I-Tree4UA
Project Title: “Transparent and Participatory Green Space Inventory System in Ukraine: iTree4UA”
The project has been implemented at the national level since 2021 to support the large-scale adaptation of the i-Tree Eco tool in Ukraine.
Project goal: to ensure the full functionality of the i-Tree Eco tool for effective use across all Ukrainian communities, supporting both people and the environment in adapting to the impacts of climate change.
Implementation period: September 2021 – December 2022; January – December 2023; September 2024 – May 2025
Financial support: US Forest Service International Programs
More details: HERE
The i-Tree community has more than 150 members, including members of environmental NGOs, scientists, students of natural sciences and other higher education institutions, teachers, employees of nature reserves, representatives of local governments, and activists.
The i-Tree community currently includes representatives from:
• Higher education institutions across Kyiv, Lviv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Volyn, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Mykolaiv regions, including:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, National Aviation University, Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv National Forestry University, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Berezhany Agrotechnical Institute (a branch of NULES), Kremenets Regional Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy named after Taras Shevchenko, West Ukrainian National University, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, V.V. Sulik Shatsk Forestry College, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Khmelnytskyi National University, Sumy National Agrarian University, Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University, and Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University.
• School education representatives, including Berezhany Lyceum of the Ternopil Regional Council, Nizhyn Gymnasium No. 1, Ostriv Lyceum, Prymorsky General Secondary School of Vylkove City Council, and Specialized School No. 12 in Rivne.
• Representatives of civil society organizations, such as Ecodiya (Kyiv), Ecoclub (Rivne), Cartographic Hundred (Kyiv), Semen Oblomey’s Charitable Foundation (Kyiv), For EcoFuture (Poltava), Environment. People. Law (Lviv), Forest Initiatives and Society (Lviv), Society of Foresters of UkrNDILGA (Kharkiv), National Ecological Center of Ukraine (Kyiv), and Stardub (Kyiv).
• Staff of protected nature areas, including the Khmelnytskyi Botanical Garden, Kremenchuk Floodplains Regional Landscape Park, Nizhniodniprovskyi National Nature Park, Holosiivskyi National Nature Park, Hlyboki Balyky Environmental Research Station, Dykanskyi Regional Landscape Park, Pivnichne Podillia National Nature Park, and Desniansko-Starohutskyi National Nature Park.
• Municipal representatives, including the Tereshkivska territorial community (Vinnytsia City Council), Beryslav City Council, and Bilohorodka Village Council.
• Individual environmental activists from various regions and cities, including Brody (Lviv region), Novovolynsk (Volyn region), Bucha and Irpin (Kyiv region), Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Melitopol, Hadiach (Poltava region), Chernihiv, and the village of Prymorske (Odesa region).
Additionally, the community includes representatives from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Instytut Drzewa (Poland).
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It has happened before:
Project Title: Transparent and participatory green space inventory system in Ukraine: iTree4UA
Project objective: to ensure the full functionality of the i-Tree Eco tool for full use in all communities of Ukraine to assess the ecosystem services of trees. The project created the analytical and technological prerequisites for launching an interactive and transparent urban tree inventory system in Ukraine based on i-Tree technologies for the benefit of local communities and the environment.
Funding: funded by the US Forestry Service International Programs and USAID in partnership with Davey Tree Expert Company (developers of i-Tree products in the United States)
Key project milestones:
1. Collection and processing of the necessary data package for the integration of the i-Tree Eco tool for use in all communities of Ukraine: September 2021 – March 2022
2. Collection of additional data for four pilot communities in oblasts representing different regions of Ukraine to obtain the full version of i-Tree Eco: March 2022 – June 2022
3. Conducting pilot inventory work using i-Tree Eco together with local stakeholders in the pilot communities as an example of the possibility to initiate similar inventory projects in any community in Ukraine: June 2022 – October 2022
4. Collection of additional environmental data (on precipitation and air pollution) for all regional centers of Ukraine for the availability of the full version of i-Tree Eco: January-June 2023
5. Developing a program and conducting the All-Ukrainian i-Tree4UA Academy to train local inventory coordinators, initiate conservation and sustainable management of green spaces using i-Tree tools in Ukrainian communities: May-August 2023.