The researchers have just launched a project titled 'Restoring Recreational Potential of Damaged Forests for Human Well-Being in Post-War Ukraine' that is funded by the Visegrad Funds.
The four-nation Visegrad Group (V4) is a regional cooperation platform that brings together Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
Polish foresters along with partners from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine point out that Ukrainian forests, especially those around eastern cities, have been seriously ravaged, the website says.
However, the researchers believe that the forests can be revitalized faster than through natural processes.
“By properly managing the forests, their non-production value can be restored. This, in turn, can give an impulse for the development of tourism and recreation,” the website writes.
The scientists will collect and review data about methods, strategies and best practices for restoring the recreational potential of the damaged forests as well as suggest ways of their implementation.
Partner universities of the project include the Sumy National Agrarian University (Ukraine), the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague and the Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia, according to scienceinpoland.pl.
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Source: scienceinpoland.pl.