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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

A US company illegally destroyed a unique forest in Australia. Compensation – almost $40 million
A US company illegally destroyed a unique forest in Australia. Compensation – almost $40 million

Jarrah forests are unique and fragile ecosystems that exist only in Australia

February 19 – International Day for the Protection of Marine Mammals
February 19 – International Day for the Protection of Marine Mammals

For Ukraine, this day is effectively Dolphin Protection Day

Prosecutors in Zakarpattia are demanding through the courts that the Carpathian primeval forests be granted protected status
Prosecutors in Zakarpattia are demanding through the courts that the Carpathian primeval forests be granted protected status

Due to its inaction, the Carpathian Forest Office is putting unique ecosystems at risk

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

Eco-tax in Rivne region: urban improvement and housing and communal services instead of ecology
Eco-tax in Rivne region: urban improvement and housing and communal services instead of ecology

Most of the region's and its communities' "environmental" measures have a questionable environmental component – from the construction of pumping stations to lawn care

Green light for wind farms in the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy provides EIA conclusion on the Runa mountain pasture
Green light for wind farms in the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy provides EIA conclusion on the Runa mountain pasture

The new wind farm will have a capacity of over 150 MW, but experts believe that its construction is being carried out with violations

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

The battle for the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy stalls, MPs appeal to minister
The battle for the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy stalls, MPs appeal to minister

Parliamentarians request that all Carpathian highlands be granted protected status

Resort instead of forest: 176 hectares of communal forest in Lviv region to be cleared for logging
Resort instead of forest: 176 hectares of communal forest in Lviv region to be cleared for logging

Neither the construction project nor the methodology for calculating the losses from tree felling were presented to the deputies

Will the Runa mountain pasture be built over? Activists receive formal responses from the Ministry
Will the Runa mountain pasture be built over? Activists receive formal responses from the Ministry

The institution does not want to take responsibility for creating the reserve, shifting this responsibility to the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration

In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there
In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there

According to calculations by the State Environmental Inspection, losses to the state amounted to over UAH 10 million