Maria Semenova
Thousands of trees have been found to have been illegally felled in the north of the country
The fund has also received funding from UNIDO for industrial decarbonisation. It is not known exactly which projects the funds will be spent on
These provisions contravene a number of European standards and are unfounded
The list of waste accepted by the specialised collection vehicle varies slightly from city to city
Activists are convinced that, as a result of the government decree, parks in any region of Ukraine could face a similar fate
It is also permitted to kill birds in the Mykolaiv, Cherkasy and Zakarpattia regions
At the same time, in breach of its public promises, ‘Forests of Ukraine’ is felling trees near power lines in an area where rare animals and plants have been recorded
The key point is that businesses will be able to operate for a further seven months without a licence to handle non-hazardous waste
Work is currently underway on a draft bill that will introduce stricter penalties for cruelty to animals
Ukraine has seen large-scale forest fires, spills of pollutants and low water levels in rivers
We are talking about hundreds of millions in losses and the destruction of ecosystems
The key components of a climate-resilient city are greenery, water and shade