Assessment of carbon emissions due to landscape fires in Ukraine during war in 2022

• DOI: 10.31548/forest/1.2024.126
• Publication Date: 2024-04-15T10:37:32Z
• Authors: Sergiy Zibtsev; Volodymyr Pasternak; Roman Vasylyshyn; Viktor Myroniuk; Serhii Sydorenko; Oleksandr Soshenskyi
• Keywords: Hectare; Land Cover

The russian military aggression and the related socio-economic environmental consequences have significantly affected climate production of ecosystem services through damage to forests, ecosystems, landscape fires emissions gases into atmosphere. study aims estimate carbon dioxide due in Ukraine during year 2022. OroraTech wildfire monitoring technology was used detect fires, while perimeters burned areas were delineated with Sentinel 2 time series. Copernicus Dynamic Land Cover map extract land covers. Emissions calculated based on intensity (dNBR) share biomass different types cover. Biomass models selected considering dominant tree species within a specific region structure sown croplands. volume losses estimated as result severities. It that 2022, 749.5 thousand hectares thereof: croplands – 419.1 hectares; other natural vegetation 273.8 conifer forests 31.1 25.5 hectares. impact war is confirmed by large proportion 60-kilometre buffer zone along frontline 68.9% total area fire. Among all 42.5% occurred occupied territory. Total CO2 from reached 5.20 million tons greenhouse 0.28 tons. first detailed mapping an analysis each polygon for whole territory Ukraine. results provide important information assessing loss estimating well confirming hostilities