The role of a mathematical component of university science in security of civil

society in connection with the development of biotechnology

ecosystems' management

Zholtkevych G.N.Sc.D. in Engineering, professorSchool of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, Dean

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Extreme manifestations of global climate changes force us to doubt in universality of well-known law of B.Commoner "Nature knows better" and determine the relevance of development of advanced knowledge-intensive technologies for management of natural ecosystems for treatment of biosafety threats, for example, biosafety of drinking water and other major types of water consumption.

In fact we often talk on development of a defensive environmental weapon, protecting people from the threats related to the disturbance of ecosystems' dynamical balance, supporting mechanisms of which have formed by evolutionary trend in relatively stable climate conditions, and revoked by both global climate changes and human activities.

Like Kinneret being a vital source of drinking water for Israel is an illustration of the above concern. In this lake the development of toxic micro-organisms created a serious danger for this type of water consumption

The development of cyanobacteria in lake Beloe near Gaidary vilage, Zmiiv district, Kharkiv Oblast is an example in Ukraine.

These biosafety threats may be caused by mass development of not only cyanobacteria, but also other aquatic organisms.Mass development of pistia (Pistiа strаtiоtes) in river Severski Donets is a resonance case of such kind.

Advanced biotechnologies for management, monitoring and correction of ecosystems are very expensive, and in this regard in their development the large corporations with state participation will play an important role. There will be reasons for protection of production, commercial and other confidential information. These reasons in the most are quite legitimate, nevertheless, the confidentiality rules create significant obstacles for a civil society to control the aspects in development and application of biotechnologies and management of ecosystems, affecting public interests.

This problem to a minimal extent relates to mathematical methods, on base of which software required for considered biotechnologies will be developed.

It should be noted, that we don't mean software products, but just a mathematical apparatus, which can have the most extensive and unexpected scope of application and, because of this and regarding the specific conditions of Universities' science, is associated with the most different sides of civil society. A new class of mathematical models, discrete models of dynamic systems (DMDS), developed in V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, having the widest possible application from ecology and sociology, is a case of such a kind.