National Report of Ukraine on Conservation of Biological Diversity

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Authors: V. P. Davydok, Ya. I. Movchan, G.V. Parchuk, V. M. Tytar, Yu. R. Shelyag-Sosonko Edited by Ya. I. Movchan, Deputy Minister for Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine; and Yu. R. Shelyag-Sosonko, Academician, Co-Chairman of the Inter-Agency Co-ordination Commission on Conservation of Biological and Landscape Diversity With contributions from: V. I. Avramenko, I. A. Akimov, T. L. Andrienko, M. Ya. Babych, A.L.Bondar, O. S. Bogachov, V. M. Brezhnev, O. G. Danylyak, A. P. Dembytsky, V. V. Dzyubenko, V. G. Domashlynets, V. O. Dyomkin, T. V. Hardashuk, V. V. Kapustyan, R. V. Khymko, A.L.Krasilshikov, P. I. Lapechuk, L. I. Lukash, S. L. Mosyakin, V. I. Oleshchenko, V. I. Prydatko, S. G. Shydlovsky, O. M. Sonin, M. P. Stetsenko, K. M. Sytnik, L. M. Tomakhin, A. G. Tretyak, L. P. Vakarenko. The authors are grateful to Albina Arkhipova, Natalya Smolina, Vira Romanchuk, Larisa Romanova, Irina Bardina (Ministry for Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety), Leonid Protsenko (InterEcoCenter), Oksana Tarasova, Oksana Demkiv, Oleksandr Cherkas (U.S. Peace Corps), Andrew Bond, Basil Kavalsky, Phil Brylsky, Margory Bromhead, Kathleen Stephenson (World Bank) for their assistance. Additional comments and official information were provided by relevant ministries and agencies, research institutions, NGOs, and independent experts. Their help and cooperation are greatly appreciated. Materials of the National Report on State of Environment in Ukraine for 1994--1995 were used in the present publication. Translated by Sergei L. Mosyakin (M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Acadeny of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv). Special thanks are due to Jane Garron (U.S. Peace Corps) for her linguistic revision and comments on the style of the manuscript. Illustrations: V. Tkachenko Photographs: T. Hardashuk, R. Khymko, S. Mosyakin, L. Vakarenko Artist: O. Volokhova This publication was made possible by the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).