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  • Experimental Production Works Against Web-Spinning Sawflies Conducted in SE “Izyum Forestry” of Kharkiv Regional Forestry Management

    Progress never stands still – new technologies, new methods. But sometimes it’s surprising that humans can fly into space and build tunnels under water, yet can’t overcome small insect pests. Nature cannot be deceived – as one harmful species declines, others emerge. In recent years, outbreaks of pine sawflies in the Forest-Steppe zone have been…

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  • Experimental and Production Works Against Sawflies Conducted in SE “Izyum Forestry” of Kharkiv Regional Forestry Management

    Spring is a busy season for forestry – planting, the beginning of the fire-danger period, and pest control. The forests of Left-Bank Ukraine are located in areas with constant pest outbreaks, so every year the forest protection service together with forestry guards conducts treatments of pest centers to localize them and reduce defoliation levels. This…

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  • MAY – THE SEASON OF MASS FLIGHT OF MAY BEETLES

    Everyone is familiar with “May beetles” from childhood, which can be seen almost everywhere each spring. However, not everyone knows how much damage these beetles cause to forest plantations when feeding in tree crowns, and how harmful their larvae are during development in the soil. The development of May beetle larvae lasts 3-4 years. During…

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  • On May 14, 2015, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed Oleksandr Kovalchuk as Chairman of the State Forest Resources Agency

    Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko emphasized that the tasks of the new head of the State Forest Resources Agency include reforming and deregulating the forestry sector, as well as integrating European standards and principles of operation. “I know Oleksandr Kovalchuk personally as an effective crisis manager and technocrat with extensive experience in large agricultural projects. I am…

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  • Spring is the time of awakening of nature and forest pests.

    With the budding of tree and shrub species in the forest, active harmful activity of insects of the early spring phenological complex begins, which consists in damaging leaves, promoting the development of an infectious disease – oak powdery mildew, and sometimes – with prolonged, over several years, defoliation – and reducing tree growth. The most…

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  • Ash Dieback Problem Addressed at International Level

    In Dubrovnik (Croatia) on April 12-18, 2015, another conference was held within the framework of the European COST ACTION FP1103 FRAXBACK project “Ash Dieback in Europe: Developing Recommendations and Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management”. Four years ago, European scientists initiated a unique action – the international COST ACTION FP1103 FRAXBACK project “Ash Dieback in Europe:…

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  • Why Are Ash and Birch Trees Dying?

    In recent years, the dieback of ash and birch trees has been observed throughout Ukraine. The fungus causing ash dieback, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (link: http://lisozahyst.org.ua/?p=473), arrived in Poland from Asia in 1992 and quickly spread across Europe, virtually destroying ash plantations. This disease causes necrosis and rapid death of ash trees regardless of their age or…

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  • Restoring the Green Wealth of Our Country

    We often criticize others, waiting for someone to come and do something for us. But why not start with ourselves, begin with the smallest things – not throwing trash in the forest, using energy-saving technologies, or simply planting a tree with our child… With the aim of fostering environmental awareness and respect for forests in…

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  • Pine Sponge – A Dangerous Disease of Pine Stands in Ukraine

    Every year, forest stands suffer from pests and diseases. This also applies to pine stands, which primarily die due to the spread of a dangerous infectious disease – pine sponge, which literally destroys pine stands in our country. “Recently, there has been a deterioration in the sanitary condition of pine stands in the South-Eastern part…

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  • Біологічні препарати на захисті лісу

    Всі складові лісу (дерева, кущі, трав’яниста рослинність, тварини, комахи, гриби, мікроорганізми, ґрунти, повітря) знаходяться у тісному взаємозв’язку, впливаючи на ліс як позитивно, так і негативно. Особливо небезпечними для лісових насаджень є хвоє-листогризучі шкідники, які здатні до різкого збільшення чисельності, завдаючи суттєвої шкоди деревостанам. На сьогодні, єдиним способом контролю чисельності цих шкідників є проведення винищувальних заходів…

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