On May 20, the Lviv Agrarian Chamber held an educational training for representatives of nine territorial communities of the Lviv region as part of the ZeroHeracleum implementation of the project “Protection of biodiversity of the cross-border territories of Ukraine and Poland from invasive populations of borscht (Heracleum)” PLUA.01.03-IP.01-0008/23, financed by the European Union within the framework of the “Interreg NEXT” Program Poland-Ukraine 2021-2027″.
Employees of communal enterprises, which will directly deal with the destruction of borage in Kozivska, Skolivska, Slavska, Borynska, Starosambirska, Strilkivska, Turkivska, Khirivska and Skhidnytsia communities, took part in the training.
The purpose of the event was to acquaint the persons who will perform practical work with the methods of photo-fixation of the territories of borschivna spread before and after its destruction, to form a report on the completed works according to the methodology provided by the project. David Kravchenko, manager of procurement and communications of the Lviv Agrarian Chamber, told the participants about the procedure for photo fixation in a special application and prepared test tasks for acquiring practical skills, which all participants of the training received.
A separate block of the training was an instruction on compliance with safety techniques when destroying Sosnovsky borscht.
“Sosnovsky’s borscht is an extremely dangerous invasive plant: The sap of the plant contains furanocoumarins, which cause chemical burns under the influence of ultraviolet light, and even vapors in contact with the skin cause photodermatitis and long-term damage. Therefore, when carrying out work on the destruction of the plant, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the requirements of labor protection: work exclusively in protective clothing, a mask and gloves, avoid any contact with open parts of the body,” noted Ihor Vuytsyk, head of the Lviv Agrarian Chamber.
Therefore, each community is obliged to develop and approve safety instructions for persons who will directly destroy the borschivka before starting work.
For reference: The event was held within the framework of the ZeroHeracleum project “Protection of biodiversity of the cross-border territories of Ukraine and Poland from invasive populations of hogweed (Heracleum)” PLUA.01.03-IP.01-0008/23, financed by the European Union within the framework of the Interreg NEXT Program “Poland-Ukraine 2021-2027”. The project is implemented by the Lviv Chamber of Agriculture in partnership with: Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after S. Z. Gzhitskyi; Marie Curie-Skłodowska University (Poland); University of Natural Sciences in Lublin (Poland); Lublinska Izba Rolnicha (Poland).
Source: Lviv Agrarian Chamber
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