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Environmental Assessment and Recovery Priorities for Eastern Ukraine
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The publication “Environmental Assessment and Recovery Priorities for Eastern Ukraine” incorporates existing information from various sources on impact and threats to the environment posed by a conflict in Eastern Ukraine. The publication highlights the main results of studies on soils, surface waters, risks from industrial enterprises and flooding of mines, and analyzes the issues of influence on the condition of forest resources, protected areas and biodiversity. The analysis elaborated recommendations for environmental recovery, prioritized as “yesterday”, “today”, “tomorrow” and “day after tomorrow”. The publication was prepared with the financial support from governments of Canada and Austria within the joint project of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine “Assessment of Environmental Damage in Eastern Ukraine”.
The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this document are not given nor necessarily endorsed by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) unless the OSCE is explicitly defined as the Author of this document.