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Officials of Bilozerka National Park face fourth criminal case in a year
Officials of Bilozerka National Park face fourth criminal case in a year

The change of the head of the institution did not improve the situation with the violations that ecoactivists continue to record

Ukrainian foresters have learned to circumvent the new state system of logging control – media
Ukrainian foresters have learned to circumvent the new state system of logging control – media

The State Forestry Agency does not see this as a problem

Three schemes of illegal logging in Ukraine: experts reveal details
Three schemes of illegal logging in Ukraine: experts reveal details

They emphasized that changes in legislation and institutional approaches are currently needed to bring order to this area

Experts tell who makes money from illegal logging in Ukraine and how
Experts tell who makes money from illegal logging in Ukraine and how

They claim that illegal harvesting of wood in Ukraine amounts to millions of cubic meters 

Journalists accuse Volyn chief forester of illegal actions with forestry lands
Journalists accuse Volyn chief forester of illegal actions with forestry lands

They also talked about the case opened against the official

In Chernihiv Oblast, a police colonel "crushes" illegal logging, media reports
In Chernihiv Oblast, a police colonel "crushes" illegal logging, media reports

Journalists accused foresters of fictitious sanitary logging

Foresters illegally cut down more than 3 hectares of forest worth UAH 6.5 million in Khmelnytskyi
Foresters illegally cut down more than 3 hectares of forest worth UAH 6.5 million in Khmelnytskyi

They carried out the demolition of trees using falsified documents

In Donetsk region, a criminal group illegally mined coal worth more than a billion hryvnias
In Donetsk region, a criminal group illegally mined coal worth more than a billion hryvnias

Procedural management in this proceeding is carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor General

In Cherkassy, ​​eco-activists and the police caught national park workers illegally felling
In Cherkassy, ​​eco-activists and the police caught national park workers illegally felling

This is not the first time that environmentalists have detected illegal tree felling here 

In Volyn, the director of the forest farm is suspected of corruption: property worth UAH 27 million was found
In Volyn, the director of the forest farm is suspected of corruption: property worth UAH 27 million was found

The forester often registered his assets to relatives who did not have the financial ability to make such purchases

Black loggers will be tried in Khmelnytskyi region, who caused losses of UAH 3.3 million
Black loggers will be tried in Khmelnytskyi region, who caused losses of UAH 3.3 million

Among the perpetrators was a law enforcement officer who was covering up the illegal harvesting and sale of wood

Officials who illegally extracted mineral water worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias were exposed
Officials who illegally extracted mineral water worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias were exposed

At the prosecutor's request, the court seized the wells