Monitoring

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: sentence for seizing the Dnipro riverbank, logging, and pollution
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: sentence for seizing the Dnipro riverbank, logging, and pollution

A man was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally building a recreation area on the shore of the Kremenchuk Reservoir

Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices
Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices

Unique oak trees over a century and a half old were damaged in the crime

Ukraine is expecting large-scale spring floods. Hundreds of towns and villages are under threat
Ukraine is expecting large-scale spring floods. Hundreds of towns and villages are under threat

In addition to weather conditions, the risk is increased by the destruction of natural "sponges" – swamps and peat bogs

Sanitary felling for healthy trees? Experts surveyed areas for felling
Sanitary felling for healthy trees? Experts surveyed areas for felling

The condition of trees has been artificially downgraded in all areas, which indicates abuse by forest users

Pollution may increase up to 10 times: the National Academy of Sciences has studied the impact of war on the air
Pollution may increase up to 10 times: the National Academy of Sciences has studied the impact of war on the air

Air quality is affected by Russian attacks, industrial shutdowns, and even the widespread use of diesel generators

Four years of ecocide: Russia has caused damage to Ukrainian nature amounting to almost 6.4 trillion hryvnia
Four years of ecocide: Russia has caused damage to Ukrainian nature amounting to almost 6.4 trillion hryvnia

Due to the enemy, Ukraine does not control 20% of its forests and nature reserves

Without EIA and with violations: authorities in Zakarpattia did not stop illegal construction of a crossing
Without EIA and with violations: authorities in Zakarpattia did not stop illegal construction of a crossing

Such works required a project and an environmental impact assessment

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: hotel complex in the forest and the struggle for national park lands
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: hotel complex in the forest and the struggle for national park lands

In Zakarpattia, the head of the forestry department "did not notice" the construction and full operation of a hotel and recreation complex in the forest

Mine waste has turned a village in Volyn into a swamp. The police and the State Environmental Inspection are doing nothing.
Mine waste has turned a village in Volyn into a swamp. The police and the State Environmental Inspection are doing nothing.

The pulp flooded pastures and gardens, and also contaminated wells from which people draw water

Prosecutors in Zakarpattia are demanding through the courts that the Carpathian primeval forests be granted protected status
Prosecutors in Zakarpattia are demanding through the courts that the Carpathian primeval forests be granted protected status

Due to its inaction, the Carpathian Forest Office is putting unique ecosystems at risk

Found over $600,000 in his grandmother's garage: head of State Environmental Inspection explains his wealth
Found over $600,000 in his grandmother's garage: head of State Environmental Inspection explains his wealth

It was not possible to legalize the "inheritance" through the courts either, as he did not receive proof of the existence of these funds during the woman's lifetime

Tens of millions of trees cut down. Foresters, forest rangers, and national park rangers involved.
Tens of millions of trees cut down. Foresters, forest rangers, and national park rangers involved.

Illegal sanitary logging caused the most damage to the environment