Eco-activists from the Ukrainian Nature Conservstion Group (UNCG) began to prepare green post-war recovery plans for 3 communities of Kyiv Region, Kharkiv Region and Donetsk Region, together with local activists.
The main topics of the work will be water management, land use, adaptation to climate change and biodiversity conservation, UNCG reports on Facebook.
The authors said that within 6 months they will cooperate with:
- Beilohorod village community (Kyiv Oblast);
- Krasnokutsk settlement community (Kharkiv region);
- Myrnograd city community (Donetsk region).
"The task before us is to achieve the most effective way to retain water in the landscape (according to the principle of slow water)," they emphasized.
Eco-activists plan to create buffer infiltration zones on the banks of the Irpin and Bobrytsia rivers. This will make it possible to replenish groundwater, divert flood flows away from households and direct them into the ground.
They explained that during periods of drought and lack of moisture in the soil, erosion accelerates. Therefore, the most effective anti-erosion measures will be sought in the Krasnokutsk and Myrnograd communities.
"In particular, we will study whether there is a sufficient number of forest strips on their territory. After all, they are the ones who redirect wind flows and accumulate water in agricultural landscapes," ecoactivists emphasized.
The authors also noted that it is planned to green communities and bequeath their territories, because adaptation to climate change is impossible without preserving biodiversity.
"Post-war recovery should only be green. Therefore, we are happy to work with communities that fully share our values," ecoactivists emphasized.
As EcoPolitic reported before, the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will consider the possibility of cooperation with Ukraine in the field of post-war environmental restoration, water policy, chemical safety and air pollution.
