Assessment of the quality state\loss, damage of forestry lands affected by military operations in 2021-2023.

Fixation, Monitoring & Assessment of War Consequences and Post-War Reconstruction (NEW)

Authors

First and Last Name Academic degree E-mail Affiliation
Mariia Yakovenko No yakovenkomaria12 [at] gmail.com Kyiv National University of Taras Shevchenko
Kyiv, Ukraine
Olha Tomchenko Ph.D. olhatomch [at] gmail.com State Institution "Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine"
Kyiv, Ukraine
Iryna Stakhiv Ph.D. stakhivira [at] gmail.com Kyiv National University of Taras Shevchenko
Kyiv, Ukraine
Dmytro Liashenko Sc.D. uageog [at] gmail.com Kyiv National University of Taras Shevchenko
Kyiv, Ukraine

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First published on this website: 26.08.2023 - 00:11
Abstract 

The work presents the results of a study of the increase in thenumber of forest fires in the territories where hostilities are(were) taking place. The analysis of the impact of militaryactions on the forestry lands of Ukraine was carried out onthe basis of geo-informational modeling of fire informationfor the resource management system (Fire Information forResource Management System - FIRMS). The total numberand distribution of fires by regions and months in 2021 werecompared. - 2023 using GIS. A map of total fires on forestland for 2022 was created and it was established that thelargest number of forest fires was recorded in the Luhansk(2121), Donetsk (2060), Kyiv (1948) and Kharkiv (2208) regions. It was established that compared to the same periodin 2021, the number of fires in all regions of Ukraine increased.

Keywords 
environmental impact
fires
war
geoecological monitoring
land use/land cover change
GIS analysis
Remote sensing of the Earth
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