Methodology for Assessing Damage to Forest Ecosystems as a Result of the Creation of Trenches
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article presents a methodology for assessing the damage caused by the creation of military trenches. It calculates the regulating and supporting ecosystem services based on biomass, mortar and soil energy. The methodology was tested on a 70-year-old pine forest and a 120-year-old oak forest. It provides for the assessment of direct losses caused by military trenches as a result of destruction and indirect losses as a result of damage to different ecosystem components, considering the time needed for recovery to the native state. The monetary value of the losses due to trenches of 42 m2 for pine and oak forests is 49.5 and 56.6 thousand USD, respectively, and the indirect losses due to dumps of 166.7 m2 are 61.9 and 70.8 thousand USD, respectively. The methodology can be used for the purpose of compensation for the damage caused to the natural ecosystems.
Source: Ukrainian geographical journal
Authors: Ya. P. Didukh, Yu. A. Hrad, I. I. Moysiyenko
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409236165