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The article is the review of the impact on the Ukrainian environment (rather a review of the results of the social and ecological monitoring of the environment) in 2022 caused by military operations, using the analysis of remotely sensed data. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations using multispectral images for operational monitoring of socio-ecological processes and their consequences during the period of military operations on the territory of Ukraine in 2022. To achieve this goal, the work used remote sensing data from the Sentinel-2, Sentinel-5P, Suomi NPP satellites. The visible results of the ecological damage after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, such as atmospheric air pollution, the destruction of dams (the drainage of the Oskil reservoir and the flooding of the Irpin river floodplain) and forests, grass fires, as well as the destruction of agricultural land are shown using images from Sentinel satellites for the March-June 2022 period. The article also presents the results of the analysis of the night illumination of Ukrainian cities from the Suomi NPP/VIIRS satellite for March and April 2021, 2022. In particular, it was established that the cities of Mykolaiv, Kramatorsk, Sumy and Mariupol were the most affected, where the values of night illumination decreased 13-20 times and range between 0.3-0.7 nanoWatts/cm2/sr. A comprehensive analysis of the consequences of ecocide (the degradation of the natural environment, the destruction of economic, life support systems, housing, migration and the death of the population) is provided, and points towards a man-made humanitarian disaster and a high probability of an ecological disaster. The complex consequences of ecocide (the degradation of the natural environment, the destruction of economic complexes, life support systems, housing, migration, and the death of the population) indicate a man-made humanitarian disaster and a high probability of for an ecological disaster. In order not to waste time, it is necessary today, even in the conditions of war, to make balanced decisions regarding the environmental situation in order to at least mitigate the current and future environmental consequences of said military operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Remote sensing is a promising technique for better management of water resources in agriculture through improvement of dynamic control and operational scheduling on irrigated croplands. The main goal of this study was to identify the possibilities of application of the normalised difference moisture index (NDMI) to water stress monitoring in maize crops, and to determine the relationship between the index and soil moisture content. The study was carried out in 2019–2021 in the experimental fields of disturbed maize, cultivated on dark-chestnut soils in the Southern Ukraine at the NAAS Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture. The crop cultivation technology was common for the conditions of the steppe zone of Ukraine. Actual soil moisture content was determined by gravimetric method in the pre-sowing and post-harvest period. The NDMI values were calculated using cloudless aerospace images from the satellites Landsat 8, Sentinel-2, and MODIS with 250 m resolution. It was revealed that the seasonal NDMI dynamics perfectly reflected the water-supply conditions of the disturbed maize, and could be used for operational monitoring and scheduling of irrigation. The parameters of the water)supply conditions were determined in 2021, which was the wettest year of the study: the cumulative seasonal NDMI reached 1.71, while the highest water stress was recorded in the driest year, 2020, – the cumulative NDMI was 0.15. Additionally, there was a moderately strong negative correlation between NDMI and soil moisture content, and the coefficient of determination was 0.62. The linear regression models, developed to predict soil moisture content in the 0–100 cm layer depending on the NDMI values, had good fitting quality and reasonable accuracy, but they required further calibration and extension of the initial dataset to provide more robust and reliable results for practical implementation. Based on the results of the study, spatial NDMI could be considered a good and reliable tool for improving irrigation water management. Further studies should focus on the practical implementation of the NDMI-based model of moisture-content estimation, as well as on the possibilities of the index usage for mapping irrigated lands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The unprovoked invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine caused a temporary domestic food crisis, disrupted the value-added chains, food processing and supply, in particular to the global market, and revealed the lack of practice of emergency food security tools implementation and analysis of current situation. The purpose of the article is to update scientific and methodological approaches and practical proposals for food safety monitoring improvement for operational evidencebased decision-making in the conditions of Ukraine's martial law. The methodical approach to the determination of indicators of food security on the state (region) has been improved. The methodology was developed taking into account the Law of Ukraine "On State Support of the Agriculture of Ukraine" No. 1877-IV dated June 24, 2004, Methodology for determining the main indicators of food security and Methodological recommendations for calculating the level of economic security of Ukraine, approved by the order of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine dated 29.10.2013 No. 1277, the Plan of measures to ensure food security in conditions of martial law, approved by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of April 29, 2022 No. 327-r. The operational monitoring of food security indicators of Ukraine/region (for the period of martial law) is substantiated. Development of a methodical approach and approbation of food security monitoring indicators (retrospective and operational analysis) was carried out with the support of EU Project Institutional and Policy Reform for Smallholder Agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the current problems occurring in the grain industry as a result of Russia's armed aggression and active hostilities in a large area of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is operational monitoring of the current state of the grain market in Ukraine and the calculation of forecast parameters of its stabilization and further development in the conditions of military aggression. The research used the information database of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, and the information and analytical materials of the NSC Institute of Agrarian Economics regarding the forecast indicators of the production of agricultural products in Ukraine in 2022 year. The production forecast is made taking into account losses of cultivated areas, damage to crops, violations of production technologies and a decrease in the yield of grain crops. The total production of grain crops in 2022 is forecast to be 53.6 million tons, which is almost 40% lower than in 2021. The area under harvest is expected to decrease by 4.7 million hectares (from 15.9 to 12.3 million hectares). The actual losses of products of the grain market of Ukraine in the current 2022 are estimated at 204 billion UAH, or almost 7 billion EUR. The biggest losses will be experienced by the production of corn - EUR 3 billion, wheat - EUR 2.7 billion, barley - EUR 0.9 billion. To determine the extent of destructive shifts occurring in the grain market of Ukraine, the actual (for 2020 and 2021) and forecast for 2022 balances of grain products were made. The main factors that will affect the functioning and further stabilization of the grain market in Ukraine have been established. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wildfires cause extensive damage, but their rapid detection and cause assessment remains challenging. Existing methods utilize satellite data to map burned areas and meteorological data to model fire risk, but there are no information technologies to determine fire causes. It is crucially important in Ukraine to assess the losses caused by the military actions. This study proposes an integrated methodology and a novel framework integrating burned area mapping from Sentinel-2 data and fire risk modeling using the Fire Potential Index (FPI) in Google Earth Engine. The methodology enables efficient national-scale burned area detection and automated identification of anthropogenic fires in regions with low fire risk. Implemented over Ukraine, 104.229 ha were mapped as burned during July 2022, with fires inconsistently corresponding to high FPI risk, indicating predominantly anthropogenic causes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the analysis of the insurance market of Ukraine under the conditions of a pandemic and military operations in 2021-2023. The insurance market of Ukraine is characterized by a moderate pace of development - 128 insurance companies operate on it with a total amount of assets of UAH 70,338 million, but for the period of 2017-2022, the number of companies on the market decreased by 2.3 times. The study examines the key factors contributing to the negative trend in the development of the financial market in Ukraine in general and the insurance market in particular. The work uses methods of correlation-regression analysis, generalization, grouping, as well as tabular and graphic methods of presenting results. A positive aspect of the development of the insurance market of Ukraine, which ensures a high level of trust in insurers, is the annual increase in the volume of insurance reserves for both life insurance and non-life insurance. Characteristic of the insurance market of Ukraine is the prioritization of insurance contracts regarding CASCO insurance, medical insurance, and life insurance. In developed countries, an extremely close relationship has been established between the purchasing power of the population and the density of insurance coverage, but the dependence of the degree of insurance penetration on the purchasing power of the population is much lower. With a reliability level of more than 80%, it was established that in European countries, with an increase in the purchasing power of the population by 10,000 euros, there will be an increase in the density of insurance up to 7,000 euros per person for non-life insurance and up to 105,000 euros for life insurance. Regarding Ukraine, the insurance market will develop according to the growing trend and in the future, provided the purchasing power of the population increases by UAH 20,000, insurance premiums will be increased by UAH 100. The insurance market of Ukraine is currently in a state of gradual recovery from a state of shock due to military aggression, at the same time it is developing a number of tools and has powerful prospects that can positively affect the development of the insurance market itself and the economy of the country in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose. To study the impact of Industry 4.0 on the current state of the digital transformation of the state’s industry and to substantiate promising directions of development. Methodology. The study used a systematic and comparative analysis to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current state of digital transformation of industry in Ukraine. Research on the impact of Industry 4.0 on digital transformation was based on the results of a statistical analysis of the effect and the potential annual effect of the introduction of the Internet of Things on industrial and construction sites. Also, the method of deduction, logical research, and a graphical way of presenting information were used to demonstrate the significant results of the study. Findings. In the process of research, the digital transformation of industry under the influence of Industry 4.0, which is accelerating, was considered. It has been proven that the digital transformation of Ukrainian enterprises must be carried out at several levels: in terms of industrial equipment, IT systems and internal business processes. Originality. The influence of Industry 4.0 on the digital transformation of industry in Ukraine is substantiated. Eight main levers of value creation due to the implementation of “Industry 4.0” technologies in production are highlighted: optimization of equipment operation modes; optimization of equipment loading; increasing productivity and labor safety; logistic optimization; improvement of product quality; improvement in demand forecasting; shortening the terms of bringing products to the market; improvement of after sales service. Recommendations were given to enterprises regarding the formation of industry partnerships for joint financing of projects, risk reduction, interaction with state bodies, technological companies and research centers, within which expert consulting centers are to be created. Practical value. The results of the research can be used by economists, scientists and practitioners for the development of further perspectives. Establishing strong horizontal ties with educational and research organizations, high-tech companies, as well as with public administration bodies will allow effective exchange of experience, development of joint innovative digital solutions, products and standards for a particular industry, adaptation of educational programs and development of skills in the application of digital technologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rivers coming to the Black Sea (BS) are the most significant source of pollution and eutrophication of the Sea. Their water quality monitoring is a prerequisite for establishing the BS pollution level and their share to the nutrient enrichment and hazardous substances input. This can contribute to building programmes of measures based on proper nutrient assessment and pollution-reduction schemes. At the Black Sea countries level, the rivers monitoring is done using different approaches, based mainly on national regulations and less on European Directives, which are not entirely transposed in certain national legislations, like in Georgia, Ukraine and Turkey. Therefore, the Black Sea rivers monitoring harmonization in the region is a pending issue in the regional agenda of environment protection, since each country should quantify the amount of total load of nutrients and hazardous chemicals coming to the Black Sea using the same methodologies. In this regard, this paper is focusing on reviewing and managing the current rivers monitoring strategies and practices in the Black Sea countries (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine) in order to compare them and outline the harmonization needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) significantly improved the quality of air pollution monitoring. The comparison against other data sources showed acceptable results and good correlation. However, highly polluted areas remain the reason for large uncertainties. In our study, we compared TROPOMI NO2, CO, HCHO, and SO2 data against ground‐level measurements from Ukrainian monitoring sites, which could be considered rather unusual due to their close location to large anthropogenic emission sources. These sites were established in the former USSR to reflect the maximal air pollution levels. TROPOMI detected all cities with huge anthropogenic emissions in 2019–2020 and qualitatively reflected air pollution in Ukraine. However, direct comparison against individual monitoring sites showed mainly insignificant correlation, which was not much improved with cloudiness filtering, spatial averaging, and considering boundary layer height. We show that on an hour‐to‐daily scale, differences appear when remote sensing at a particular time cannot catch the elevated pollution levels in the boundary layer after air mass transportation. On a seasonal scale, the correlation decreases because of the differences in seasonality between near‐surface and column pollutants' content. We discuss that the relationship between TROPOMI and ground‐level measurements depends on the season, the continuance of industrial emissions, and the features of individual emission sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Military conflicts are one of the inevitable factors that can cause countries to suffer from food insecurity due to reduced agricultural productivity, increased food prices, and the deterioration of agricultural land and infrastructure. Farmland may become fallowed and abandoned as a result of reduced investment in agricultural management caused by military conflicts. To rapidly assess the impact of conflicts on agricultural land and food security, the utilization of effective and feasible methods for the regular monitoring agricultural management status is necessary. To achieve this goal, we developed a framework for analyzing the spatiotemporal distribution of agricultural land and assessing the impact of the Ukraine–Russia war on agricultural management in Ukraine using remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) technology. The random forest (RF) classifier, gap filling and Savitzky–Golay filtering (GF-SG) method, fallow-land algorithm based on neighborhood and temporal anomalies (FANTA) algorithm, and kernel density method were jointly used to classify and reveal the spatiotemporal distribution of fallowed and abandoned croplands from 2018 to 2022 based on Landsat time series data on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. The results demonstrated that fallowed and abandoned croplands could be successfully and effectively identified through these proven methods. Hotspots of fallowed croplands frequently occurred in eastern Ukraine, and long-term consecutive fallow agricultural management caused cropland abandonment. Moreover, hotspots of war-driven fallowed croplands were found in western Kherson and the center of Luhansk, where the war has been escalated for a long time. This reveals that the war has had a significant negative impact on agricultural management and development. These results highlight the potential of developing an accessible methodological framework for conducting regular assessments to monitor the impact of military conflicts on food security and agricultural management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transboundary river basins are responsible for over half of the global river discharges and accommodate 40% of the global population. Ukraine is part of the four large transboundary rivers that flow through more than ten European countries and experience pollution problems because of human activities in up-and downstream areas. The Ukrainian government calls for actions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) and integrate the European Union water legislation. This paper discusses five sustainable development perspectives for Ukraine to reduce pollution in transboundary rivers. These perspectives relate to (1) transitions from administrative river management (before 2017) to river basin management (after 2017) to enhance cooperation between countries, (2) interdisciplinary and (3) transdisciplinary research to better understand the causes and effects of river pollution and explore solutions, (4) innovation and modernization of water-related infrastructures and (5) the societal awareness. Future research could focus on the example of Ukraine and the adoption of these five perspectives to support the formulation of solutions to achieve SDG6 and support the sustainable basin management of transboundary rivers and the integration of European Union water legislation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the article is to study the best foreign practices and models of public-private partnership in the field of vocational and higher education, identify opportunities for their adaptation to Ukrainian realities and develop recommendations for productive use of foreign experience in this area. The theoretical significance of the article is that it is analyzed the semantic content of the basic concepts related to public-private partnership in the foreign scientific space; it is identified the prerequisites for the development of public-private partnership in vocational education abroad (at the national, institutional (vocational education institution), production (enterprise) levels; it is analyzed the challenges to vocational education and training in foreign countries which the public-private partnership is aimed to solve; criteria for typification of partnerships (number of participants, areas of partnership, integrated criterion «project financing — provision of educational services», integrated criterion «breadth of partnership and depth of interaction between partners», integrated criterion «degree of coordination of interaction — volume of investment») are identified; the author’s typology of partnerships in the field of education in foreign countries is substantiated.The practical significance of the article is that the authors developed recommendations for deepening public-private partnership in vocational and higher education institutions of Ukraine based on the study of foreign experience, suggested directions for its further development in Ukraine. It is determined that in the foreign conceptual and terminological field, in addition to the concept of «public-private partnership» uses a number of concepts (Private Finance Initiative, PFI) (UK), Service Provision Project (SPP) (Mexico), Alternative Financing and Procurement (Canada), Private Sector Participation (PSP) (World Bank). The common essential features of these concepts are singled out: cooperation of different stakeholders, complexity of the purpose, focus on the result, parity of responsibility, long-term nature of interaction, formality of relations. Criteria for distinguishing types of partnerships in foreign practice are proposed: number of participants, areas of partnership, integrated criterion «project financing — provision of educational services», integrated criterion «breadth of partnership and depth of interaction between partners», integrated criterion «degree of coordination of interaction — volume of investment». The peculiarities of the types of partnerships in vocational education, which were singled out on the basis of the criteria proposed by the authors, are characterized: bilateral and multilateral; infrastructure, private management of public institutions, outsourcing of educational services, outsourcing of non-educational services, innovation and research partnerships, vouchers and subsidies; private initiatives, sponsorship, mixed projects, government programs; broad partnership, in-depth partnership; liberal, solidarity, paternalistic, consortium types of partnerships. Based on the analysis of the best practices of public-private partnership, the probable effective directions of public-private partnership in the field of vocational and higher education in Ukraine were singled out: strengthening the participation of companies in the processes of professional training; outlining a clear and concise division of responsibilities in the partnership; development of national standards of vocational education; gradual introduction of elements of dual education; promoting the prestige of vocational education as an attractive alternative to academic education; facilitating the learning trajectory between vocational and higher education; forecasting skills. It was developed recommendations for the development of public-private partnership in the field of vocational and higher education in Ukraine in the context of: formalization of interaction (conclusion of agreements and memorandums of partnership), management of interaction (establishment of qualitative and quantitative indicators for monitoring the activities of private providers and vocational education institutions; periodic reviews of vocational education institutions to bring them in line with the standards set in the contract), development of partnership effectiveness (clear criteria for quality and effectiveness), technologicalization of interaction (in particular, use of algorithm of of interaction between vocational education institutions and partners for public-private interaction initiatives). The need to study such models of partnerships in the field of education as the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Germany, the Sectoral Council for Industrial Training (Canada), centers of excellence in vocational education (Netherlands), industrial centers or clusters (Tuscany in Italy and Baden-Württemberg in Germany), the National Skill Development Corporation (India) was actualized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This scientific work analyzes the current state and problems of implementing the concept of sustainable development in industrial regions, in particular, in Poland and Ukraine. Emphasis is placed on slowing down the implementation of the main provisions of this doctrine, in particular, the violation of environmental requirements and non-compliance with ecological standards by industrial enterprises. The aim of the article is to find effective innovative tools for intensifying the process of implementing the strategy of sustainable development in industrial regions. The paper uses theoretical methods--analysis and synthesis, formalization, hypothetical-deductive modeling, mental modeling, systematization and generalization--as well as empirical: observation, description and comparison. The main result of the work is the substantiation of the scientific idea that the implementation of a sustainable development strategy in industrial regions is possible by intensifying the process of ecological marketing through the use of new information and communication technologies (ICT) and their innovative tools--methodologies, digital systems, the Internet, cloud technologies, and systems of product design, manufacture and sale--due to accelerated communication links. The authors' approach to the development of the mechanism of creation and functioning of the single information space (field) of the ecological marketing of the industrial region is offered in this work, and also, the classification of modern ICT and their tools, which it is expedient to use in this mechanism, is carried out. Their purpose and the expected results from the introduction of ecological products for market research, the development of ecological technologies for the life cycles of ecological products and, thus, the impact on the acceleration of sustainable development in industrial regions are determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Presented research shows Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology as a highly promising tool for architectural heritage conservation. Analyses of contemporary publications by BIM topic and HBIM (Historic Building Information Modeling), its specific division, are conducted. The usage of modern technology analysis for digitizing monuments along with the outdated 'manual' of accounting and passportization methods are executed, and a lack of automation of the above processes is observed. Additionally, the research reveals that during the operational period of historical objects, there was no method of fixing their architectural transformations. The necessity of automation of the abovementioned processes by the capabilities of the BIM technology is emphasized. Automation methods developed utilizing the BIM model properties as a relational database, are described. An example of the method implementation in architectural and construction software applications is given. The case uses the rules of filling in the state accounting card of Ukraine. Nonetheless, the automatic formation of a document like this by the standards of any country is underscored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The dynamics of the intensity of carbon dioxide flow from soil to a large extent depends on hydrothermal conditions. Changes in the temperature and humidity of the soil are influenced, on the one hand, by the air content and the diffusion rate, on the other - on the intensity of biological processes in the soil. The purpose of the work was to determine the patterns of influence of weather conditions on the СО2 emissionsfrom the chernozem podzolized in conditions Left-bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine in seasonal and long-term dynamics for the period of 2012-2017. The intensity of the allocation of CO2 was determined in ventilated non stationary respiratory camera using a portable gas analyzer, with averaging results throughout the day and periodicity of observations once a month. It has been established that throughout the year the carbon dioxide emissions from the soil dynamically change depending on temperature and humidity. The maximum emission falls on the spring-summer period, the minimum values inherent in the late-autumn and winter period. As a result of the study, it was found that the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions from the chernozem podzolized during the year varies from 145 to 700 ppm. The difference between years of research illustrated the dependence of carbon dioxide production from soil from weather and climatic conditions. Under favorable weather conditions, with moderate moisture of the soil and a combination of high daily temperaturesthe production of carbon dioxide has been intensified by changes in physical and chemical processes in the soil, more active decomposition of root and fallen remains of higher plantsand the general intensification of biological processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The global demand for agricultural products is surging due to population growth, more meat-based diets, and the increasing role of bioenergy. Three strategies can increase agricultural production: (1) expanding agriculture into natural ecosystems; (2) intensifying existing farmland; or (3) recultivating abandoned farmland. Because agricultural expansion entails substantial environmental trade-offs, intensification and recultivation are currently gaining increasing attention. Assessing where these strategies may be pursued, however, requires improved spatial information on land use intensity, including where farmland is active and fallow. We developed a framework to integrate optical and radar data in order to advance the mapping of three farmland management regimes: (1) large-scale, mechanized agriculture; (2) small-scale, subsistence agriculture; and (3) fallow or abandoned farmland. We applied this framework to our study area in western Ukraine, a region characterized by marked spatial heterogeneity in management intensity due to the legacies from Soviet land management, the breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the recent integration of this region into world markets. We mapped land management regimes using a hierarchical, object-based framework. Image segmentation for delineating objects was performed by using the Superpixel Contour algorithm. We then applied Random Forest classification to map land management regimes and validated our map using randomly sampled in-situ data, obtained during an extensive field campaign. Our results showed that farmland management regimes were mapped reliably, resulting in a final map with an overall accuracy of 83.4%. Comparing our land management regimes map with a soil map revealed that most fallow land occurred on soils marginally suited for agriculture, but some areas within our study region contained considerable potential for recultivation. Overall, our study highlights the potential for an improved, more nuanced mapping of agricultural land use by combining imagery of different sensors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses the system of individual monitoring for internal exposure, deployed by the Ukrainian Radiation Protection Institute as an integral component of the Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP) at the Chornobyl industrial site. SIP anticipates involving of up to 10 000 workers of numerous SIP contractors. A typical daily shift comprises several hundred workers. Most of them have a direct contact with the irradiated nuclear fuel, fuel-contained aerosols and other contaminated materials on the industrial site. The hierarchical SIP individual monitoring program has been designed with consideration of peculiarities of SIP exposure conditions and aims at the timely and reliable identification of intakes, assessment of doses and initiation of measures for prevention of further intakes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]