{"id":505858,"date":"2025-10-28T13:34:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/blog\/international-conference-in-lviv-related-to-the-implementation-of-the-interreg-next-poland-ukraine-zeroheracleum-project\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:54:36","slug":"international-conference-in-lviv-related-to-the-implementation-of-the-interreg-next-poland-ukraine-zeroheracleum-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/blog\/international-conference-in-lviv-related-to-the-implementation-of-the-interreg-next-poland-ukraine-zeroheracleum-project\/","title":{"rendered":"International conference in Lviv related to the implementation of the Interreg NEXT Poland-Ukraine ZeroHeracleum project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"505858\" class=\"elementor elementor-505858 elementor-505723\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7967755 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7967755\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37b5cb1\" data-id=\"37b5cb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91020b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-m5c\" data-id=\"91020b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"m5c.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<section class=\"mn-m5-c mn-m5-d2 mn-bg-white\">\n\t<div class=\"mn-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mn-content mn-grid-9\">\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block active\">\n\t                                                        <div class=\"block-text\">\n\t                                        <h2><strong>International conference in Lviv related to the implementation of the Interreg NEXT Poland-Ukraine ZeroHeracleum project<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-504933 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo_projektA_right_en.png\" alt=\"Interreg Next Poland - Ukraine logo, European Union flag, text: co-funded by the European Union; vertical blue line, green text: Zero Heracleum\" width=\"3095\" height=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On 16-17 October 2025, an international scientific conference \u201c<strong><em>Applied application of methods for influencing the hogweed population to restore biodiversity of cross-border territories of Ukraine and Poland<\/em><\/strong>\u201d was held in Lviv in connection with the implementation of the project &#8220;Protection of biodiversity in cross-border areas of Ukraine and Poland against invasive populations of hogweed (Heracleum)&#8221; PLUA.01.03-IP.01-0008\/23, financed by the European Union under the Interreg NEXT Poland-Ukraine 2021-2027 Programme.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                                                        <div class=\"mn-cards-list\">\n                                            <div class=\"mn-card-container\">\n                                                <div>\n                                                    <img src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/themes\/up-lublin\/assets\/images\/doc-ico.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                                    <h5>photo gallery<\/h5>\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/blog\/galeria\/conference-lviv-zeroheracleum\/\" class=\"mn-more\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                                                        <div class=\"block-text\">\n\t                                        <p>The aim of the conference was to present the assumptions implemented in the individual stages of the project, discuss the methods used to combat hogweed (Heracleum) populations and their effectiveness, as well as to develop joint methodological recommendations for its elimination in the cross-border areas of Ukraine and Poland. The conference was also an opportunity to establish cooperation between scientists from both countries and representatives of local authorities, territorial communities, farmers and landowners.<\/p>\n<p>The conference was held in a&nbsp;hybrid form: on-site at the Halicka Korona hotel in the suburbs of Lviv and online on the Zoom platform. For security reasons, the planned trip of the Polish delegation from the University of Life Sciences in Lublin and the Lublin Chamber of Agriculture was cancelled at the last minute after Russia intensified its attacks on western Ukraine. In total, over 200 participants from Ukraine and Poland registered for the conference.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img11.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The conference participants were officially welcomed by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maksym Kozytskyi <\/strong>\u2013 Head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yurii Kholod <\/strong>\u2013 Head of the Lviv Regional Council;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yurii Radelitsky <\/strong>\u2013 Head of the Standing Committee on Agro-Industrial Complex, Entrepreneurship and Investment of the Lviv Regional Council;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Krzysztof Lukyanowicz <\/strong>\u2013 Consul of the Republic of Poland in Lviv;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vasyl Khimyak <\/strong>\u2013 Head of the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg NEXT Poland-Ukraine Programme 2021-2027;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gustaw J\u0119drejek <\/strong>\u2013 President of the Lublin Chamber of Agriculture in Lublin;<\/li>\n<li><strong> Ivan Parubchak <\/strong>\u2013 Rector of the Stepan Grzycki Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Halina Lip\u0144ska <\/strong>on behalf of Prof. <strong>Krzysztof Kowalczyk <\/strong>\u2013 Rector of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wies\u0142aw Gruszecki <\/strong>on behalf of Prof. <strong>Rados\u0142aw Dobrowolski <\/strong>\u2013 Rector of the Maria Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University in Lublin;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liudmyla Honcharenko<\/strong> \u2013 Head of the Department of Agricultural Development in Ukraine;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kateryna Krykunenko<\/strong> \u2013 AKIS System Coordinator, Ukraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conference consisted of a&nbsp;series of scientific reports and discussion panels during which a&nbsp;wide range of topics related to threats and methods to reduce the occurrence of dangerous and invasive hogweed populations were presented. The participants discussed recommendations for a&nbsp;common methodology for combating hogweed populations in various landscape areas of the PL-UA border region.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img16.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were also thematic sessions during which smaller working groups discussed how municipalities, businesses, non-governmental organisations, scientific and educational institutions, and advisory services in Ukraine and Poland can join environmental initiatives to protect biodiversity and find sustainable solutions to combat hogweed.<\/p>\n<p>During the conference, representatives of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin presented their reports (*\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0presenting author):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mariusz Kulik*, Anna Rysiak , Agnieszka Hanaka, Miros\u0142awa Chwil, Ha\u0142gorzata Haliniarz, Sylwia Andruszczak, Piotr Kraska, Dorota Gaw\u0119da, Ewa Kwieci\u0144ska Poppe, Adam Gawryluk, Teresa Wy\u0142upek: <em>The impact of invasive Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed on local biodiversity \u2013 field research methodology in Poland<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kulik-et-al..pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Ma\u0142gorzata Haliniarz*, Sylwia Andruszczak, Piotr Kraska, Dorota Gaw\u0119da, Ewa Kwieci\u0144ska Poppe \u2013 <em>Field methods for controlling Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Haliniarz-et-al..pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Edyta Paczos-Grz\u0119da, Sylwia Sowa*, Joanna Toporowska Anteta Koroluk: <em>Assessment of genetic diversity in Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed populations \u2013 research methodology<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paczos-Grzeda-et-al..pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Szymon Chmielewski*, Andrzej Bochniak: <em>Remote sensing methods for detecting the occurrence of Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed \u2013 methodological framework for the ZeroHeracleum project <\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chmielewski-Bochniak.pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Gawryluk*, Mariusz Kulik, Teresa Wy\u0142upek, Helena \u0106wintal, Ma\u0142gorzata Haliniarz, Sylwia Andruszczak, Piotr Kraska, Dorota Gaw\u0119da, Ewa Kwieci\u0144ska-Poppe, Miros\u0142awa Chwil, Anna Rysiak, Agnieszka Hanaka, Helena \u0106wintal \u2013 <em>Hogweed Educational activities among school and university students<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gawryluk-et-al..pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Teresa Wy\u0142upek*: <em>Invasive species and current activities of government institutions in Poland <\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Wylupek.pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presentations were also given by other project partners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Rysiak*, Agnieszka Hanaka (UMCS): Characteristics of the <em>Heracleum<\/em> <em>Sosnovskyi<\/em> population. Manden as factors describing its condition and invasive capabilities (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rysiak-Hanaka.pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Agnieszka Hanaka*, Anna Rysiak (UMCS):Assessment of the diversity of secondary metabolites of Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed and their impact on human health (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hanaka-Rysiak.pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Micha\u0142 Skiba*, Gustaw J\u0119drejek, Piotr Kuranc (Lublin Chamber of Agriculture): Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed in Poland: an invasive giant from the Caucasus (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jedrejek-Kuranc.pdf\">presentation in Polish<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Ivan Shuvar* (Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology): Historical background and harmfulness of Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed in Ukraine (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ivan-Shuvar.pdf\">presentation in Ukrainian<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Korpita Hanna* (Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology): Occurrence and modern methods of combating Sosnowski&#8217;s hogweed (<a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Korpita-Hanna.pdf\">presentation\u00a0 in Ukrainian<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img15.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The full conference program is available at the <a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Conference-ZeroHeracleum-Lviv-2025.pdf\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the project can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/zero-heracleum\/\">https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/zero-heracleum\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t      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