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At the same time, the structure of the register makes it difficult to easily trace the history of the consideration of the documents

It is not yet known who will head the reorganised ministry

A year of the ‘mega-ministry’ in operation has shown that the environment has lost its own voice, its staff and its political clout at precisely the moment when the challenges have become unprecedented

Driving 1 km in an off-road vehicle through a nature reserve could cost an offender over 60,000 UAH, with the vehicle being confiscated

The review concerns the approval of sanitary felling and the simplification of the process for issuing felling permits

The EU has called for land of lesser value than primary forests and unique ecosystems to be selected for such projects

The document has already been submitted to the environmental committee for consideration without any consultation with stakeholders

People even had to physically fight off the thugs posing as lumberjacks, as a result of which some locals were injured

The industry currently produces up to 200,000 tonnes of the substance, although it has the production capacity to double that volume

He is linked to a criminal regime and numerous abuses of power

Local authorities draw up their own environmental programmes as they see fit, often including measures that are open to interpretation

We explain why experts are refusing to comment on it