• 09/22/2024

Fires destroy entire protected area in occupied Dzharylhach Island

Pravda Ukraine

The fire on Dzharylgach Island in Kherson Oblast has been raging for almost a week, destroying the entire protected area of the natural park, which covers more than 1,500 hectares.
Source: Iryna Sabashenko, Director of Dzharylhach National Nature Park, in a commentary to Suspilne
Details: According to the director of the Dzharylhach National Nature Park, the protected area, where the bulk of all steppe ecosystems on the island and the population of all rare animals that are on the island are concentrated, together with the largest number of ungulates, was destroyed by fire.

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