Oleksiy Leonidovich SAVCHENKO
works in the Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Marketing for the
State Committee of Fisheries, Ukraine. He is a biologist specialised in
vertebrate zoology and an economist. He analyzes the economic consequences of
adaptation as well as economic and trade policy, and is involved with the
ratification of international conventions and agreements concerning protection,
breeding and use of water resources. He previously worked at the Ministry for
Environment Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine. He has published more than
35 scientific articles.
O.L. Savchenko graduated from the Faculty of Biology at Kiev State National
University and the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade. He also completed
post-graduate studies on zoology at Institute of Zoology (Ukrainian Acad of Sci.)and
training on environmental law at the Imperial College, London. After his studies,
he conducted research on the eco-morphological adaptation of teleost fish
respiration organs (gill apparatus).