Despite the war, Ukrainian foresters planted 200 million trees

Despite the war, Ukrainian foresters planted 200 million trees shutterstock
Katerina Belousova

The best times for planting are spring and autumn

In Ukraine during the fall, 229 million trees were planted on a total area of ​​6,270.4 hectares as part of the "Green Country" program of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

Foresters also created 1,721.4 hectares of new forests and planted trees on an area of ​​5,271.8 hectares, the State Forestry Agency reports on Facebook.

The message noted that in 2022, a forest was planted on a total area of ​​23,306.4 hectares. You can track the implementation of the program by region on the website Green country.

facebook.com/forestUKR

facebook.com/forestUKR

facebook.com/forestUKR

The press service also showed the statistics of planting trees in the regions of Ukraine and some institutions:

  • Vinnytsia – 375 thousand pieces;
  • Volyns –  2,781.4 thousand;
  • Dnipropetrovsk – 977.7 thousand;
  • Zhytomyr – 15,871.6 thousand;
  • Zakarpattia – 1,365.5 thousand;
  • Ivano-Frankivsk – 980.7 thousand;
  • Kyiv – 5,862 thousand;
  • Kirovohrad – 668.6 thousand;
  • Lviv – 1,186.9 thousand;
  • Mykolayiv – 373.1 thousand;
  • Odesa – 21.6 thousand;
  • Poltava – 1,351.9 thousand;
  • Rivne – 1,844.4 thousand;
  • Sumy – 1,409.2 thousand;
  • Ternopil – 206.8 thousand;
  • Kharkiv – 436.1 thousand;
  • Khmelnytsk – 715.7 thousand;
  • Cherkassy – 1,915.3 thousand;
  • Chernivtsi – 347.8 thousand;
  • Chernihiv – 4,278 thousand;
  • Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Agroforestry named after G. M. Vysotsky – 790.2 thousand;
  • Pasternak Ukrainian Research Institute of Mountain Forestry – 1.1 thousand;
  • Shatskyi National Nature Park – 10.8 thousand.

It was noted that the best terms for planting forests are spring and autumn, when plants are in a natural defoliated state and in a state of reduced activity of physiological processes.

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that in Ukraine in September the autumn afforestation campaign began.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, ecoactivists criticized program of  President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy "Green Country" and explained the threat it poses to nature.

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