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Welcome to the website of the Black Sea programme of Wetlands International; a subsite of the global site www.wetlands.org. This site is maintained by our Black Sea office in Ukraine.

Wetlands International’s mission is “to sustain and restore wetlands, their resources and biodiversity for future generations.

This subsite is written in English language. See for a full list of our regional sites in various languages the drop down menu in the top right corner.

Our latest projects

Black Sea Regional Initiative: Establishing the foundations for the launch of a Black Sea Regional Initiative for the wise use of coastal wetlands (BlackSeaWet)

This project aims to enhance the conservation and sustainable development of the Black Sea coastal wetlands. It will establish the foundations for a regional wetlands initiative that will underpin future wetland conservation efforts.

Support to the Establishment of the Integrated Management Approach for the Sivash, Ukraine

The basis for the establishment of an integrated management system for the entire Sivash ecosystem for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands and their resources and in support of the sustainable development was established.

Towards improved water Management in Ukraine (Watermuk)

This project aimed to reveal the current state and the perspectives of irrigational farming in Ukraine regarding the impact on biodiversity. We did this through the study of biodiversity in the Dzhankoi District of the Crimean Autonomous Republic, an area with large scale irrigation.

Indicative map for South Bug meridional river corridor

The development of the ecological network in Ukraine has been enhanced by focusing on the Southern Boug meridional river corridor. A map on GIS basis and a poster has been prepared.

Dnipro river corridor in Ukraine: raising public awareness and promoting participatory approach to biodiversity conservation and ecological network development

Increased awareness on ecological networks and biodiversity conservation among governmental bodies, NGOs, schools is contributing towards the establishment of the Dnipro eco-corridor.

Public participation in conservation and sustainable use of Small Rivers in Ukraine; support for the River Network in Ukraine

The capacity to undertake small river conservation work in Ukraine was developed. A series of conservation actions by small NGOs throughout Ukraine were developed and implemented by members of the Ukrainian Rivers network.

Our latest publications

Sivash – the lagoon between two seas

This popular brochure on the Sivash - the largest wetland along the Ukrainian Azov-Black Sea coast - contains a wide range of information on the history of the area, landscape diversity, climate, mineral resources, biological diversity, nature conservation and threats to the wetland.

Small rivers of Ukraine: public participation in their conservation and sustainable use

Small rivers of Ukraine: public participation in their conservation and sustainable use. Final report on PIN-MATRA project 99-B-2.25

Wetlands International Black Sea Programme

Black Sea programme Ukraine.

Proceedings of conference "Conservation of wetland and terrestrial biodiversity in agricultural lands through landscape optimisation"

Proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference "Conservation of wetland and terrestrial biodiversity in agricultural lands through landscape optimisation", which was organized in the framework of the project “Wetlands biodiversity conservation in Ukrainian agricultural lands” were published as a special issue of The Scientific Messenger of National Agricultural University of Ukraine.


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