The Coastal and Marine Environment (Ukraine Conflict Environmental Briefing No. 5)
Publisher: Conflict and Environment Observatory
Date: 2023
Topics: Public Health, Renewable Resources, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Ukraine
A wide range of land and marine-based military activities are placing Ukraine’s marine ecosystems at risk, while fragile and ecologically sensitive coastal habitats have been directly affected by the fighting. Further research will be needed to determine the true impact of the conflict on the ecology of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and estuaries and wetlands, but as these waters were already facing a range of human-induced pressures including pollution, overfishing, invasive alien species and climate change, these impacts could be significant.