On May 22, the Lviv National University of Environmental Management hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Environmental Challenges. Strategies for Environmental Safety” dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Department of Ecology.

Colleagues from the Institute of Animal Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Lviv Regional State Administration, Western Scientific Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Institute of Carpathian Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, National Scientific Center “O. Sokolovskyi Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry”, as well as  colleagues from Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, the University of Natural Sciences in Poznan, the Askania Nova Biosphere Reserve named after F.E. Falz-Fein of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Yavoriv National Nature Park and the Kholodnyi Yar National Nature Park, and lecturers of the Department of Ecology of the Ukrainian National Forestry University took part in the conference.

During the conference, many topical issues were raised and the results of scientific research were shared. Scientists of the Department of Ecology of the Ukrainian National Forestry University took an active part in the discussion and reports, in particular: Associate Professor Victoria Oliferchuk, topic: “Management of mycorrhizal associations as a basis for sustainable development of ecosystems”; Associate Professor Ihor Kulchytskyi-Zhyhailo, topic: “Means of small-scale runoff regulation in the forests of the Ukrainian Carpathians”; Ihor Hnativ and Svitlana Melnychuk, topic: “Analysis of the impact of channel processes of the Stryi River channel on the increase of landslide hazard”; Maria Kopiy, topic: “Options for environmental restoration and rehabilitation of the population in the postwar period”; Associate Professor Mykola Cherniavskyi, topic: “Primeval forest natural monuments ‘Hlyhulska’ and ‘Malozvarashska’ and their conservation regime”; Senior Lecturer Oksana Oshurkevych-Pankivska and Associate Professor Yurii Pankivskyi, topic: “Evaluation of the effectiveness of the sanitary protection zone of Koker LLC”. The presentations were interesting and informative, aroused interest and good feedback from colleagues, and on occasion agreed on new joint promising areas of cooperation in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.