NUBiP ecologists deepen international cooperation
NUBiP ecologists deepen international cooperation
June 20, 2022
Today's environmental problems require cooperation and exchange of experience between experts from all countries and continents. Thus, in early June 2022, representatives of the Department of Agrosphere Ecology and Environmental Control of the Faculty of Plant Protection, Biotechnology and Ecology, Associate Professor Maryna Ladyka and Professor Volodymyr Starodubtsev took part in SCERIN-8 virtual workshop “Satellite remote sensing for forest management and ecosystem health, floods, droughts and forest fires in the context of climate change”.
SCERIN is one of the regional networks of the GOFC-GOLD panel. GOFC-GOLD (Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics) is a panel of GTOS. GTOS (Global Terrestrial Observing System) is a programme for observations, modelling, and analysis of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development. SCERIN (originally SEERIN) is an informal network of scientists and other professionals based in the region or with scientific interests in the region of South Eastern and Central Europe.
Since 2012, SCERIN has been organising annual workshops devoted to hotspots in remote sensing ecosystem research. This year the workshop was organised by SCERIN coordinators Petya Campbell (NASA GSFC / UMBC, USA), Jana Albrechtova (Charles University, Czech Republic) and Lucie Kupkova (Charles University, Czech Republic) and co-organizers from Ukraine: Serhiy Gavrylyuk and Oleh Chaskovskyy (Ukrainian National Forestry University, Lviv, Ukraine). Currently, SCERIN's activities focus on the following topics:
1) water resources management and impact on soil cover (river basins, reservoirs, dams) (supervisors: V. Starodubtsev, I. Pilas, V. Lagutov);
2) land use change: decline of agriculture, urban expansion (supervisors: G. Taff, L. Kupková, P. Stych);
3) forest monitoring: forest management, forest health and functioning, forest disturbance and biomass (supervisors: M. Nita, J. Albrechtová, I. Sachkov);
4) network of confirmation / verification of methods (supervisors: L. Filchev, I. Manakos, A. Halabuk, P. Campbell).
1) water resources management and impact on soil cover (river basins, reservoirs, dams) (supervisors: V. Starodubtsev, I. Pilas, V. Lagutov);
2) land use change: decline of agriculture, urban expansion (supervisors: G. Taff, L. Kupková, P. Stych);
3) forest monitoring: forest management, forest health and functioning, forest disturbance and biomass (supervisors: M. Nita, J. Albrechtová, I. Sachkov);
4) network of confirmation / verification of methods (supervisors: L. Filchev, I. Manakos, A. Halabuk, P. Campbell).
The workshop presented the results of the first stage of the bilateral Ukrainian-Czech project "Spatial-temporal dynamics of hydromorphic landscapes in changing climate and impact on local ecosystems in Kaniv Reservoir area” (research supervisor Professor V.M. Starodubtsev). The project was implemented in 2021-2022 together with the partners from the Global Change Research Institute – CzechGlobe, which focuses on environmental issues, including global climate change. NASA representatives praised the data and their contribution in this field.
The scientific community supported all Ukrainian colleagues and condemned the military intervention of the Russian Federation. The support of the Ukrainian people was officially announced in the “Statement of Solidarity of SCERIN-8 Participants with Ukraine”.
Також у травні 2022 року Володимир Стародубцев і Марина Ладика прийняли участь у другому регіональному семінарі CARIN (Центральноазіатська регіональна інформаційна мережа), яка також є учасником GOFC-GOLD. Також здійснюється пошук наукових партнерів з Туреччи таких зустрічах є цінним досвідом, сприяє налагодженню нових контактів та міжнародної кооперації для виконання спільних науково-дослідних робіт.
Also in May 2022, Volodymyr Starodubtsev and Maryna Ladyka took part in the second CARIN regional workshop. The Central Asia Regional Information Network (CARIN) is participating member the GOFC-GOLD network (Global Observations of Forest Cover and Global Observations of Land Use Dynamics). CARIN’s primary aims include:
- Providing a platform for collaboration among experts in geospatial information technologies in the region;
- Building regional capacity for using remote sensing and other geospatial technologies to study key LCLUC processes;
- Fostering regional collaborations to monitor the dynamics, stability, and vulnerability of landscapes, communities, and ecosystems amidst change; and
- Promoting effective strategies for sustainable management of landscapes at local, regional, and pan-Eurasian scales.
Maryna Ladyka,
Associate Professor of the Department of Agrosphere Ecology and Environmental Control ,
Vladimir Starodubtsev,
Professor of the Department of Agrosphere Ecology and Environmental Control
Associate Professor of the Department of Agrosphere Ecology and Environmental Control ,
Vladimir Starodubtsev,
Professor of the Department of Agrosphere Ecology and Environmental Control
