Presentation of the documentary “Absheron National Park” from the series of “9 Wonders of Azerbaijan”, a special project of the IDEA Public Association, took place at Nizami Cinema Centre, April 3.

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

Before the film’s presentation, Leyla Aliyeva became familiarized with an exhibition comprised of photos shot by director of the film “Absheron National Park” Igor Byshnyov during the filming. The stands in the exhibition covers the sections “Heights of Azerbaijan”, “Fauna of Azerbaijan”, “Birds of prey”, “Water world”, “Flora of Azerbaijan”, “Red Book of Azerbaijan”, “Birds of passage”, and “Filming time”.

The film’s presentation started with the video footage about IDEA’s Animal Care Centre.

Addressing the event, director Igor Byshnyov talked about the significance of the Animal Care Centre, the conditions created here, and thanked Leyla Aliyeva.

Then, the documentary “Absheron National Park” was shown. The film is about the youngest national park in Azerbaijan. Created in 2005, this park is located 60 kilometres from Baku. Although its territory is not big, the park has its own unique features. The rich animal world of this area is concentrated in one peninsula. The territory’s being close by the capital makes it easy to come here. The park’s another peculiarity is its being close by the Caspian Sea.

Leyla Aliyeva is the initiator of the project “9 Wonders of Azerbaijan”. Documentary films will be produced about 9 national parks of the country under the project. Other films will be about Shahdagh, Hirkan, Altyaghaj, Zangazur and Samur-Yalama national parks.

The objective of IDEA’s project “9 Wonders of Azerbaijan” is to promote enigmatic natural beauties of our country and bring to attention the importance of the environment’s protection.