“Challenges and Opportunities: How War and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Land Valuation for Land Managers”

13.6.2025

On June 12, students from the Department of Chemistry, Geography, and Earth Sciences had the opportunity to attend a guest lecture on “Challenges and Opportunities: How War and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Land Valuation for Land Managers.”

Speaker: Associate Professor of the Department of Aerospace Geodesy and Land Management of the National Aviation University, Candidate of Economic Sciences – Tretiak Roman Antonovych (also heads the Union of Citizens’ Associations of the Public Service “GIS Association of Ukraine”).

The event was dedicated to key issues related to the current state of land resources of Ukraine. Special attention was paid to assessing the state of water protection zones using remote sensing methods. Mr. Roman Tretiak gave an example of research in the city of Kyiv, where modern remote sensing tools combined with geographic information systems (GIS) allow obtaining high-precision data.

The use of remote sensing of the Earth is becoming increasingly important in the field of Earth sciences. Satellite technologies, aerospace geodesy and processing of large volumes of data using artificial intelligence create opportunities for comprehensive monitoring of landscape changes. These technologies allow not only to track the dynamics of natural zones, but also to develop recommendations for preventing environmental disasters.

Roman Tretiak emphasized that the war in Ukraine has brought new challenges to the field of land management. A significant part of the lands has been destroyed or is in combat zones. This requires the development of new approaches to their restoration and management. In particular, GIS technologies have proven to be an effective tool for identifying priority restoration areas.

Artificial intelligence opens up new opportunities for analyzing large data sets. Thanks to it, it is possible to automate image processing, detect changes in landscapes, model future scenarios and develop effective management solutions. However, this technology also poses new challenges for specialists, in particular the need to adapt to the rapid development of tools and integrate them into traditional methods.

The participants of the meeting – scientists, students and practitioners – discussed the prospects for using innovative technologies to restore and preserve the natural resources of Ukraine. Special emphasis was placed on coordinating the efforts of the scientific community and practitioners to minimize the consequences of the war and adapt to climate change.

This meeting was an important step in the development of cooperation between scientists, educators and representatives of the land management industry, because joint work on innovations is the key to the sustainable development of land resources of Ukraine.

Department of Chemistry, Geography and Earth Sciences