UkrForest_VPr_w2The actual people’s mural is visible well through the window of “Kyiv-Uzhgorod” train: “The Ukrainians, take care of the forest! We will need it more.”) It relates to the war (which we hope finally end), but can be translated also to language of current needs and fillings of locals.

Since 2002 we write about usage of IT (RS and GIS) for forest monitoring purposes and respective results – see pdf (eng). As for today there are many new publications about the subject as well as modern models related to forest species. Nevertheless, the photo shows that it is new time, when possibly not only the forest conservation theory and modelling, but also active public position and movement for protection will help indeed to make the respective decision…