From October 23 to 25, a young scientists’ Conference ‘Advances in Botany and Ecology’ was held. This year, it took place in Kyiv and was organized by the Institute of Botany of the NAS of Ukraine, the National Botanical Garden of the NAS of Ukraine, and UBS.

A new issue of the UBS Bulletin has been published! The articles of the new issue are dedicated to 100-anniversary of UBS, the role of the Ukrainian botanists in founding the first protected areas in Ukraine, the contribution of the Ukrainian scientists to phytohormonology, ...

Today, Ruslan Mishustin, a postgraduate student at Kherson State University, defended his Ph.D. His thesis focused on Laboulbeniomycetes, a group of fungi that specifically develops on insects. Congratulations to Ruslan Mishustin, the newly minted Ph.D.! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywo_...

Today, Yakiv Didukh, the president of the UBS, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, celebrates his birthday. We wish you good health, mental balance, new scientific achievements, and well-being. Happy Birthday!

In 2024, Ukrainian Botanical Journal was included in the Scopus Core Collection. Recently, it got a Q3 rank in SCImago Journal & Country Rank in all categories. Congratulations to the editorial board of the Ukrainian Botanical Journal!

Recently, Nature published an article illustrating the impact of human activities on global biodiversity. Analyses of 5,500 sites from 119 regions demonstrate that not only direct disturbance effects on biodiversity decrease but also the mediating factors.

Česká botanická společnost otevřela profil na Bluesky a přestala zveřejňovat informace na síti X. The Czech Botanical Society has opened a profile on Bluesky and discontinued sharing information on X. bsky.app/profile/bota...

On March 20–21, 2025, the members of the Society gathered at M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine to celebrate the 100-year jubilee of the Ukrainian Botanical Society. We talked about our rich history, and discussed modern issues and the way to resolve them.

The Ukrainian Botanical Society has released its first Bulletin, which includes news about the Society, announcements of upcoming events, about expeditions, reviews of articles and publications, and other interesting topics. www.botany.kiev.ua/doc/bul_ubt_...

Happy New Year, dear friends and colleagues! We cordially congratulate you and wish you all the best in 2025. May you find inspiration, strong health, and peace! Sincerely, The Ukrainian Botanical Society.

More than 30 lichens, semilichens and lichenicolous fungi are reported for the first time from Ukraine after two Ukrainian-Czech expeditions in 2019 to the primeval forests of the Carpathians. The paper is here: www.czechmycology.org/czech-mycolo...

Kherson State University has published over 100,000 records in @GBIF. They created 46 datasets containing information about biodiversity from Ukrainian scientific literature. More about this achievement here👇🏻 www.facebook.com/share/p/17zv...

Today is the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the 10 protected areas and objects in Ukraine. These objects are important centers of biodiversity in Ukraine. They protect forests, wetlands, steppes, mountain habitats, etc. #UkrBotSoc #Nature #Reserves

Науково-практичний семінар присвячений 160 річчю з дня народження Й.К. Пачоського: "Дані про біологічне різноманіття в цифрову добу" Понеділок, 9 грудня 2024 року, 15.00 На платформі ZOOM Join Zoom Meeting ksu-ks-ua.zoom.us/j/7606507806... Meeting ID: 760 6507 8068 Passcode: yS5b1J

Are you a user of @inaturalist.bsky.social ? Have you checked your stats out? Share your year in numbers with us. www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/

We are pleased that Professor Milan Chytrý (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic) has become an honorary member of the Ukrainian Botanical Society. We look forward to his participation in the next Congress of #UkrBotanySoc in a peaceful Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Botanical Association officially has its own new logo!