Inspection's chief specialist Yulia Khvisevich is an ecologist by calling. Even during her studies in the physics-mathematics class at Osiupichi No. 3 secondary school she was an active participant of the school ecological society and defended research works at the republican level. The result – three times (!) winner of the Presidential Prize among talented youth. The girl graduated from the International State Ecological Institute named after A.D. Sakharov with the specialty "medical ecology", and wrote her diploma work about her native Lochen Lake.

Returning from the capital with a diploma, Yulia immediately went to the district ecological inspection, however there were no vacant positions there at that time. In the end, she spent seven years teaching biology in a school (Yulia has no regrets about this experience), before coming to work at the district inspection, where she has been successfully working for more than ten years.

During the past five years, the Osiupichi District Inspectorate of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection is regularly recognized as one of the best specialized structures in the Mogilev region, and according to the results of work for 2025, the head of the district inspection Sergey Rogal received the Minister's Thank You Award of the Republic of Belarus Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

Quality work begins with proper planning, confidently states Sergey Rogal.

"Currently we are conducting an inventory of sites where Canadian goldenrod grows," explains the district inspection head. "This is necessary to assess the effectiveness of already carried out measures, identify new foci and determine the exact area of population distribution. The collected

Initially, only precautionary measures were used. Only after an inspection confirmed that prevention does not always yield effective results was the decision made to apply more serious measures. In the fight against invasive plant species, both precautionary measures and administrative measures in the form of fines are employed.

This year's administrative practice turned out to be highly exemplary: based on facts of non-compliance with the goldsmith regulation, 23 protocols were compiled. Managers of farmers' (farm) enterprises and agricultural enterprises were brought before the administration for liability.

Thanks to the firm position of the inspectorate and active engagement of land in economic circulation, the region managed to reclaim approximately 47-50 hectares from the goldsmith. Its current total area amounts to 588 hectares. As for the second dangerous green aggressor — Sosznovski's thistle — nearly all of it has been eradicated. Decades of targeted "chemistry" drove it into a dead end, reducing its population area to just 0.18 hectares.

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