The second operation to save the herbarium in 100 years was successful (the first, by the way, took place at Kharkiv University during the Second World War). This would not have happened without our colleagues from UNCG, professors of Kherson State University Ivan Moisienko and Oleksandr Khodosovtsev. “When we were still in occupied Kherson, in…
Because of the war, the Ministry of Education and Science is able to finance only the educational process. So, in the Botanical Garden at the university there was talk of reducing the number of workers, who were already in short supply. The area of the garden is 27.5 hectares. All these hectares require constant care.…
The Drevlyan nature reserve is located in the Narodytska community on land contaminated by radionuclides after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Two years ago, it suffered from large-scale forest fires, and this year – from the Russian invasion. -Due to shelling, 2,100 hectares of the reserve were burned. The pine trees planted…
There have already been attempts at encroachment. Take, for example, the Dniester hydroelectric station (Chernivtsky region), which was attacked by a missile on October 31. We escaped with little blood: only the electrical components of the dam were damaged. And although “there is no threat of flooding”, as the media reassured us, we are still…
For the last eight years, Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and its unique biological diversity have been under occupation. Over that time, its landscape has been actively used for military training. Since February 2022, it has served as a springboard for the military invasion. All of these factors have had a negative impact on the environment. UWEC…
The Emerald Network is an apt name for a network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI) in Europe. These areas were brought together and endowed with a single conservation status for the whole of Europe. In order to be granted this status, an area must provide an adequate level of protection for habitats and…