State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" together with communities and international partners, it is launching a forest recovery program, Forest Recovery, said the general director of the enterprise, Yuri Bolokhovets.
"In Ukraine there are more than 1.5 million hectares of self-session forests. Previously, such forests were mercilessly destroyed. But now there is a legal mechanism to save him. (...) We are launching the Forest Recovery project together with Western partners Forest Europe and Eustafor. “They support this idea,” he wrote on Facebook.
Bolokhovets said that communities, on a volunteer basis, transfer land plots to the state enterprise, including degraded areas or self-sessional forests. They understand the importance of preserving and enhancing natural wealth, the need to improve the state of the ecosystem, and leave their descendants a comfortable living environment with areas for leisure, ecotourism, etc.
General Director of "Forests of Ukraine" thanked eco-conscious communities who care about the future of society. They will be awarded diplomas, and information about the implementation of the project will be transferred to international partners.
The first winner of Forest Recovery was the Omelnytsky community (Poltava region), which transferred 55 hectares of land for afforestation and almost 129 hectares of self-session forests to resume the work of the Kremenchug Forestry branch. In gratitude, the foresters landscaped the central street of the village.
