PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 20, Issue no.1/ 2026

Authors :

Sergiu DOBROJAN 1 , Mircea Nicusor NICOARA 2 , Galina DOBROJAN 1 , Gheorghe JIGAU 1 , 

Victor MELNIC 1 , Gabriel-Ionut PLAVAN 2

1 Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 

2 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

E-mail : * Corresponding author:  sergiudobrojan84@yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2026201019

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