An Assessment of the Current State of the Ukrainian Portion of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

At the request of National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, ULRMC performed an assessment on the current state of the Ukrainian portion of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. The university had been carrying out a preliminary environmental assessment related to the feasibility study, "Establishment of a Shipping Canal Through the Ukrainian Part of the Danube Delta to the Black Sea," in accordance with a request from the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine. The task of ULRMC was to analyze satellite imagery to document delta processes that had occurred over recent decades.

The study showed that in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta several islands were formed to the south of the Bystre and Starostamnulske outlets as a result of sediment accumulation. Land areas expanded in Tsygansk Kut Bay and around the Kurylski Islands and Prorvyn Island. It was found that the process of sediment accumulation had occurred in places along the entire seacoast, from the Potapivske outlet to the Bystre outlet. To the south of the Bystre outlet, there was a small area of marginal erosion. Under the impact of currents, the Potapivska Kosa Island was becoming smaller. The coastal margin in Zhebryianska Bay had also shifted.

It was determined that the Ukrainian part of Danube Delta is very complex. Therefore, further investigations were recommended for including some areas of ecological significance, which do not currently border the existing Danube Biosphere Reserve, into protected areas. The issue of developing a specialized GIS development, using remote sensing data for further study of these large-scale channel processes is very urgent.

For additional information, please see ULRMC's project completion report and the corresponding transfer acceptance document.


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