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…
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine leads to the destruction of nature. Thousands of hectares of destroyed forests and steppes, the drained Kakhov reservoir, the mass death of domestic and wild animals – footage of these environmental crimes flew around the world. However, the impact of the war on Ukraine’s biodiversity goes far beyond the regions…
On June 6, 2023, at 2:30 am, Russian military forces detonated the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, which they had mined back in late February 2022. This act of terrorism became the most significant impact on natural ecosystems since the events starting from February 24, 2022, in Ukraine. Some foreign publications have neutrally reported on this…