The State Duma asked to assess the impact of environmental Ukrainian wall on nature. In Kiev, had previously stated that they intend to build a wall along the border with Russia. How will this affect the flora and fauna of the border regions? The details – the correspondent of Radio “Vesti FM” Anastasia Borisova .
The length of the border between Russia and Ukraine – more than two thousand kilometers. On the Russian side it adjoins several protected areas. In particular, in the Kursk region is the Central Black-Earth State Reserve and Bryansk – a large biosphere reserve “Bryansk forest”. For many years the Russian and Ukrainian scientists have worked together to establish common research natural areas and habitats. Now, all the work can be interrupted at once. And it threatens, if not the scale, the local environmental disaster, scientists predict. There are examples of when a significant impact on the fauna is even lined along the border of barbed wire, the director of the Environmental Policy of the Russian office of the World Wildlife Fund, Doctor of Geographical Sciences Eugene Schwartz :
“It has been repeatedly in the history of our solid cross-border engineering structures have caused serious harm to migratory animals. We are talking about the Russian-Mongolian and Russian-Chinese border. This also applies to the Mongolian saiga and dzeren and large mammals”.
The construction of the wall along the Russian-Ukrainian border, primarily hurt bison, marmots and other mammals. Fence will prevent migration, and thus directly threatens the safety of their populations. But the future of the construction can not only prevent animals. In the area of border flow and numerous tributaries of the Dnieper. Erection of dams and other security barrier there can lead to much more extensive natural disasters up to climate change, warns a leading engineer of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of A. Severtsov Dmitry Glazov :
“Any interference with the flow of the river (probably know by hydropower and so on) strongly alters not only the environment at this point, but in over the adjacent region. As the climate changes in the region, change the settings on the wind, precipitation, and so on. There are many examples, both in Russia and in the United States. Therefore, any obstacle, of course, will have a negative “.
Such work requires careful preparation and extensive research, which sometimes last for more than a year, says Dmitry Glazov :
“We often participate in a variety of different environmental expertise facilities and construction. There are many factors taken into account. conducts special preliminary study, go to the place people spend expedition. It lasts more than one year. Because, not only the wall itself, but also the events that are associated with its construction: access technology , fence ground, some hydrological regime change underground rivers and reservoirs. It’s a big job that is more than one year “.
Kiev, the authorities intend to erect fortifications in just six months. Declared length of the wall will be 1.5 thousand kilometers.
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