Value of unique old trees - a natural monument
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https://doi.org/10.31548/bio2018.03.023Abstract
Ukraine has many unique trees associated with prominent people and historical events. Such trees play a great historical, cultural and educational role. In many cases they are taken under protection and have the status of natural monuments of local significance.
About 50 of these trees, which are associated with historical events, human fates and legends, are declared memorial. They are associated with the names of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, Lesia Ukrainka and other prominent people. In most cases, such trees grow in forest plantations, old gardens and parks, on the territories of the memorial estates, etc.
To identify such unique natural monuments, to gather the necessary information about them, and to make a comprehensive catalogue of prominent trees of Ukraine is the goal of our research. Such objects are national property and should be taken under state protection.
Old trees survey was carried out in accordance with the developed and already published tree questionnaire.
In the paper there are used both general methods of scientific research, based on comparison, generalization and synthesis, and strictly linguistic ones (paradigmatic and combined). The research has been carried out within the framework of the project № 110/551-pr «Creation of a register of valuable plants of Kyiv parks and public gardens on the basis of terminology standards». The presented scientific paper is a logical continuation of researches on the current state of the oldest trees parks and public gardens.
Thanks to the suggested methodology a lot of trees in our country got «the second chance» for life. Let’s consider some of them. In such a way we are trying to draw the attention of the wide environmental community to the preservation of unique natural monuments. We suggest giving such objects the status of natural monuments of national importance, which will allow to conduct a unified policy on their protection, conservation and further use.
Keywords: century trees, a monument of nature, conservation status, historical trees, arboristics
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