This policy paper examines 17 indicators of the Biodiversity Strategy as part of the European Green Deal. It presents materials that reveal what stage our society is at and how much is left to achieve the set targets for the conservation of Ukraine’s biodiversity.
Its importance lies in the fact that Ukraine is on the brink of a deep abyss. Thousands of rivers are drying up, losing their natural shores, polluted by sewage from enterprises; birds, bees and animals are dying from pesticides, Red Book marine mammals are entangled and suffocated in fishing nets, thousands of tons of fertilizers destroy the state’s natural balance of ecosystems, soils are contaminated and turned into agricultural deserts, and forests are cut down and turned into foresters’ plantations. Everyone experiences these changes, breathing polluted air, trying to escape the heat, watching the water bloom, searching for clean water, being wary of nitrates in food, ceasing to see wild animals. Specialists and scientists of the European Union have once again produced recommendations for salvation. Once again, because for the last 100 years, conservationists have been trying to save nature and humanity. Maybe this time the threat and changes are so palpable that we will finally start acting.