Department of Rational Use of Natural Resources and Nature Protection

  • Про кафедру
  • Співробітники
  • Навчальні курси
  • Викладацький розклад
  • Дослідження
  • Методичні матеріали
  • Історія кафедри
  • Новини

The Department of Rational Use of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection trains specialists in bachelor’s and master’s programs in the specialty “Geography.”

The department provides instruction in several normative courses for specialties 106 “Geography,” 014 “Secondary Education (Geography),” 103 “Earth Sciences,” and also specialty 183 “Technology of Environmental Protection.”

These include: “Basics of Ecology,” “Ecology and Education for Sustainable Development” (Assoc. Prof. I. Koynova); “Biogeography and Geobotany” (Assoc. Prof. N. Blazhko); “Biogeography and Environmental Protection” (Assoc. Prof. I. Rozhko); “Rational Nature Management” (Assoc. Prof. I. Rozhko); “Adaptation to Climate Change” (Assoc. Prof. I. Koynova); “Conceptual Foundations of Environmental Philosophy” (Assoc. Prof. P. Telish); “Ecological Technologies” (Assoc. Prof. I. Rozhko), for which educational and methodological manuals have been developed.

The department actively supports a student scientific environmental group, led by Associate Professors I. Koynova, I. Rozhko, and B. Senchyna, and supervised by laboratory head S. Zyozin. A key task of the group is practical and theoretical environmental awareness and nature conservation activities. Students participate in scientific research, presenting their findings at national and international conferences, publishing articles, and repeatedly winning prizes in olympiads and research competitions. The best students continue their education at the postgraduate level.

The department staff includes: Head of the Department Associate Professor I. Rozhko (since 2018), Associate Professors B. Senchyna, I. Koynova, N. Blazhko, P. Telish, O. Perkhach, Senior Lecturer, Geographer S. Zyozin. Permanent administrative and support staff include: Head of the Landscape Ecology Laboratory, Senior Researcher, Geographer S. Zyozin; Laboratory Assistant D. Kruk, and Laboratory Engineer L. Kruk.

Faculty members, researchers, postgraduate students, and students of the department have published over 1,100 scientific papers, including 40 monographs (some in foreign languages), more than 70 textbooks, educational and methodological manuals, atlases, dictionaries, and reference books. A significant scientific achievement of the department is the monograph “Lviv Region: Natural Conditions and Resources”, edited by Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor M. M. Nazarkevych. The monograph, comprising 592 pages, was published in 2018 to mark the 30th anniversary of the department.

Співробітники

завідувачIhor Rozhkoзавідувач
ПрофесорMykola NazarukПрофесор
ДоцентNataliia BlazhkoДоцент
ДоцентIryna KoinovaДоцент
ДоцентOksana PerhachДоцент
ДоцентBohdana SenchynaДоцент
ДоцентPavlo TelishДоцент
Старший лаборантDariia KrukСтарший лаборант
ЛаборантLidiya GalyantaЛаборант
АспірантRehina ShtoikoАспірант

Викладацький розклад



Методичні матеріали

Дослідження

The scientific interests of the department’s staff include:

  • Associate Professor I. Rozhko – rational nature management and environmental protection, ecological tourism, organization of recreational activities, and ecological-geographical problems of mountain regions; ecological and economic aspects of territorial development;
  • Associate Professor I. Koynova – ecological education and culture, anthropogenic impact and transformation of geosystems, balanced territorial development, ecological management, waste management;
  • Associate Professor N. Blazhko – geo-ecological problems of water bodies, territory revitalization, geosystem ecology, ecological control, and ecological infrastructure;
  • Associate Professor B. Senchyna – conservation of biodiversity, problems of protected area functioning, biogeography;
  • Associate Professor O. Perkhach – protection and use of water resources, human ecology, historical-geographical research;
  • Associate Professor P. Telish – sustainable forest management, renewable energy;
  • Assistant S. Zyozin – problems of assessing the recreational potential of the Ukrainian Carpathians, geosystem metrization.

Історія кафедри

The Department of Rational Use of Natural Resources and Nature Protection (RUNR and NP) at the Faculty of Geography of the Ivan Franko National University of L’viv was established in 1988 under Rector’s order No. 658 as of 20 April 1988.

Atdifferent times famous scholars worked at the Department: Doctor of Biological Sciences, Doctor HonorisCausa, Professor StepanStoiko; Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Fedir Palfii; Doctor of Geographic Sciences, Professor Heorhii Bachynskyi; Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Alik Manenko; Doctor of Law, Professor SvitlanaKravchenko; Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor PlatonTretiak; Candidate of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences Viktor Ohonochenko.

Geological and Geomorphological Field Training of GRN-11s Students

17.06.2025 | 12:02

From June 7 to 14, 2025, first-year students of group GRN-11c from the Faculty of Geography at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv took part in the geological and geomorphological module of their field training. The practice was conducted under the supervision of faculty members from the Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeography — Professor Andriy Bogucki and Associate Professor Olena Tomeniuk.
Throughout the week, students had the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge in field conditions near Lviv. In particular, participants:

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You are invited to participate in the proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “LVIV HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: DIMENSIONS, CHALLENGES, CONTEXTS”, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the prof. Oleh Shabliy Department of Economic and Social Geography, which will take place on October 23–24, 2025

15.06.2025 | 22:19

You are invited to participate in the proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “LVIV HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: DIMENSIONS, CHALLENGES, CONTEXTS”, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the prof. Oleh Shabliy Department of Economic and Social Geography, which will take place on October 23–24, 2025
THE CONFERENCE TOPICS
1. Prof. Oleh Shabliy – scientist, educator and leader of the Lviv scientific school of Human Geography.
2. Theory, methodology and methods of the new Human Geography.
3. Economic and Social Geography: problems of recovery and...

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Associate Professor of the Department of Geoecology and Physical Geography Anatoliy Smaliychuk took part in the training “Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management” (in a remote format)

30.05.2025 | 11:53

On May 29, 2025, Associate Professor of the Department of Geoecology and Physical Geography Anatoliy Smaliychuk took part in the training “Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management” (in a remote format).
He delivered a presentation on the topic “Multi-hazard Risk Assessment: Natural and Man-Made Hazards”, in which he presented methodological approaches and provided examples of such an assessment using GIS technologies, remote sensing data and considering climate change and the war factors in Ukraine.
The training took place on May...

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Workshop of the Oleh Shabliy Department of Economic and Social Geography with the participation of Prof. Jussi Jauhiainen (University of Turku)

17.02.2025 | 17:01

Workshop ‘Return migration of Ukrainians from the EU to Ukraine 2022-2024’ will be held in a mixed format on 18 February 2025 at 14.30
Place: Faculty of Geography, room 69; via Zoom
Working languages: Ukrainian, English
In the programme of the worshop:

Presentation of the project. Questions to the speakers. Discussion.
We invite everyone to join us by QR code or link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76495119732?pwd=yGarUBVA1P1Z7C2ua5Wbobkvlxljya.1
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We invite you to participate in the 5th All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference for Students, Postgraduates, and Young Scientists “Horizons of Soil Science,” which will take place on May 8, 2025

11.02.2025 | 12:55

We invite you to participate in the 5th All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference for Students, Postgraduates, and Young Scientists “Horizons of Soil Science”, which will take place on May 8, 2025, in a hybrid (in-person and remote) format.
Conference working languages: Ukrainian, English.
Conference topics:

Genesis, properties, and geography of soils
Sustainable use and protection of soils
Soil and land resources of Ukraine and food security in the context of Russian aggression
Soil science education and popularization of soil science

The conference materials will be published in the conference...

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