In 2021, Ukraine was replenished with 240 million trees

by Olha Povaliaieva
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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In 2021, Ukraine was replenished with 240 million trees

Tree planting began as part of the state program "Green Country", which aims to increase forest area by 1 million hectares in 10 years

Implementing the green project is necessary to overcome the effects of anthropomorphic impact on nature, prevent environmental catastrophe, the formation of natural strips to protect against landslips and dust storms. The project will also be the basis for increasing fox coverage in Ukraine from 15.9% to at least 20%.
In 2022, the country's forest cover will be increased to 300 million trees, and by 2024 — 1 billion.

Indicators of tree planting in percent and regions:

Zhytomyr region — 51 million trees;
Rivne — 29.5 million;
Volyn — 23.3 million;
Chernihiv — 15.6 million.

Forest-steppe territories of Ukraine — 66.5 million trees:
Kyiv region — about 20 million;
Poltava and Sumy — about 20 million;
Cherkasy — 8.2 million;
Kharkiv — 6.2 million;
Vinnytsia — 5.2 million;
Ternopil — 4.4 million;
Khmelnytsky — 3.7 million.

Steppe territories of Ukraine — 21.3 million trees:
Luhansk region — 6.6 million;
Zaporizhzhia — 4.4 million;
Kirovograd — 3.8 million;
Kherson — 2.7 million.

Carpathians — 30.3 million trees:
Transcarpathian region — 15.1 million;
Lviv — 8.1 million;
Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivsk — 3.5 million.

Today, 6% of the program launched this year has been completed. The first landing, autumn, has already been completed. The rest of the plan falls in the spring of 2022.

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