Monitoring

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: large-scale logging, illegal mining, and pollution
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: large-scale logging, illegal mining, and pollution

The most damaging crime is illegal use of subsoil resources

The battle for the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy stalls, MPs appeal to minister
The battle for the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy stalls, MPs appeal to minister

Parliamentarians request that all Carpathian highlands be granted protected status

The enemy has occupied 272,000 hectares of Ukraine's marine reserves, according to the National Academy of Sciences  
The enemy has occupied 272,000 hectares of Ukraine's marine reserves, according to the National Academy of Sciences  

Among the nature reserves controlled by Ukraine, Zmiinyi Island suffered the most destructive impact

The garbage problem: how bad is it and what can everyone do about it?
The garbage problem: how bad is it and what can everyone do about it?

Reasons range from imperfect waste management at the state and municipal levels to people's lack of eco-friendly habits

Resort instead of forest: 176 hectares of communal forest in Lviv region to be cleared for logging
Resort instead of forest: 176 hectares of communal forest in Lviv region to be cleared for logging

Neither the construction project nor the methodology for calculating the losses from tree felling were presented to the deputies

Will the Runa mountain pasture be built over? Activists receive formal responses from the Ministry
Will the Runa mountain pasture be built over? Activists receive formal responses from the Ministry

The institution does not want to take responsibility for creating the reserve, shifting this responsibility to the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration

In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there
In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there

According to calculations by the State Environmental Inspection, losses to the state amounted to over UAH 10 million

Transport, wells, and sewage again: how eco-tax funds are spent in Vinnytsia region
Transport, wells, and sewage again: how eco-tax funds are spent in Vinnytsia region

In Vinnytsia, the renewal of the municipal transport fleet is also considered an "environmental measure"

Air quality has deteriorated in Kyiv. What should residents do?
Air quality has deteriorated in Kyiv. What should residents do?

People are advised to avoid being outdoors

Oil travels across the Black Sea after Russian attack. National park in Odesa region affected
Oil travels across the Black Sea after Russian attack. National park in Odesa region affected

The stains covered about 10,000 m2 of the Tuzlivski Limans territory

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: billions worth of sand, protected land, and tree destruction
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: billions worth of sand, protected land, and tree destruction

Among the violations are illegal construction in a national park and on forest fund lands

Quarry instead of pond: entrepreneur illegally extracted sand worth UAH 290 million
Quarry instead of pond: entrepreneur illegally extracted sand worth UAH 290 million

The offender organized the sale of minerals stolen from the state through companies operating in the field of building materials sales