Mitigation of climate change through advanced phytotechnology for military lands
On August 14, 2026 the project team from NULES, Ukraine had a meeting with Ms. Pia de Gouvello, an independent French journalist, who is going to introduce the NATO G6094 accomplishments to the readers of the French independent environmental media outlet Reporterre. The working meeting held at the MilClimATech experimental M×g plantation in Vorzel, Kyiv…
On August 11, 2026 a young researcher of the NULES team, Artem Medkov, successfully defended a PhD dissertation entitled”Adaptation of Miscanthus × giganteus under the Influence of Plant Growth Regulators on the Technogenically Contaminated Lands.” The defence was held in a hybrid form at the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management (IAEM) of the National…
Prof. Pidlisniuk visited Porto University with multiple goals: to introduce the latest achievements of G6094 to colleagues from the Department of Civil Engineering and Resources; to present the Guide “Utilisation of Advanced Miscanthus Phytotechnology for Revitalisation of the Post-Military Land”, recently published within G6094; and to define the role of the colleagues in the Horizon…
On June 28, 2026, as part of the long-term monitoring programme, a team from the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NULES), led by Dr. Tatyana Stefanovska, visited and evaluated two M×g experimental plantations established on military-disturbed degraded sandy soils in Vorzel, Kyiv region, Ukraine in 2023 and 2024, consequently. The 2023…
The Project Progress Meeting 12 of G6094 “Mitigation of climate change through advanced phytotechnology for military lands” is scheduled for October 23, 2026, 14.00 CEST at UJEP in the hybrid form: UJEP participants will participate in persons, members of other teams will be connected on-line. The agenda and connection link will be announced.
“NATO project tests perennial grass to clean Ukraine’s war-hit soil” Scientists at a Czech university are studying whether a particular strain of grass could revitalise Ukraine’s famed soil after years of war and make it usable again for farming. Ukraine has often been called the breadbasket of Europe because it is home to the extremely…
Nargiza Akhmentalina, a Master’s student at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU), a linkage institution within the G6094 project, successfully defended her Master’s thesis on 9 June 2026. Her thesis, entitled “Development of Microbial–Biochar Complexes Using Biochar Produced from Organic Waste”, was conducted under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Aigerim Mamirova. Part of the research was…
Professor Valentyna Pidlisniuk participated in the international conference “Leader 2050 Conference: Future Competencies in the Face of Sustainable Development Challenges, Systemic Resilience, and Ecological and Socio-Economic Crises,” organized on June 18–19, 2026 in Wroclaw, Poland. The conference served as an interdisciplinary forum focused on the competencies that future leaders and graduates will require to address…
Victor Markiv, PhD student at TVHNPU and young researcher of the team of G6094 successfully defended PhD thesis on June 12, 2026. His dissertation marked a contribution to the field of biological sciences and was within the project related topics on influence of Trace elements to the different ecosystems and risk assessment. Victor Markiv officially…
On June 10–11, 2026, Professor Valentina Pidlisnyuk and Dr. Karim Al Souki, UJEP participated in the Biochar Summit 2026 in Vienna, Austria. This international event, hosted by Biochar Europe, focused on the role of biochar in innovation and industrial integration. The summit provided extensive discussions on ensuring safe and efficient biochar logistics, integrating biochar and…
