Coal mining in Donbas is a global problem as it causes the destabilization of ecological landscapes. Spoil tips, covering almost 52% of the territory, alter the topography of the land, affect the ecosystem, and decrease soil fertility. The soils become degraded and are unsuitable for agricultural...

Концепція оцінки якості та охорони земель в Україні

Forests perform essential ecological functions - water protection, sanitation, health, recreation, and aesthetics. The research aimed to substantiate the ecological and economic importance of forest resources in the Kyiv region and analyse their rational use and protection. The article shows that...

The article examines the intensity of erosion processes in an anti-erosion organized agricultural landscape. The purpose of the work is to determine the effectiveness of anti-erosion agrotechnical measures on the chernozems of the regraded forest-steppe of Ukraine. Experimental data were obtained...

Soil properties are the most important environmental factors in the formation of the norms for the use of microelements in winter wheat cultivation. However, specific agroclimatic growing conditions and their combinations often necessitate the use of trace elements in the agroecosystem. Humus...

Open pit coal mining is a global problem, because mines occupy large areas that completely change the relief, dramatically affect ecosystems, as a result of which they lose most of their functions, and a significant part of the fertile soil degrades and becomes unsuitable for agricultural...