SDG 15. Life on Land: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU planted more than 125 trees and 2,376 shrubs, modernised its Botanical Garden (founded in 1945), and led an international project monitoring Carpathian wetlands together with national parks in Ukraine, Slovakia and Romania. An education centre on Carpathian nature is being established at the University.
Key figures, 2025
| Indicator | Value |
| Trees / shrubs / flowers planted | over 125 / 2,376 / 2,345 |
| University green areas maintained | 28 plots, 33.5 ha |
| “Carpathian Youth for ECO SMART Education” project, grant to UzhNU | EUR 290,389.29 |
| WeVaRe project, grant to UzhNU | EUR 182,476.07 |
| EFFUSE-win project, grant to UzhNU | EUR 107,956.80 |
| International projects of the Faculty of Biology (of which based at the Botanical Garden) | 6 (2) |
Biodiversity on campus
• The Botanical Garden renovated part of its greenhouse complex and the heating networks of its glasshouses and reorganised its teaching and research plots; students of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology joined the project for its renovation.
• Under the “Green Country” programme, a pedunculate oak was planted; following inspection reports, 28 hazardous trees were removed, 26 trees underwent sanitary pruning and 18 crown reduction.
• Faculty of Biology students care for the plants of the Botanical Garden; an eco-clean-up was held on its grounds in September.
Research
• WeVaRe: inventory and mapping of wetlands and adjacent geocomplexes in protected areas, together with Synevyr National Nature Park, Polonyny National Park and Maramureș Mountains Natural Park.
• Under the SAIA programme, the landscape diversity of high-mountain Carpathian geocomplexes under pressure from climate change and human impact was studied.
• The WF2V4 project studies nature restoration in cities, including Uzhhorod.
Education and community
• Under ECO SMART, together with Magura National Park (Poland), an information and exhibition nature centre for schoolchildren and students is being created, with themed halls on the nature and geology of the Carpathians and a section on invasive species.
• EFFUSE-win, with Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, spreads knowledge among border-region residents about the state of nature and the need to protect it.
• Students of the Faculty of Geography took part in a Fem2forests project event (2 May) and the guest lecture “Birds of Prey of Poland” (17 May).
