Assessment of the conservation value of dry grassland habitats in the Inhulets River basin (Central Ukraine) based on vegetation and spider research

Polchaninova, Nina; Krasova, Olga; Lysohor, Liudmyla; Atemasova, Tatiana

doi:10.2478/hacq-2021-0003

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“…Natural habitat of Community interest 62C0 * Ponto-Sarmatian steppes is very important at European level due to its high biodiversity (Anastasiu et al, 2008;2021;Ghendov et al, 2020;Polchaninova et al, 2021). The priority habitat type 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatic steppes is present in the South-Eastern part of Romania in the Steppic Region, but it is also present on the steep Southern exposed hill slopes of the Transylvanian Tableland (Oprea and Sârbu, 2009;Schneider-Binder, 2015).…”

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Ecological, Agronomic and Anthropogenic Characterization of the Habitat 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatian Steppes in the North of Dobrogea (Romania)

Maruşca¹,

Păcurar²,

MEMEDEMIN³

et al. 2022

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Natural habitat of Community interest 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatian steppes is very important at European level due to its high biodiversity. The aim of the paper is to study the grassland systems within the habitat 62C0* Sarmatic pontoon steps and to characterize them from an ecological and agronomic point of view. The floristic studies were carried out on the permanent grasslands of the biogeographical region ROSCI 0201 North Dobrogean Plateau, which for the most part belong to the Natural Habitat of Community Interest 62C0 * Sarmatian pontoon steps. Following the classifications (cluster) resulted 4 groups such as: type Cynodon dactylon, type Bothriochloa ischaemum - Festuca valesiaca, type Festuca valesiaca and type Festuca valesiaca - Stipa capillata.

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Ecological, Agronomic and Anthropogenic Characterization of the Habitat 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatian Steppes in the North of Dobrogea (Romania)

Maruşca¹,

Păcurar²,

MEMEDEMIN³

et al. 2022

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“…Developing adaptive agrienvironmental systems 15 and conservation practices 16 has helped to increase the ability of the Emerald Network signatories to maintain healthy agro-ecosystems while continuing to restore natural vegetation 17 and protect species population growth rates 18 . Many other examples of conservation success due to the Emerald Network exist, for example, the stabilization of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red-List species population dynamics in different countries such as Armenia 19 and Ukraine 20 .…”

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Conservation policies and management in the Ukrainian Emerald Network have maintained reforestation rate despite the war

Shumilo,

Skakun,

Gore

et al. 2023

Commun Earth Environ

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The Russian-Ukrainian War, ongoing since 2014, impacts an area containing Emerald Network environmental-protection sites created through the implementation of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. Here we explore the impact of this conflict on institutional links supporting environmental sustainability and conservation efforts. Using satellite data, we analyzed tree cover changes in the Luhansk region’s Emerald Network protected areas from 1996 to 2020. The results reveal that the implementation of Bern Convention conservation policies led to a shift from deforestation (−4% each) to reforestation (+8% and +10%) on both sides of the Emerald Network divided by the demarcation line in 2014. It also shows that despite the war, territories under Ukraine control after 2014 continued reforestation (+9%), while sites under Russian control experienced dramatic forest loss (−25%). These findings emphasize the significant consequences of warfare-induced separation of local institutions on conservation areas and underscore the positive impact of the Emerald Network establishment, both before and after the conflict’s onset.

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Active garden therapy for the elderly and people with disabilities

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Bredikhina

Pererva

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Garden therapy has been used in the world medical practice for many decades. There are many examples where human interaction with plants has a positive impact or facilitates the lives of various segments and groups of society: children, youth, elderly people, with mental health problems, people with disabilities, crime victims, patients with cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, mental health problems, drug addicts and alcoholics, combatants, victims of military or terrorist acts, etc. Garden therapy is the process of using plants and the garden to improve well-being through the effects on the mind, body and soul. Garden therapy combines gardening and rehabilitation and is a synthesis of landscape design, medicine and psychology. It can help work with different target groups: in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation and cancer centers, hospices, as well as other medical and residential complexes. Despite this, garden therapy is still not widespread in Ukraine and requires wider development. This is due to the general set of social and health problems, as well as regional problems of modern times, including the post-Chernobyl factor, the mass factor of post-traumatic stress disorders among the affected population of the temporarily occupied territories and the contingent of ATO participants. Undoubtedly, the urgent task today is to develop garden therapy programs for recovery from illness and combating the stressful effects of prolonged self-isolation during quarantine activities related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The article considers an example of creating a location for active garden therapy for visitors to the Center for medical and social rehabilitation services in Melitopol, Zaporozhia region.

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Assessment of the conservation value of dry grassland habitats in the Inhulets River basin (Central Ukraine) based on vegetation and spider research

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Ecological, Agronomic and Anthropogenic Characterization of the Habitat 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatian Steppes in the North of Dobrogea (Romania)

Ecological, Agronomic and Anthropogenic Characterization of the Habitat 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatian Steppes in the North of Dobrogea (Romania)

Conservation policies and management in the Ukrainian Emerald Network have maintained reforestation rate despite the war

Active garden therapy for the elderly and people with disabilities

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