The Geonaut cave in the Kyiv region may disappear due to illegal construction

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According to the Kyiv Ecological and Cultural Center, the territory of the future nature reserves "Irpinskyi Zatyshok" with an area of ​​15 hectares and the cave "Geonavt" with an area of ​​8 hectares were illegally given for development.

On the site where the "Geonaut" cave is located, which belongs to the Kyiv Forest Farm, without consent are going to build cottages. Because of this, the 60-meter underground of natural origin (the only one of its kind in the Kyiv region) is in danger of disappearing.

Geonaut cave. Image source: vechirniy.kyiv.ua

And on the site of "Irpinskoe tyshku", as the representatives of KEKC point out, they are going to build a residential complex on the site of a pine forest.

The author of the title photo: Vitaliy Zubrytskyi