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Digest of environmental crimes: millions of trees felled and waste mismanagement
Digest of environmental crimes: millions of trees felled and waste mismanagement

Forest belts continue to be systematically destroyed in Ukraine – one group was caught in the Dnipropetrovsk region

Around 10 billion UAH to shell companies: an audit has confirmed large-scale schemes at ‘Lisy Ukrainy’
Around 10 billion UAH to shell companies: an audit has confirmed large-scale schemes at ‘Lisy Ukrainy’

На черзі – перевірки комунальних лісгоспів, де підозрюють такі ж типи порушень

18 September marks world water quality monitoring day: how it works in Ukraine
18 September marks world water quality monitoring day: how it works in Ukraine

Water quality is monitored at over 1,100 groundwater and surface water monitoring points

Work is underway in Ukraine on a new law on batteries and battery waste
Work is underway in Ukraine on a new law on batteries and battery waste

A working draft will be made available to stakeholders by the end of autumn this year

Over 600 million UAH will be spent on clearing the Ingulets River near Kryvyi Rih
Over 600 million UAH will be spent on clearing the Ingulets River near Kryvyi Rih

Терміновість і відсутність торгів обґрунтовують тим, що через замулення і загрози атак місто може залишитися без води

Air pollution levels in Ukrainian cities on 18 September
Air pollution levels in Ukrainian cities on 18 September

The highest concentration of fine particulate matter in the air in Dnipro is more than 7.5 times higher than in Lutsk

The fourth summer of the Great Meadow: the trees are growing ever taller, and the pelicans and sturgeons have returned
The fourth summer of the Great Meadow: the trees are growing ever taller, and the pelicans and sturgeons have returned

More than 320 species of flowering plants alone have already been recorded here

The Government has reduced the retention rates for dry timber during felling: on the resolution
The Government has reduced the retention rates for dry timber during felling: on the resolution

In some cases, to preserve the forest’s biodiversity, it will be possible to leave six times less deadwood and stumps

Rivers in Ukraine continue to dry up: where the highest danger level has been declared
Rivers in Ukraine continue to dry up: where the highest danger level has been declared

In the west of the country, water levels are already below historical records in some places

Air pollution levels in Ukrainian cities on 17 September
Air pollution levels in Ukrainian cities on 17 September

No critical exceedances of pollutant levels have been recorded to date