Eco-solutions: Zelenskyi signs decree creating Chornyi Lis national nature park
The Kirovohrad region remained the only region in Ukraine without a single national nature park, while protected areas accounted for just over 4% of its territory. At the same time, the Chornyi Lis and Chutiv forests are located there, among the largest broadleaf forest areas on the southern edge of their range in Eastern Europe, with exceptional conservation value.
The creation of the park resulted from joint work by Ukraine's Ministry of Economy and Environment, scientists, local self-government bodies, and the environmental community.
The national nature park includes 12,844.5 hectares of state-owned forestry land and 865.7441 hectares of community-owned water, agricultural, and forestry land.
The creation of the Chornyi Lis national nature park will help:
The new park also opens additional opportunities for the development of territorial communities. This includes creating new jobs, developing recreation and ecological tourism, attracting funding from the state budget and international technical assistance, and implementing local development projects.
Scientists first justified the need to protect the Chornyi Lis and Chutiv forest areas back in 1926. Almost a century later, this idea has been put into practice: the territory has officially been designated a national nature park, guaranteeing its preservation for current and future generations.
Background
It should be noted that in June, the government approved the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy until 2035, updated the National Energy and Climate Plan until 2030, and adopted other decisions. One of the decisions approved the creation of the Chornyi Lis national nature park in the Kirovohrad region. The park will cover the lands of the Chornyi Lis and Onykiieve forestry branches. This will help preserve the unique broadleaf forests of central Ukraine, which have high conservation value.
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