Post-war restoration of the forest component of agrolandscapes with innovative agroforestry

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International conference
"Food and environmental security in conditions
of war and post-war reconstruction:
challenges for Ukraine and the World"
POST-WAR RESTORATION OF THE FOREST
COMPONENT OF AGROLANDSCAPES
WITH INNOVATIVE AGROFORESTRY
Vasyl Yukhnovskyi, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences
of Ukraine, Forests Restoration and Melioration Department, Professor
May 25, 2023 р., Kyiv, Ukraine

2. European landscape convention

Protection, management and
planning of landscapes in Europe
(ratified by Ukraine).
Regarding forests, forms research
on the following aspects:
1. General forestry practice
(coordination of forestry plans
and general land use plans)
2. Forests and biodiversity
3. Forests and climate
change
4. Forests and historical
environment
5. Forests and cultural landscape
6. Forests and people
7. Forests and soils
8. Forests and water resources
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3. European context: forests and sparse forests as part of the landscape

Forest as a strategic element of landscape
Destroyed Russians tank near windbreak
Destroyed Russian tank in windbreak
Kharkiv region: Russion tanks near windbreak
Destroyed Russians techniques with natci signs
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Forest as a strategic element of landscape
Brought down Russian techniques
near windbreak in Mykolaiv region
Between windbreaks
Sumy region: Russian tanks near road
shelterbelts
Destroyed Russian howitzer in the windbreak
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Forest as a strategic element of landscape
Destroyed techniques and
windbreak
Zaporizzia: near windbreak
Izium: Destroyed techniques and windbreak
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Melitopol: near windbreak
Donetsk region: Destroyed techniques at windbreak

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Damaged forests and landscapes
as a result of military operations
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Consequences of forest fires caused by shelling and "training" of units of the Russian
army at the captured Ukrainian training ground in the Oleshkiv desert
Ruined forests near Bakhmut town

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The area of windbreaks and protective forest stand
(Statistics data, 1.01.2018)
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Carrying out reconstructive felling
by removing the outermost rows
Reducing the width of the windbreaks during reconstruction felling
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Silvoarable agroforestry in “Sasse Rami”, Italy
Experience of using silvoarable agroforestry in Italy
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Formation of the optimal design
of windbreaks by thinning
Windbreak of blown design
Windbreak of sieve-looked design
Porosity: between trunks – more 30%;
in crowns – up to 10%
Porosity:
along the entire vertical profile 15-35%
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Key benefits of agroforestry
Rational land management
Agricultural competitiveness
Energy security
Rural economic development
Environmental services
Wildlife refuge
The World Bank estimates that 1.2 billion people use
agroforestry practices, and according to the European
Agroforestry Federation (EURAF) by 2025, 50% of
farmers will use agroforestry systems.
EURAF Mission: 10% tree cover on all agricultural
land in Europe by 2040.
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A more diverse mosaic of agroforestry systems
should replace the damaged windbreaks. New
agroforestry systems will be less vulnerable to
intense fires, more stable, with high amelioration
properties.

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CONTACTS:
Vasyl Yukhnovskyi, NGO “Ukrainian Agroforestry Association”,
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
03041, UKRAINE, Kyiv, Heroiv oborony str., 15.
Tеl. : +38 050 876-1501
Fax: +38 044 527-8237
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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