Ukraine to receive 100 air monitoring stations donated by Czechs: some named after dogs
An exciting challenge, 100 Stations For Clean Air, was launched in the Czech Republic to help Ukrainians monitor the state of air and radiation.
The Czech organization Arnika has announced a fundraiser at an air monitoring station for the Ecocity network. Anyone can donate funds for an entire monitoring station and name it to their liking.
"When the war came, many stations were disabled. Before the war, the Ecocity network had approximately 300 permanently active stations; in May this year, only 195 were left. So, approximately 100 stations were destroyed, and we want to return them to Ukrainians so that they can receive information about the radiation background and chemical pollution. This is why we started our campaign in the Czech Republic to raise funds and purchase new stations for Ukraine," Marcela Černochová, coordinator of the Clean Air for Ukraine project, explains.
Since the beginning of the war, 40 stations have already been restored, and the new fundraising campaign, 100 Stations For Clean Air, started only two weeks ago. Still, money has already been collected for three new air monitoring stations.
"If you contribute and buy a new station, you can name it. I also contributed, bought the station, and named it after my dog Aslan," says Marcela. Naming public monitoring stations after dogs seems to be the new trend. The second station was called Copernicus, and the third Stracata, all after dogs.
Aslan, Marcela's dog, travels with his owner all over the world and loves hiking
Earlier, Rubryka reported that it will take decades for Ukrainian nature to recover from the war.
The Czech publication Blesk reported that restoring the steppe south of Ukraine will take at least 50 years. It is the opinion of the Ukraine project program coordinator of the Arnika environmental organization, Marcela Černochová.
"Different ecosystems have different recovery periods. For example, it will take 50 years to restore the ancient steppe in nature conservation areas in the south of Ukraine," she emphasized.
"Environment destruction, for obvious reasons, occurs somewhat in the shadow of human tragedies. russia uses scorched earth tactics and destroys large areas, including cities, with the intensive bombing," says Greenpeace spokesman Lukáš Hrabek.
The disaster increases with each additional explosion and unexploded ordnance, mines, or military equipment debris. "According to estimates, it is already 214,000 tons of scrap metal," says Černochová.
