Storage of radioactive waste is still a pressing problem in Ukraine. It consists of enormous amounts of waste resulting from the Chernobyl accident, more than 1000 sources of radiation used in industry, agriculture and medicine, and more than 70 million cub.m of radioactive waste stored and dumped by the industry. The later ones pose substantial threat to the environment. 2215 settlements are located there, populated by 2.42 million inhabitants. The problems of conservation of biodiversity concern mostly the Ukrainian Carpathians and wetlands in coastal areas of the Black Sea.
Ukrainian wetlands are important areas for migrating birds.
However, they suffer from water pollution with pesticides, remnants of inorganic fertilizers, oil products and salinization.