Government
![Grinchuk's team: who now holds senior positions in the Ministry of Environment](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shutterstock_1897337167-500x281.jpg)
The department has undergone partial personnel changes
![The vacant post of deputy for European integration in the Ministry of Environment was taken by Olga Yukhymchuk](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Olga-Juhimchuk-e1729060360310-500x250.jpg)
She already has considerable experience in the field of environmental protection
![Cutting down trees in the Chernobyl reserve: workers were fined 510 UAH](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_1552199918-500x250.jpg)
Violations in the exclusion zone are systematic in nature and meager fines will not stop them
![Ecocommittee of the Verkhovna Rada scheduled a meeting on October 17: agenda](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1200px-1_Верховна_Рада_України_VADIM_CHUPRINA_©-500x336.jpg)
People's deputies will work with two documents
![Almost 10% of all forests in the Carpathians have been cut down in 20 years – media](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shutterstock_341954180-scaled-e1728893568534-500x250.jpg)
This is the area of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil combined
![Photos and videos will now be taken during inspections of chemical companies](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/shutterstock_2061066971-500x309.jpg)
In this way, the state wants to ensure transparency in interaction with business entities in the field of chemical safety
![From 9 October, farmers must obtain a permit to produce compost: what are the risks](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/shutterstock_1099418150-500x334.jpg)
Experts have found yet another contradiction in environmental legislation
![Parliament increased responsibility for the destruction and illegal cutting of forests](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_629239772-500x334.jpg)
They will also be punished for illegal harvesting of reeds that caused significant damage
![TOP-7 most high-profile deforestation cases for October 3-9](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/shutterstock_1923479201-500x319.jpg)
Officials cheerfully report on the successful reformation of the forest industry, but numerous cases published by the prosecutor's offices of various regions throughout the country testify to the opposite
![Sweden will help Ukraine to reform the waste management system according to European standards](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shutterstock_335052809-500x334.jpg)
The transformation of the sphere will contribute to the attraction of investors
![Verkhovna Rada approves the law on state climate policy](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/0109202-500x333.jpeg)
284 People's Deputies voted "for".
![The Committee on European Integration approved the draft law on climate policy](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20190726163901-1414-500x333.jpg)
The document is on the "finish line" before the second reading