FAUNA PROTECTION PRACTICES FOR UKRAINIAN MILITARY TRAINING AREA IN VIEW OF NATO GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

Abstract

The objective of this article is an implementation of fauna environmental protection at one of the Ukrainian military training areas using the recommendations of NATO documents. The impact of military activities on the territory of the training area was evaluated by their influence on the two indicator species – listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine – Lesser Spotted Eagle and White-tailed (sea)Eagle, included, in addition, to the European Red List too. The effect of heavy metals (lead, nickel, copper, zinc) that are accumulating in the soil of the training area on the ability to increase mass birds was investigated. It was found that the hazard index is significantly less than 1, which indicates satisfactory environmental conditions for the fauna of the territory.

Keywords

• military training area
• fauna protection
• ecological risk assessment