Government

We’re checking whether the ‘mega-ministry’ experiment has stood the test of reality

Environmental policy remains under the remit of the Ministry of Economy

The document sets out the sustainability criteria, environmental objectives and technical criteria required to assess a business’s operations

They see this as a fundamental conflict of interest between environmental management and unregulated exploitation

Common urban practices simply turn lawns into barren patches of dust

There is already a risk of flooding of artesian wells and agricultural land

According to him, it "will take time" to re-establish a separate Ministry of the Environment

Prior to that, he worked in strategic management consultancy

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