European Wilderness Week
Protected areas and Wilderness in Ukraine Monday 19 October 2020, 11:00 CET Iryna Shchoka European Wilderness Society, Ukraine
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The European Wilderness Society is the only Pan-European, Wilderness and environmental advocacy non-profit organization with a dedicated multi-cultural and experienced professional team of: . wilderness and wildlife specialists, . nature conservationists, . researchers and scientists, . tourism experts, . marketing and business professionals, . legal advisors and . wilderness advocates
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Its mission is to: . identify . designate . steward . promote European WILDRivers, WILDCoasts, WILDIslands, WILDForests and Wilderness. We are also dedicated to the education of the next generation of Europeans on Wilderness.
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Iryna Shchoka, graduate from the Lviv National University after I.Franko, Ukraine. Experienced manager of nature conservation, tourism, educational, youth involvement and regional development projects. At the European Wilderness Society I am working on educational and sustainable tourism projects in the Carpathians, supporting team in other European projects. I am a contact person in the cooperation with Ukrainian partners of European Wilderness Network. My email: [email protected]
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4/6/20 (c) European Wilderness Society www.wilderness-society.org/ 5 Ukraine on the map
• Ukraine is the biggest country of Europe • It is located in Eastern Europe • Area - 603 628 km² • Population – 46 million people • Borders with 7 countries: Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia
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4/6/20 (c) European Wilderness Society www.wilderness-society.org/ 7 Chornobyl Disaster
• Huge explosion on the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26th, 1986 • A big amount of radiation spread not only on the Ukraine’s territory, but also on many other countries, including Austria
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4/6/20 (c) European Wilderness Society www.wilderness-society.org/ 9 Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve
• Created on 26th of April, 2016 • Total area is 226 964,7 ha • Polissya vegetation zone (marshland with shrubs) • Brown bear, lynx, wolves, Przewalskyy horses • Open air lab, international projects
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• Number: 8 512 • Total area: 4, 418 million ha: 4.085 million ha-actual area 402500.0 ha –within Black Sea basin • 6,77% of total area of Ukraine • In 2019 new 116 protected areas were created with total area of 94 224,2 ha
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• 7 Wilderness • 3 WILDForests • 3 WILDRivers • Western Ukraine – Carpathian mountains
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• 1 332 ha • EWN member since 2015 • UNESCO World Heritage Beech Forest - WILDForest
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• Old-growth beech forests, peatbogs • No visitors allowed • Newts, white-back woodpecker • Wild boar, lynx, squirrel, beaver
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• 1 580 ha • One of two Wilderness in National Nature Park “Synevyr” • EWN member since 2016 • Old growth broadleaf and conifer forest
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• Large carnivores – bear, wolf, wildcat and lynx • Many large mammals: badgers, red deer, roe deer, martens, ermines • Endangered species: tritons, horned owl, Rosalia beetle • Several hundred different plant species
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• 1 450 ha • Member since 2018 • National Nature Park “Synevyr“ • Old-growth broadleaf and conifer forest
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• UNESCO World Heritage Beech forest • Wood grouse and grouse; stork, eagle owl • Large carnivores • Threatened plant species
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• 4 800 ha • EWN member since 2016 • Old-growth beech, Swiss pine and mixed forest
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• Local biodiversity hotspot • 1 500 species of fauna • Many rare plants • Strictly protected – very limited access to visitors
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• 4 477 ha, part of Carpathian National Nature Park • EWN member since 2016 • Old-growth mixed and coniferous forest, alpine meadows
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• Native large carnivores – brown bear, wolf, wild cat, lynx • Rare invertebrates in deadwood • High plant diversity on alpine meadows • Not accessible to public
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• 3 162 ha, part of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve • EWN member since 2018 • Large area of old-growth beech and mixed forest in Europe
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• Old-growth forest with fragments of subalpine and alpine habitats • UNESCO World Heritage Beech forest • Brown bear, lynx, wolf • Black stork, eagle-owl
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• 13 034 ha, part of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve • EWN Member since 2015 • 3 WILDRivers • UNESCO World Heritage Beech forest - WILDForest
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• Largest contiguous beech forest in Europe • Bear, lynx, wolf • Lots of deadwood supporting Rosalia beetle
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• Velyka Uholka – 8 km • Mala Uholka – 7 km • Shyrokyy Luh – 9 km
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• 1 370 ha, part of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve • EWN member since 2017 • UNESCO World Heritage Beech Forest
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• Important genetic reservoir of beech • Brown bear, wolf, lynx • Black stork, eagle owl • Rosalia beetle in the abundance of deadwood
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2020-12-18 (c) European Wilderness Society www.wilderness-society.org/ 37 Challenges to Ukrainian Wilderness
• Low level of understanding of Wilderness importance Economical situation • Rare inclusion of environmental assessment and climate change issues into big investment projects • Increased volume of mass tourism • Negative attitude of local inhabitants towards neighbouring protected areas • Illegal activities (poaching, illegal logging..) • ...
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More information on… • European Wilderness news • https://wilderness-society.org/ • European Wilderness Network • https://european-wilderness.network • Wilderness Trainings and Wilderness Academy • https://wilderness.academy/ • Youth education • https://lets-get-wild.org/ • Livestock protection • https://herdenschutz.info/ • European Wilderness Society Volunteering • https://wilderness-diary.info/
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