XVII National scientific conference “Status and biodiversity of ecosystems of Shatskyi national nature park and other protected areas” dedicated to the 100 birthday anniversary of Kost Tatarynov

XVII National scientific conference “Status and biodiversity of ecosystems of Shatskyi National Nature Park and other protected areas” dedicated to the 100 birthday anniversary of Kost Tatarynov was held on 9–12 September, 2021. Zoology Department of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv traditionally organized it. 65 participants from 40 scientific and education organizations took part in the conference. They represented Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Shatsk, Ivano-Frankove, Odesa, Sumy, Uzhgorod, Zhytomyr, Brno (Czech Republic), New-Deli (India), Copenhagen (Denmark) and others. Most of the organizations belong to the Ministry of Education and Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Some of them represent nature protective areas of our country, animal sanctuaries and NGOs. Conference was divided into two parts: 9 September – plenary session at Biology Faculty of the University, 10–12 September – section presentations at Bio-Geographical Stationary of the University (vicinity of Shatsk, Volyn region). 29 oral reports on the actual fundamental and applied problems of zoology, ecology, hydroecology, population genetics, nature conservation, microevolution, microbiology, botany etc. were presented. At the beginning the attention was drawn to the biography of Kost Tatarynov and memories of him. One of the key conference reports was Yosyf Tsaryk’s presentation on the necessity reasons of information ecosystemology establishing as a new branch of ecology. Other reports concern global climate change and its impact on key-stone species in different ecosystems, consequences of negative anthropogenic pressure and influence of other ecological factors on biotic systems, problems and perspectives of the development of nature protected territories in Ukraine. One of the most important innovations on the conference was its mixed participation: part of the lecturers (especially those from abroad) presented their reports remotely (by Zoom), and the rest of participants did it in a traditional way. This approach gave the possibility to enlarge the list of presenters, let the organizers minimize Covid-19 risks and showed the perspective of such a conference format use for the future. Conference proceedings include 59 publications by 130 authors (https://bioweb.lnu.edu.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SHatsk-2021.pdf). The conference participants emphasized on the importance of complex approach to zoological and ecological research, necessity of integrated view on the problem of biodiversity conservation. Model sites for the following biota monitoring were chosen during the program excursion around Lake Pisochne. The participants accented on the importance of the conference as a didactic measure for students and supported the idea of popularization of zoological and ecological knowledge among schoolchildren and youth. The fact of cooperation with the scientists and institutions from abroad as well as the usage of remote technologies to communicate with them was positively mentioned too. Finally, the participants expressed their gratitude for the high level of conference organization and proposed to organize the next XVIІІ one in September of 2022. Full text of the conference resolution is available on https://bioweb.lnu.edu.ua/news/xvii-naukova-konferentsiia-stan-i-bioriznomanittya-ekosystem-shatskoho-natsionalnoho-pryrodnoho-parku-ta-inshykh-pryrodookhoronnykh-terytoriy