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"Vesela Dolyna translates from Ukrainian as ‘happy valley’. In the heart of the
semi-arid Pontic-Caspian steppe system in southwestern Odesa Oblast, this
village of 1,206 souls has, sadly, seen happier eras than today. Today, Vesela
Dolyna’s residents are as likely to hear the violent cracks of exploding mines,
or the high-pitched screams of the Russian missile strikes targeting the nearby
Black Sea coast, as the bucolic rhythms of harvesting, or the craw of the
native Eurasian magpie circling the village’s thatched, brightly painted homes.
Take a walk into the grasslands of the Tarutino Steppe with local resident
Petro Hramatik, however, and you might yet hear another, strange and ancient,
sound: a high, keening bray which, to locals like Hramatik, is a sign of hope
amid the misery of war.
A former Vesela Dolyna village head, Hramatik is a local volunteer for
Rewilding Ukraine, a conservation organization that is restoring 600 hectares
of formerly ploughed grassland in the Tarutino Steppe through the
reintroduction of native species."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
