According to Valentyn Shcherbyna, vice president for military ecology and ecosystem restoration at the Association of Environmental Professionals, the former Kakhovka Reservoir is being restored as a stable and self-sufficient natural system that should not be disturbed or interfered with.
The expert shared his vision of the situation on his Facebook page.
He noted that large-scale changes are currently taking place, both visible at first glance and not detectable by remote sensing methods – changes in the hydrological and geochemical regimes of soils, microclimate, and flows of substances and energy in an ecosystem that develops according to its own laws.
"The "Mystery of Nature" is taking place. All we can do now is to observe and study with enthusiasm," Shcherbyna is confident.
He believes that it would be expedient to create an international biosphere reserve "Dniprovski Plavni" on this territory, "as a unique world laboratory of Nature".
In March 2024, EkoPolitic reported that water returned to the Kakhov reservoir.
