*[Enwl-eng] New journal “Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group” - invites to spread their issues and participate in its work
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Dear
friends,
I would like to inform you about the new public environmental journal “Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group”, UWEC, which was launched by Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian environmentalists in connection with the war that the Russian government has been conducting on the territory of Ukraine for more than six months.
Briefly the background.
About a month after the start of the war, a split occurred between the Russian-speaking environmental community and the google group (International Socio-ecological Union, ISEU, Международный Социально-Экологический Союз, one of the oldest and largest conservation communities in post-Soviet space). Some part of members found themselves under the influence of Kremlin propaganda and refused to adequately assess the terribly tragic events in Ukraine caused by the treacherous military actions of the Russian army.
The ISEU group threatened to cease its existence due to conflicts arising in each message.
Then we (I and Svyatoslav Zabelin, the coordinator of the ISEU) decided to create a separate community and google group, dedicated to discussing this war which does not accept people who think about this war in an inadequate way. That's what we did, we created a mailing list with the title “Environmental Negative Consequences of the War”, ENCW group (an international environmental group which is dedicated to monitoring, informing and combating the negative consequences for the environment, wild nature, and public health caused by military actions) https://groups.google.com/g/envwar-consequences/about
The ENCW group included Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian environmentalists. Although there are not so many citizens of Ukraine there for obvious reasons (after the outbreak of the war, many contacts in the nature conservation professional sphere between Russian and Ukrainian communities have been broken off). But due to not the presence of inadequate people who denied the war crimes of the Russian government, we began to constructively discuss the topic of war and the damage to the environment that occurs from it.
A while after the launch of the ENCW group (possibly as a consequence of its creation), an important new project was founded, which was launched by several participants of this group. They launched a new edition of the press, a journal, with a professionally made website, entitled “Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group”, UWEC.
At the moment, the journal has published five issues, each can be read in English, Ukrainian and Russian languages. A description of the journal, its goals, and editors can be found on its website here: https://uwecworkgroup.info/about/
The published issues can be found in the "Issues" section. Here are the direct links to the English-language versions of the five issues:
https://uwecworkgroup.info/issue-1/
https://uwecworkgroup.info/issue-2/
https://uwecworkgroup.info/issue-3/
https://uwecworkgroup.info/issue-4/
https://uwecworkgroup.info/issue-5/
The UWEC journal is a separate independent project, not directly related to the ENCW group (news about the journal is published in the group, but the issues are almost not discussed among people). This is understandable since a google group (a mailing list) and a press source are different resources that implement different objectives. A good environment for communication has been formed in the ENCW group. Thus, we are using this group now to a greater extent as a platform for communication, than a platform for discussing working tasks. The fact is, that there are practically no websites on the Russian-speaking Internet where people from Russia and Ukraine together can constructively and safely discuss the topic of war between each other, where they can discuss news and share emotions.
The UWEC journal should not be considered an analog of the google group. The journal is a source that concentrates on the main thing in itself, it can preserve history, facts, expert opinions, and links to primary sources in its publications. That is, it can create constructive opportunities for a variety of environmental work in the future dedicated to the solution of the problems. It can focus its articles on audience requests and include materials from experts from this audience in these publications. The journal can guide the course of problems solution when the article collects a massive of information and offers a specific strategy or action plan. The journal can be a source of communication with representatives of the authorities on both sides of the conflict. It can be a coordinator in the organization of citizens in some projects on the ground (mailing list can already be connected here).
In general, the UWEC journal on the problems, which the guys began to lead, is a very important matter, and it can play an extremely important role in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. And also in bringing this work to other conflict territories. As its founders write, they will not be limited only to Ukraine, perhaps they will work on other military conflicts.
The UWEC was started by covering the damage to the environment and wildlife of Ukraine caused by the military actions of the Russian Army. It also writes about the damage from this war to other countries. Thus, in Russia itself and around the world there are a lot of specific and significant negative consequences for nature and the environment caused by this war and the policy of the Russian government.
Meanwhile, it has not yet been accepted to bring into the world the coverage of environmental damage from wars. At the moment of war, everyone forgets about the environmental crisis, generals and politicians have the floor, and everyone else falls silent. To remind all parties of the conflict and the whole society about the catastrophic damage that military actions cause to the Earth Nature and people - is a contribution to sobering up the authorities of the conflict parties, it is a contribution to the advent of peace. After the end of the war, the work of this press can have a direct influence on the organization of the restoration of the environment and Nature destroyed by the war. It is already clear that the front of restoration work in Ukraine will be huge.
The natural ecosystem restoration after the cessation of hostilities in the country will probably be among the key objectives on the environmental agenda in Ukraine.
The editors of the UWEC journal welcome interaction with the international communities. They invite you not only to disseminate information about the issues of the journal in your professional sphere but also to take a direct part in the work of the journal.
They invite experts to participate in the articles of the journal, offer to ask questions, and form the topics of the next issues.
For all questions, including participation in the work of the UWEC, you can contact with
Eugene Simonov - the UWEC WG expert group coordinator. If necessary, he can direct you to the emails of the editors of the journal.
https://uwecworkgroup.info/eugene-simonov/
Best regards,
Natalia Novoselova (professional website)
International Socio-Ecological Union
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