Not only biologists need information about the distribution of biological species. This knowledge is necessary for the establishment of protected areas, planning of forestry activities, preparation of EIA reports, and urban planning documentation. However, it is not easy to find such data in the public domain. Their largest hub is the global biodiversity database GBIF,…
It was a final vote. The Law should be approved by the Council of the European Union in the nearest future. What targets does this new European law set? – 30% of natural habitats in poor condition must be restored by 2030, 60% by 2040 and 90% by 2050. – Natural habitats in good…
The catastrophic rate of the loss of flora and fauna species, and their habitats has become one of the key problems on the world agenda along with the issues of global climate change, wars and poverty. Biodiversity is an important player not only in matters of nature conservation, but also in the implementation of…
During 2023, we created protected areas, detected cases of damage to the nature reserve fund (NRF), opposed projects and plans harmful to nature. What did we achieve this year? Nature reserve fund We prepared applications on the establishment of 78 new objects of NRF (including three new national parks) in 14 regions with a total…
The main idea of the draft law is to unite small land plots into larger ones. The authors of the draft consider field roads, gullies, ravines or patches of biodiversity to be an inefficient land use. There are following proposals in the explanatory note: – to remove narrow strips of land to facilitate plowing…
The biggest storm in at least the last 100 years occurred in the Black Sea at the end of November. It caused damage to the infrastructure of the temporarily occupied Crimea, and limited the ability of the occupiers to use their navy (which we are very happy about). However, damage was also caused to Ukrainian…