Digest — latest ecology news
Law enforcement officials have stated that they have identified 40 companies in breach of the law, which have caused over 60 million UAH worth of damage to Ukraine’s natural environment
At the same time, the Public Prosecutor’s Office continues to return land containing valuable natural ecosystems to state ownership
Forest belts continue to be systematically destroyed in Ukraine – one group was caught in the Dnipropetrovsk region
A jeep driver from Zakarpattia and the head of a polluting company in Dnipro are to stand trial
Thousands of trees have been found to have been illegally felled in the north of the country
We are talking about hundreds of millions in losses and the destruction of ecosystems
Prosecutors have identified a further seven individuals involved in the illegal extraction of granite, resulting in losses of over 1.5 billion hryvnias
The man avoided a prison sentence thanks to a plea bargain and favourable character references
As a result of the official’s actions, over 4,200 trees were felled, causing losses of nearly 3 million hryvnias
Dozens of crimes relate to the destruction of forests – involving officials, businesspeople and ordinary citizens driven by greed
The suspects used their professional knowledge of the valuable area to select logging sites and conceal the crime
The former director of one of the branches of ‘Forests of Ukraine’ has been charged with negligence, which led to 226 hectares of state-owned forest becoming ‘Medvedchuk’s holiday home’