The paper of the director of the Institute of Botany of ANAS academician Valida Alizadeh and Ph.D. in Biology, associate professor Rashad Salimov on the results of joint researches with foreign colleagues was published in the journal "Inland waters" with impact factor 1,516.

The paper focuses on the ecosystem and biodiversity of inland salt lakes as part of the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) regional assessment for Europe and Central Asia. The current state of inland salt lakes and the direct impact of factors (climate change, land use, pollution, resource use and invasive species) on ecosystems and biodiversity, etc. have been analyzed in the paper.