Головна / Архіви / Том 1 № 1 (2026): Український природоохоронний журнал / Proposals for the Inclusion of Flora and Fauna Species as well as Types of Natural Habitats in the Annexes to the EU Habitats Directive
Oleksii MARUSHCHAK 1,2,3 , Anna KUZEMKO 2,4,5,6 , Olesya BEZSMERTNA 2,7,8 , Igor BALASHOV 1 , Heorhii BONDARENKO 9,10 , Larisa BOROVYK 11 , Olena BRONSKOVA 12 , Illia CHORNEY 13 , Vitaliia DIDENKO 14 , Yakiv DIDUKH 4 , Mykhailo DREBET 15 , Vitalii KAVURKA 1 , Yuriy KOBIV 16 , Ivan MOYSIYENKO 2,17 , Oksana NEKRASOVA 1,2,3,18 , Mikhail RUSIN 1,19 , Viktor SHAPOVAL 5 , Oleksandr SHYNDER 20 , Mikhail SON 21 , Anastasiia DRAPALIUK 2,22
1 I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine 2 NGO „Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group“, Ukraine
3 Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR7178, France
4 M.G. Kholodny Institute of botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine 5 Falz-Fein Biosphere Reserve “Askania Nova”, Ukraine
6 Kholodny Yar National nature Park, Ukraine
7 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
8 Tsumanska Pushcha National Nature Park in Kivertsi, Ukraine 9 V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
10 National University of Life and Environmental Sciences, Ukraine 11 Luhansk Nature Reserve of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
12 Meotyda National Nature Park, Ukraine
13 Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
14 State Scientific Research Forensic Center of the MIA of Ukraine, Ukraine 15 Podilski Tovtry national nature park, Ukraine
16 Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine 17 Kherson State University, Ukraine
18 Department of Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
19 Kyiv Zoo, Ukraine
20 M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine 21 Institute of Marine Biology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
22 Nature Fund of Ukraine, Ukraine
Corresponding author: [email protected]
DOI: https://10.67531/uncg-j.2026.1.1.13-32
Keywords: biodiversity, Habitats Directive, Birds Directive, rare species, endemics, natural habitat types, nature conservation
Анотація
This article analyzes the biodiversity of Ukraine with the aim of developing proposals for the inclusion of flora and fauna species, as well as natural habitat types, into the annexes of the EU Habitats and Birds Directives. Ukraine, as one of the largest countries in Europe, is characterized by a high level of species diversity, including a significant number of endemic species. As a result of a comparative analysis of species lists from the annexes of the Bern Convention, the EU Habitats and Birds Directives, and the Red Data Book of Ukraine, followed by a stepwise selection algorithm using open-access databases to verify species distribution and applying the selection criteria specified for the annexes of the aforementioned Directives, a list of 63 species of flora and fauna and 4 types of natural habitats was compiled. It is shown that a substantial proportion of the proposed species is associated with steppe and petrophytic ecosystems. Many of these species are characterized by restricted distribution ranges or are threatened with extinction, and are largely unrepresented within EU Member States. Particular attention is given to endemic species and Pontic–Caspian relict taxa, as well as to species that serve as characteristic representatives of rare habitat types requiring an integrated conservation approach. The proposed habitat types are also unique and not represented within EU countries. The results obtained can be used to support the harmonization of Ukraine’s environmental legislation with EU standards.
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Опубліковано
2026-06-05
Як цитувати:
Marushchak O., Kuzemko A., Bezsmertna O., Balashov I., Bondarenko H., Borovyk L., Bronskova O., Chorney I., Didenko V., Didukh Ya., Drebet M., Kavurka V., Kobiv Y., Moysiyenko I., Nekrasova O., Rusin M., Shapoval V.,Shynder O.,Son M.,Drapaliuk A.(2026) Proposals for the inclusion of flora and fauna species as well as types of natural habitats in the Annexes to the EU Habitats Directive.Ukrainian Nature Conservation Journal, 1(1): 13–32.
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