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The Environmental Committee will hold a meeting to review its work in 2024
The Environmental Committee will hold a meeting to review its work in 2024

Deputies will also discuss plans for the current year

New details emerge about Law 11024: MPs approve abolition of national parks' protection zones without community participation
New details emerge about Law 11024: MPs approve abolition of national parks' protection zones without community participation

Oleg Bondarenko, the head of the eco-committee, proposed adding the appropriate norm to the document

The Ministry of Environment told about the functioning of the Register of Pollutant Emissions and Transfer
The Ministry of Environment told about the functioning of the Register of Pollutant Emissions and Transfer

Creating and maintaining such a register is one of Ukraine's international obligations

3 years later, MPs again took up the draft law No. 4197-d “On the Timber Market”
3 years later, MPs again took up the draft law No. 4197-d “On the Timber Market”

From the end of 2021, the document is being prepared for the second reading, but it is planned to be submitted to the parliament in January

Ukraine implements the norms of European legislation on the protection of flora and fauna
Ukraine implements the norms of European legislation on the protection of flora and fauna

This is foreseen in the process of European integration of Ukraine

MPs are in favor: only the president's signature is left to ban jeeping in national parks
MPs are in favor: only the president's signature is left to ban jeeping in national parks

The decision was made by 246 votes of people's elected representatives

Ukraine will resume mandatory reporting on the CBA: The Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law
Ukraine will resume mandatory reporting on the CBA: The Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law

The adopted environmental draft law is important for the continuation of the negotiation process regarding Ukraine's accession to the EU 

Ukraine proposes to create eco-industrial parks: what is expected
Ukraine proposes to create eco-industrial parks: what is expected

When they are placed, environmental safety will be a priority

Government defines requirements for conclusions on issuance of integrated environmental permits in Ukraine
Government defines requirements for conclusions on issuance of integrated environmental permits in Ukraine

This is the first resolution approved for the implementation of the Law "On Integrated Prevention and Control of Industrial Pollution"

Top 5 environmental issues not addressed by the Ministry of Environment
Top 5 environmental issues not addressed by the Ministry of Environment

Currently, at least somehow, only those reforms related to the Ukraine Facility Plan are moving forward

Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions: companies may be obliged to report as early as 2024
Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions: companies may be obliged to report as early as 2024

Due to the introduction of martial law, this reporting has been optional until now

The Ecocommittee supported a ban on jeeping in protected areas
The Ecocommittee supported a ban on jeeping in protected areas

Now the people's representatives must vote for the proposed changes in the second reading