15. Організації які займаються проблемами екології в Україні та анг країнах Environmental organizations

People often say that the Earth is our home or our mother. Nowadays our planet, however, is in danger because human-made activities are constantly deteriorating the quality of the environment that eventually leads to the loss of survival condition on the Earth. To begin with, there are a large number of environmental issues such as resource and ozone layer depletion, urban smog, deforestation, acid rains, pollution and global warming. Here are some environmental organizations dedicated to protecting our environment.

1. Greenpeace is an organization fights against nuclear testing of weapons, ocean, air and land pollution and transportation of toxic waste. In addition, it promotes and develops concrete solutions towards a green future, not only points the finger.

2. National Geographic Society is a non-governmental environmental organization that preserves the ocean`s last untouched places, species that are on the brink of extinction. Moreover, National Geographic Society films about our mother Earth in order to educate people about the natural world.

3. Ukraine Nature Conservation society (Ukrpryroda) is an organization that promotes public awareness of recycling, environmental education and the love for nature at schools and universities, in local communities and among local authorities. Ukraine Nature Conservation society safes environment, preserves and restores minerals, atmosphere and water resources, flora and fauna that is on the brink of extinction performing such solutions as reforestation, waste management and cleaning river banks and lakes.

To sum up, environmental organizations protect endangered species and their habitats and raise awareness of environmental issues. Furthermore, they promote responsible use of the Earth’s resources and solutions that are essentials to save the planet for future generations.

16. Проблеми пов’язані із закриттям Чорнобильської аес

The Chernobyl nuclear explosion is a man-made disaster which occurred on the 26th of April in 1986, resulted in the spread of radioactive substances from a nuclear reactor and adverse serious radiological, health and socio-economic consequences for people and the environment. In the exclusion zone and beyond, forests and animals became contaminated with radionuclides and showed many genetic effects and anomalies caused by radiation.

The impact on the health of the Chernobyl disaster can be described in terms of acute health effects (death, severe health impairment) and late health effects (for instance, increase of cancer incidence).

Nevertheless, the exclusion zone has paradoxically become a unique biodiversity sanctuary. Some of the populations have recovered and grown with the passage of time because individuals reproduced or because plants and animals migrated from less affected areas. The fact that human activities such as agriculture or industry have stopped, has helped this recovery. A few years were needed to recover from the radiation induced adverse effects in plants and animals. Despite the fact that the biological populations are recovering from acute radiation effects, various cytogenetic anomalies attributable to radiation still continue to occur.

To sum up, nuclear waste of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after disaster had a tremendous impact on the environment and people’s lives and led to

6. Соціальні мережі та освіта