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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

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

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: large-scale logging, illegal mining, and pollution
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: large-scale logging, illegal mining, and pollution

The most damaging crime is illegal use of subsoil resources

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: billions worth of sand, protected land, and tree destruction
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: billions worth of sand, protected land, and tree destruction

Among the violations are illegal construction in a national park and on forest fund lands

Quarry instead of pond: entrepreneur illegally extracted sand worth UAH 290 million
Quarry instead of pond: entrepreneur illegally extracted sand worth UAH 290 million

The offender organized the sale of minerals stolen from the state through companies operating in the field of building materials sales

Officials from "Forests of Ukraine" have once again been exposed for complicity in illegal tree felling
Officials from "Forests of Ukraine" have once again been exposed for complicity in illegal tree felling

Forestry workers themselves organize criminal schemes, often involving private entrepreneurs to sell illegal raw materials

Falsification and construction in Kiev's national park: the prosecutor's office has gone to court
Falsification and construction in Kiev's national park: the prosecutor's office has gone to court

Members of a gardening cooperative illegally built 33 houses and even legalized them using fake documents

Extortion, environmental pollution, and illegal mining: eco-crimes of the week
Extortion, environmental pollution, and illegal mining: eco-crimes of the week

Fires at a landfill and illegal emissions from a heating plant have polluted the air, causing tens of millions of hryvnia in damage

Fires, pollution and "traditional" deforestation – a digest of eco-crimes of the week
Fires, pollution and "traditional" deforestation – a digest of eco-crimes of the week

Among the criminals are MPs, officials, entrepreneurs and simply those who are "not indifferent" to making money from destroying nature

50 hectares of forest cut down in Donetsk region: former forestry director and her subordinates to stand trial
50 hectares of forest cut down in Donetsk region: former forestry director and her subordinates to stand trial

The DSP "Kharkivlisozahist" is also involved in the crime, having carried out a fictitious survey of the sanitary condition of the trees

Due to a breach at a distillery, an international highway in the Ternopil region was flooded with waste
Due to a breach at a distillery, an international highway in the Ternopil region was flooded with waste

Sludge flowed out of the plant for hours, poisoning fields and flooding roads