Digest — latest ecology news
Due to criminal conspiracies led by forestry officials, thousands of trees continue to be illegally cut down in Ukraine
Total losses due to deforestation alone exceeded UAH 100 million
A man was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally building a recreation area on the shore of the Kremenchuk Reservoir
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
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
Illegal sanitary logging caused the most damage to the environment
The most damaging crime is illegal use of subsoil resources
Among the violations are illegal construction in a national park and on forest fund lands
The offender organized the sale of minerals stolen from the state through companies operating in the field of building materials sales
Forestry workers themselves organize criminal schemes, often involving private entrepreneurs to sell illegal raw materials
Members of a gardening cooperative illegally built 33 houses and even legalized them using fake documents
Fires at a landfill and illegal emissions from a heating plant have polluted the air, causing tens of millions of hryvnia in damage