Head of the Department of Geobotany and Ecology at the M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the NAS of Ukraine, academician of the NAS of Ukraine Yakiv Didukh, told journalists of "RBC-Ukraine" in an interview:
- how three years of full-scale war have affected the environment of Ukraine;
- what the main tasks facing environmental scientists are;
- what the current situation is at the site of the destroyed Kakhovka Reservoir and whether the ecosystem there is recovering;
- whether it is possible to restore the Serebryansky Forest, which was one of the protected natural areas of Luhansk region;
- how many years it will take for Ukraine's environment to recover after the war;
- how intensive climate changes have affected Ukraine's vegetation and whether this process can be stopped;
- how the list of protected plants in the Red Book has changed over recent decades;
- burning of dry grass: how it harms the environment.
Answers to these and other questions – in the FULL INTERVIEW