In support of COP 29, a Republican scientific-practical conference on "Plant pests and their management under conditions of global climate change" was held at the Scientific Research Institute for Plant Protection and Technical Plants.

At the conference held in Ganja, the staff of the Department of Experimental Botany of the Institute of Botany PhDs Gulnar Sultanova and Sevil Dadashova participated. Sevil Dadashova delivered a report on "Protection of photosynthetic activity weakened by heavy metals with natural antioxidants" and was awarded a certificate.