REEFMC representatives took part in a discussion on fires in Luganska oblast: "Reforestation after fires: how, when, who?"
On October 29, 2020, representatives of the Department of Silviculture of Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Landscape-Park Management and Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center Prof. Sergiy Zibtsev, Assoc.prof. Vasyl Gumeniuk and Assoc.prof. Oleksandr Soshenskyi took part in a discussion on fires in Luganska oblast: "Reforestation after fires: how, when, who?" organized by the Crisis Media Center "Seversky Donets".
We will remind that in the end of September - the beginning of October, 2020 the Luhansk region survived terrible forest fires, probably the largest in all history of independent Ukraine. The fire covered more than 20,000 hectares of forests and affected more than 30 settlements. 11 civilians and 3 military were killed. More than 500 private houses burned down.
Representatives of the Departments of Ecology and Natural Resources of various regions of Ukraine, the Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, international experts, eco-researchers, forestry workers of the region, representatives of state and local authorities, entrepreneurs and public activists are invited to participate in the discussion.
Conducting a discussion platform "Reforestation after fires: how, when, who?" made possible by the sincere support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
