Kyiv foresters plant nearly 180 thousand seedlings to restore city forests

Foresters in Kyiv, Ukraine, planted 179,400 seedlings in city forests over the past year to restore and maintain the local ecosystem.

The city officials completed two rounds of forestry work during the spring and autumn campaigns. These efforts created new forest plantations covering 11 hectares and added to existing young trees. Of the total seedlings planted, 138,700 were of coniferous species. Three municipal forest enterprises carried out the work.

The Darnitske LPG enterprise established new cultures on 5,7 hectares and used 24,200 seedlings to supplement existing young growth. The Svyatoshynske LPG enterprise created new cultures on 3,3 hectares and added 63,600 seedlings to current plantations. Experts at the Koncha-Zaspa LPG established new cultures on 2 hectares. Valentin Mondriivsky, deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration, described the work as a long-term investment in the city's ecological future.

Pavlov Ivanov from the Department of Environmental Protection and Adaptation to Climate Change noted that the autumn campaign concluded with the addition of 15,000 coniferous and deciduous seedlings. These efforts support the maintenance of the 32,000 hectares of forest that the city currently possesses.