Velykyi Luh (means Great Meadow) is one of the most important natural and historical landscapes of Ukraine. This area was flooded in 1955-1958 with construction of Kakhovske Reservoir, despite the fact that many monuments of Zaporizhzhian Sich were preserved here and a large number of rare animal and plant species were found here. For 70…
Kyiv, May 8, 2023 Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU, the US, Japan and other countries have imposed sanctions on wood and seafood from Russia and Belarus. However, such sanctions are often incomplete. In addition, Russian and Belarusian companies have learned to circumvent them, passing off their products…
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…
By Oleksii Marushchak Oleksii Marushchak is Chief Data Manager at Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (UNCG). UWEC Work Group invited him to describe data management and security in wartime conditions. UNCG is actively involved not only in scientific research of Ukrainian biodiversity, creating and supporting Nature Reserve Fund sites, and environmental education on different levels, but…
Contacts: Yehor Hrynyk, “Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group”, [email protected] War as a justification for more logging! ___ The EU and other countries should strengthen sanctions against Russian and Belarusian wood! An investigation by the British NGO Earthsight, published on November 25, shows that the largest furniture retailers in the EU continue to buy furniture produced in…
Russian troops have begun construction of a powerful fortified area along the left bank of the Kherson region in Ukraine. An approximate scheme of the “defense lines” (Map of the russian defense lines being built on the right bank of the Dnieper 11/05/2022) posted the @COUPSURE channel on Twitter. Analysis of satellite images confirms this…
Breaking up with Russia, we should finally break up with our common Soviet past, where myth-making was almost the basis of state policy. In this article, we would like to debunk one of the myths of Soviet propaganda without naming it. Instead, let us analyze what were the consequences of the implementation of Stalin’s plan…
Roman Lysenko, Yehor Hrynyk Taking advantage of the war, Ukrainian authorities are increase the volume of logs. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine, they plan to cut one and a half times more than usual. What do they plan to…
Carbon dioxide is one of the main greenhouse gases, and its amount in the atmosphere affects climate change. Forests absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and resist climate change. However, forests have another crucial function. They store the absorbed carbon, preventing it from being released back into the atmosphere. That is why it is extremely…
The Parliament of Ukraine adopted draft law 7475 in the first reading. The purpose of the draft law is to strengthen the protection of the state border of Ukraine, primarily by expanding the border strip to 2 kilometers. For this purpose, the draft law defines the procedure for removing the relevant lands from the nature…