RESEARCH PROJECT

RETURN -- Restoring Environments in Ukraine - Capacity building and knowledge exchange on environmental assessment and restoration

Updated: October 2025

Project overview

Project start: January 2023 Ending: December 2024
Project manager: Brian Kuns
Funded by: Swedish Institute

Short summary

Capacity building and knowledge exchange with respect to enviromental restoration of ecosystems that have sustained damage due to the war in Ukraine.

This project was 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 worked together to identify areas in need of restoration, discussed and then conducted a preliminary enviromental assessment, and then together developed tailored methodologies based on our collective experience for how these sites can be restored.

The final report can be downloaded as a PDF here

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