Poland will help Ukraine implement best environmental practices

Poland will help Ukraine implement best environmental practices Unian
Olena Yatseno

Cooperation with Poland will help Ukraine accelerate the implementation of European directives

The Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strelets together with the Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland Anna Moskva signed a Memorandum on strengthening cooperation in the field of environmental protection.

They agreed to exchange experience between our countries in the field of environmental protection, the press service of the Ministry of Environment said.

According to the ministry, Polish colleagues have already undergone environmental transformation. Now Ukraine will be able to adopt their experience.

"We have agreed with our Polish colleagues to synchronize our central executive bodies where we have common ideas and competencies. For Ukraine it is a transformation of environmental policy, new initiatives and new practices. For Poland - an opportunity to gain experience in times of environmental crisis. countries - an opportunity to improve climate policy, forestry, subsoil management, water resources, improve state environmental control," said Minister Ruslan Strilets.

The Ministry of the Environment noted that the Polish experience of forestry reform is one of the most successful in Europe, and the forestry system of the Republic of Poland is an example of sustainable management of state forests.

In addition, Ukraine and Poland have previously successfully implemented projects to preserve bison, a rare species of endangered bird.

It is noted that cooperation with Poland will help Ukraine accelerate the implementation of European directives and embark on the path of integration into the EU of our environmental policies in order to implement the transition to key green transformations as soon as possible.

Before EcoPolitics reported that Yavoriv National Nature Park received humanitarian aid for refugees from Roztocza National Park of Poland (Roztoczański Park Narodowy).

We will remind also that in the Polish city of Suwalki (Podlaskie voivodeship) more than 30 refugees from Ukraine cleaned the city park and boulevards - so they decided to thank the Poles for the shelter.

Related
This week’s round-up of environmental crimes: bribes for tree felling, a billion in granite, and sewage discharged into the Dnipro
This week’s round-up of environmental crimes: bribes for tree felling, a billion in granite, and sewage discharged into the Dnipro

Prosecutors have identified a further seven individuals involved in the illegal extraction of granite, resulting in losses of over 1.5 billion hryvnias

Deliberately setting fire to rubbish instead of managing waste: a community in Bukovina has been fined
Deliberately setting fire to rubbish instead of managing waste: a community in Bukovina has been fined

The environmental inspectorate has detected signs of deliberate arson, but the authorities are blaming it all on unidentified local residents

Suspended sentence and a fine: how a forester from Volyn was punished for illegal logging worth millions
Suspended sentence and a fine: how a forester from Volyn was punished for illegal logging worth millions

The man avoided a prison sentence thanks to a plea bargain and favourable character references

The communities of Yaremche and Skole are destroying nature by exploiting their eco-friendly image — activists
The communities of Yaremche and Skole are destroying nature by exploiting their eco-friendly image — activists

The authorities are planning to clear the ancient forests of the Carpathians to make way for a new holiday resort, and to build yet another wind farm on the mountain pastures