Author Archives: Marjan

WarWildings’ are unpredictable beasts but if the strategic motives are creative and not destructive then ‘warWildings’ present great opportunities for saving large tracts of wilderness whilst creating buffer-zones in conflict areas as well as seeding long-term peace. US conservation biologist … Continue reading →

As Ukrainians reeled from the Russian strike towards Kiev in the first days of the war, the situation became increasingly desperate as the invading force moved towards the Ukrainian capital just ahead down a main high-way: what happened next seemed … Continue reading →

The Hereditary Farm Law instituted by the Nazi party in Germany is surely mostly forgotten in the mists of time; however, its repercussions were certainly felt across the globe as well as being echoed today with Russia’s demarche into Ukraine: what at … Continue reading →

The Marjan Study Group is delighted and honoured to give the Marjan-Marsh Award for 2022 to the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (UNCG): since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 22 all UNCG field operations have ceased but staff and … Continue reading →

Founded in 2014 by a team of nature conservation practitioners in Ukraine, four years later the Ukraine Nature Conservation Group (UNCG) acquired official status as a non-profit public organization. The core work of UNCG breaks down as follows: Protected areas: The … Continue reading →

OVERVIEW: Some species will suffer a great deal and some others – the big mammals, such as deer – might not recover for a long time and some could even be driven to extinction by the war in Ukraine. However, … Continue reading →

‘For God’s sake use all energy and all revolutionary measures to send grain, grain and more grain!’ wrote a desperate Lenin in January, 1918, continuing by pleading ‘otherwise Petrograd may starve to death. Use special trains and special detachments. Collect … Continue reading →

Since the end of the Cold War, Sir David Omand, former head of GCHQ, has observed: “ there is a state of trust on the part of the citizen that the risks to everyday life, whether from man-made threats or … Continue reading →

‘The first casualty of war is the truth’: now there is enough informed knowledge to make a strong case for amending ‘truth’ to ‘the environment’ thanks to the efforts of various NGO’s, not least Doug Weir and his team at … Continue reading →

THREE years after signing the Revitalised agreement to resolve its civil war, South Sudan remains firmly stuck in a violent ‘post-conflict’ period: parts of the country are suffering levels of armed violence higher than during the civil war. At the same time, … Continue reading →