Environment — latest ecology news
The "stars" of the week are foresters from the Odesa region who used intimidation to force forest workers to illegally cut down and sell trees
This should help protect ecosystems that are vital for climate resilience and biodiversity
Residents complained about the logging of healthy forests and the loss of drinking water in the community
Brazil is an example of how, with political will, deforestation can be significantly reduced
While institutions are trying to figure out who to hold accountable, the logging continues, with no way to track its scale or the effectiveness of efforts to stop it
The renewal of the bus fleet in the regional capital is being touted as an environmentally friendly initiative
In Bukovina, in particular, a large-scale scheme involving the export of unaccounted-for timber was uncovered following 26 searches
The amendments to the Land Code effectively strip the Emerald Network of any protection
Environmental fees in communities are used to remove dead trees and build sewer systems
One community doesn't even have an environmental protection program. Although its urban improvement program is not much different from "environmental" ones
The most costly crime uncovered this week was the illegal extraction of sand, amounting to nearly 750 million hryvnias
Poachers caused the most damage in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions