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A workshop on the exchange of experience in wetland restoration was held in the Lviv City Council, jointly organized by the Lviv City Council and the NGO “Danube-Carpathian Program”. The workshop became a platform that brought together not only theorists and practitioners of wetland restoration from Ukraine and the EU, but also people whose lives, work or interests are related to the “Bilogorshcha Peatland” landscape reserve, as the focus of the workshop was on plans for the restoration of the reserve within the framework of the project supported by the EU Restore4Life program “Restoration of the “Bilogorshcha Peatland” landscape reserve for the benefit of the local community, wildlife and adaptation to climate change (Lviv, Ukraine)”.
The event brought together about 50 participants: representatives of local government, the public, scientists and activists.
- Will volunteers be involved in restoration work
- Will water be retained in the peat bog, or vice versa, allowed to flow freely through the peat bog
- Will measures be taken to remove invasive species in the peat bog buffer zone
These and dozens of other questions were discussed at the seminar. Most of them remain unanswered, because scientific research still needs to be conducted to find the optimal way to preserve the peat bog.
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The event was held as part of the project “Restoration of the Landscape Reserve “Bilogorshcha Peat Bog” for the benefit of the local population, nature and climate in the city of Lviv, Ukraine”, within the framework of the EU Restore4Life program.
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