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The French media La Libre spoke with UWEC co-founder Oleksiy Vasilyuk about a balance between safe mine clearance, ecosystem protection, and future recovery of Ukraine. We’ve translated this material for you. Anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of war not only cause human casualties but can also contaminate land and groundwater by releasing…

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The environmental dimension of Ukraine’s recovery remains underestimated in RDNA reports (Rapid Damage and Needs Assessments). From 2023 to 2026, the approach evolved from a narrow focus on forests to a broader understanding of ecosystems, yet RDNA5 has simplified the analysis again. Biodiversity is mentioned only within a general damage estimate of $36 billion, while…

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After the start of the war, the World Bank, the EU, the UN and the government of Ukraine introduced a series of reports to assess damage and recovery needs (RDNA – Rapid Damage and Needs Assessments). These documents combine data on destruction with estimates of reconstruction financing; their environmental component raises concerns. The latest version,…

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Full-scale war has significantly increased the ecological risks facing the Black Sea marine mammals. Today, three species inhabit the region: the bottlenose dolphin, the common dolphin, and the porpoise. As apex predators, they are particularly vulnerable to pollution and ecosystem changes. Historically, these populations have already suffered from hunting, unsustainable coastal development and invasive species….

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The Kreminski Forests National Park in the Luhansk region has been virtually destroyed as a result of the fighting. Established in 2019, this park was the region’s only national park and one of the largest forest areas in eastern Ukraine. The Kreminski Forests were a unique natural phenomenon. It was an island of boreal forests…

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