­ti­ons for the inc­rea­se of va­ri­o­us di­sea­ses. The eco­lo­gi­cally rich na­tu­ral en­vi­ron­ment of Gan­ja city is cau­sed by in­dust­ri­al ac­ti­vity, anth­ro­po­ge­nic im­pacts, wea­ke­ning of ecosys­tem func­ti­ons and re­duc­ti­on of bio­lo­gi­cal di­ver­sity. Among the in­dust­ri­al en­terp­ri­ses ope­ra­ting in Gan­ja city, “Aze­ra­lu­mi­ni­um” MMC is of par­ti­cu­lar im­por­tan­ce in terms of its se­ri­o­us ne­ga­ti­ve im­pact on the en­vi­ron­ment due to he­avy me­tals in its was­te. It was fo­und that the flo­ra of Gan­ja city and sur­ro­un­ding are­as con­sists of 43 fa­mi­li­es, 112 ge­ne­ra and 221 spe­ci­es. The flo­ra is ma­inly com­po­sed of ce­re­als (Poa­ce­ae-43 spe­ci­es), le­gu­mes (Fa­ba­ce­ae-38 spe­ci­es), as­te­ra­ce­ae (As­te­ra­ce­ae-30 spe­ci­es), and pe­ren­ni­al her­ba­ce­o­us plants (110) spe­ci­es. The ar­tic­le pro­vi­des in­for­ma­ti­on on the re­sults of the in­ves­ti­ga­ti­on of the en­vi­ron­men­tal im­pact of “Aze­ra­lu­mi­ni­um” MMC and ways to eli­mi­na­te them.            

  Key­words: Aze­ra­lu­mi­num, bio­di­ver­sity, ecosys­tem, spe­ci­es, ge­nus, fa­mily