It was a great honor for me to chair a session at the IAVS Congress on impact of military operations on vegetation and habitats. I am sincerely grateful to the organizers who supported the proposal that Sandra Saura-Mas and I submitted to organize this session, as well as to all the speaker

The wildlife is coming back at a rapid pace at the exposed bed of the former Kakhovka Reservoir

Our new paper about initial stages of the flora development at the exposed bed of the former Kakhovka Reservoir just published in the new issue of the Black-Sea Botanical Journal cbj.kspu.edu/index.php/cbj

It was a real pleasure to join the conversation about the role of women in science and to be in the company of two fantastic female scientists. I am sincerely grateful to @ZaxidNet for the invitation zaxid.net/bez_nauki_ts...

My new interview to Natalia Yarmola at TSNplus youtu.be/s4miV6aFwXo?...

Our new paper about lichen communities of Carpathian primeval forests - UNESCO natural heritage sites with new class, order, two new alliances and several associations

Paper out🎉Spatial scale matters for grassland invasions doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... ▶️Native richness limits invaders, but effect weakens at larger scales ▶️Old aliens respond to climate & disturbance🌧️ ▶️Neophytes & invasives thrive with roads, urban & croplands 🚗 #sCaleGrassDiv @idiv-research.bsky.social

Our new paper about scale dependency of phytoinvasions in grasslands based on data from Ukraine. Unfortunately some of our sampling plots still under Russian occupation

Presentation of our new book “Kamianska Sich National Nature Park: war against nature” in Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre. The video is available here www.youtube.com/live/WsKfKhN...

This is 🇺🇦Odesa’s Transfiguration Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site damaged by russian missile attacks on Ukraine. The strikes have scarred some of the nation’s most treasured architectural landmarks, including many churches. Does russia really deserve a place in UNESCO? x.com/United24medi...

Besides, the Ukrainian Botanical Initiative provides a contest for the best photos that appear on the cover of the Bulletin and its pages. The topic of the competition was fungy. Maria Zykova’s photo of Spinellus fusiger on Mycena sp. won and it is on the cover of the issue.

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, ...

Results of our last year’s productive event are finally published nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2907...

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_...

We have published our first article based on the results of the sCaleGrassDiv project supported by The German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

According to Ukrainian researchers, some of their foreign colleagues are increasingly war-weary, to the point of avoiding the word 'war.' This is evident from several cases where Ukrainian scholars faced difficulties publishing their work in international scientific journals

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.

The website of the European Vegetation Survey conference in Perugia, Italy, 28 Apr - 2 May 2025, has been launched: vnr.unipg.it/33evsperugia... @euroveg.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social

Our new paper led by Irena Axmanová in @preslia.cz focuses on "expansive plant species", i.e. native plants that are increasing their abundance in the landscape or dominance in local communities. See more info in the thread by @krystofchytry.bsky.social

Congratulations to my colleagues on this amazing paper.

Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”

Another story about restoring nature at the bottom of a former Kakhovka reservoir www.thexylom.com/post/for-the...

Our new article about a new to science lichen with a difficult fate www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📸 Photo contest for the 2025 covers of the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science! 📷 The winning photos will be featured on the covers of all issues of our journals in 2025! Other photos will be featured on vegsciblog.org and in the IAVS Bulletin.