Good news from two regions at once!
We don’t get to share good news very often, but today we have two reasons to celebrate. Conservation zones have been established in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Cherkasy regions to protect rare plant species listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine.
In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the first conservation zone established under a special procedure for protecting Red Data Book species has been designated on 2.7 hectares of municipally owned land. It will protect a population of autumn crocus growing in a post-forest meadow surrounded by woodland on the outskirts of a town.
Interestingly, the conservation measures for this site include the removal of selected trees. This will help maintain the conditions necessary for the survival of this vulnerable habitat.
Meanwhile, in the Cherkasy region, a conservation zone covering 26.37 hectares has been established — almost ten times larger. Its purpose is to protect feather grass. The site is a steppe area with slopes located near the recently established Chornyi Lis National Nature Park, but within the boundaries of the Cherkasy region.
Two different natural habitats, two rare species, and almost 30 hectares of land now subject to a special conservation regime.
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