Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in central Europe. The second largest country in Europe, only the European section of Russia is bigger. Now for a variety of reasons, many species that are otherwise wide spread in this part of Europe are only found in specific parts of Ukraine, never-the-less, there are a good number of these areas in Ukraine.

As a result, while a holiday anywhere in Ukraine is unlikely to lead to wildlife opportunities, in specific areas there are a great many.

Wild areas of Ukraine include the Carpathians (which lie in Ukraine’s western area) and contain the central portion of the Carpathians. About 20% of the Danube delta lies within Ukraine, in the far South west. Polesia is a wilderness area that is found across Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Russia and hosts bears bison wolves and Lynx. Another famous wilderness in Ukraine is the site of the nuclear power station of Chernobyl.

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Wolves are found across much of Ukraine, as you can see from this distribution map. There are particular areas where wolves have survived in periods of higher persecution (such as mountains and the area around Chernobyl), but currently they are doing well across a wide area.

While official figures suggest the bear population of Ukraine is around 350, scientists suggest a figure of 150-200 is more credible. These are found in the Ukrainian Carpathians.

Lynx are found in Polesia in the North of Ukraine, as well as in the Carpathian mountains in the west.

Bison were locally extinct from 1917, but have been reintroduced in the Ukrainian Carpathians, and currently have a population of about 350.

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Ukraine News

What will the Ukraine war have on wildlife?

Tim
March 12, 2022

I do not know how many of my readers follow current affairs closely, though I follow them. Are wars good for wildlife, or are they bad? Unfortunately, it completely depends. I suspect that on the whole, it depends on the wildlife in question. Several times during wars, it was thought that the European bison had …...

Tim
March 28, 2024

Wolves still exist in large numbers in Eastern Europe, and are even doing alright in central Europe (this wolf was photographed in Slovakia). Back in the 1960s, while small populations survived in Western Europe, the wolf had been exterminated from the majority of their former habitat. There was a remnant population of around 500 in …...

Tim
February 27, 2024

On this post, I will list a group of articles on British politics. Unfortunately, there have been quite a lot in recent times, hence this way to deal with them. These are mostly to do with climate and environment, rather than animals, though obviously this is of importance. It should be noted, that while some …...

Tim
September 12, 2023

While an increasingly large number of people are switching to electric cars, there is a growing concern that this change is not happening fast enough. Currently the EU sells 10 times more electric cars than just 6 years ago, which is impressive, so what is the concern. For many people, they believe that their next …...

Tim
August 1, 2023

BP has made profits of £2 billion in the second quarter of the year, while global warming continues to become a more and more existential issue. Unfortunately, it also appears that BP is not thinking of the future at all. The vast majority of this money will be returned to share holders in dividends and …...

Tim
August 1, 2023

Despite all our promises, Rishi Sunak (the UK prime minister) has vowed to max out the UK fossil fuels reserves. Now there are several stupid issues with this position. He has also suggested that in some way, the war in Ukraine is what has required this move – only 4% of our oil came from …...

Tim
March 31, 2023

A new analysis shows that Britain can cut gas use from the power sector by 2030 (5 years early compared to current targets) and that this would save large amounts of money. How much do you say? it is thought to amount to £93 billion saved, by avoiding fossil gas consumption.

Tim
November 24, 2022

Huge extra emissions because of “cutting the green crap” The level of gas imports in the UK are around 13% higher than they would have been, had the Conservative government not “cut the green crap” one decade ago. It is estimated that this would account for 65 terawatt hours of gas that we will have …...

Tim
October 17, 2022

Recent positions taken by Jacob Reece-Mogg include ‘Squeezing “every last cubic inch of gas”‘ from the north sea, restarting fracking, rejecting windfarms (and instead preferring fossil fuels) has all been pushed forwards of his position. He has a history of accusing people of climate alarmism. Two other mps refused the role of the climate change …...

Tim
September 24, 2022

Perhaps one of the issues with a parliamentary democracy is what happens when the leader of the party in power leaves. The prime minister is the leader of the party which holds a majority in the house of commons. This means that if the leader of this party resigns, or is pushed out by his …...

Tim
August 30, 2022

Most of the historical oil and gas has been used by North America and Europe. As a result, Europe and America have to take a large amount of blame for the current carbon dioxide crisis that is pushing global warming. While it is true that the majority of the world’s pollution will increasingly moved towards …...

Tim
June 30, 2021

Yesterday, I was writing about a new wolf pack that had established itself in northern California – this is exciting, because wolves have only started recolonising California in the last couple of years and they seem to be thriving (as one would expect). Indeed, wolf recovery in America is highly likely (assuming policies like Trumps …...

Tim
April 24, 2018

The Eurasian Steppe is a vast grassland that stretches in the West from Romania and Ukraine all the way through much of Russia to the Far East of the Eurasian continent. In the past this huge grassland supported vast populations of ungulates (hoofed animals). The damage to the ecosystem has been most severe in the …...

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Ukraine News

What will the Ukraine war have on wildlife?

Should wolf hunting return to Western Europe?

Environmental and political stories from the UK in recent times

Europe is heading towards it net zero goal but electric car costs might be a stumbling block

BP has returned to profits – what now

The insanity of Rishi Sunak and his position – max out our oil and gas reserves

Reducing gas reliance in the UK power sector from 40% down to 1% in 7 years, and saving money? Really?

News in brief – roundup of politics in the way of action, fossil fuel problems and positive moves

Has Liz Truss appointed a climate change denialist? is this on purpose? Liz Truss “attack on nature”.

More change in direction with the new UK PM

As oil and gas reserves in Europe dwindle, will we destroy Africa?

Are wolves breaking into new territory in Europe?

Collapse of the far Eastern Steppe ecosystem and what is being done to help its recovery