RETURN - Restoring Environments in Ukraine

Page reviewed: 30/09/2025

This project is about capacity building and knowledge exchange with respect to enviromental restoration of ecosystems that have sustained damage due to the war in Ukraine.

A field in the village Kalynivka - a suburb to Kiev - where an oil refinery was bombed early in the war and caused oil spill everywhere. Photo: Victor Karamushka

The project is a cooperation between SLU and National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) focusing on capacity building and knowledge exchange with respect to enviromental restoration of ecosystems that have sustained damage due to the war.

We work together to identify areas in need of restoration, discuss and then conduct a preliminary enviromental assessment, and then together develop tailored methodologies based on our collective experience for how these sites can be restored.

Project time

2023-2024

The project has been extended until 2025.

External funding

Swedish Institute