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Environmental crimes of the week: tens of millions in losses from mineral extraction, deforestation, and pollution
Environmental crimes of the week: tens of millions in losses from mineral extraction, deforestation, and pollution

Total losses due to deforestation alone exceeded UAH 100 million

Forest worth 56 million hryvnias cut down: management of forestry enterprise in Ternopil region to stand trial
Forest worth 56 million hryvnias cut down: management of forestry enterprise in Ternopil region to stand trial

Trees were destroyed due to false information in logging tickets

In Transcarpathia, forests are being cut down for another power line to the wind farm on the Runa mountain pasture
In Transcarpathia, forests are being cut down for another power line to the wind farm on the Runa mountain pasture

Environmental activists consider this to be a continuation of the systematic destruction of forests for energy projects

National park privatized: court orders return of Tsuman Forest lands to state
National park privatized: court orders return of Tsuman Forest lands to state

Prosecutors had to appeal to the court of appeals to defend the plots

Protecting spring flowers: what penalty can you get for picking snowdrops?
Protecting spring flowers: what penalty can you get for picking snowdrops?

Even for a small bouquet, you can face a fine of thousands of hryvnia

How the funds from the eco-tax are used by communities in the Poltava region
How the funds from the eco-tax are used by communities in the Poltava region

Communities have a certain degree of freedom both in developing environmental programs and in using funds from the special environmental tax fund

March 3 – World Wildlife Day
March 3 – World Wildlife Day

The theme for 2026 is the preservation of medicinal and aromatic plants

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: sentence for seizing the Dnipro riverbank, logging, and pollution
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: sentence for seizing the Dnipro riverbank, logging, and pollution

A man was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally building a recreation area on the shore of the Kremenchuk Reservoir

Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices
Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices

Unique oak trees over a century and a half old were damaged in the crime

Sanitary felling for healthy trees? Experts surveyed areas for felling
Sanitary felling for healthy trees? Experts surveyed areas for felling

The condition of trees has been artificially downgraded in all areas, which indicates abuse by forest users

How to combat black ice in an environmentally friendly way and why salt use should be limited
How to combat black ice in an environmentally friendly way and why salt use should be limited

Plants, animals, and soil suffer from incorrect mixtures

Eco-tax in Odessa region: waste, sewage, electric car charging stations, and greenhouses
Eco-tax in Odessa region: waste, sewage, electric car charging stations, and greenhouses

In Chornomorsk, even the construction of dog walking areas is considered an environmental measure