Environment — latest ecology news
The destruction of high-altitude meadows continues, and some of the sites where rare plants used to grow have already been destroyed
Separately, prosecutors are attempting to return land belonging to the water, forestry and nature reserve funds to the state
In two instances, business owners felled thousands of trees on leased land without permission
Offenders may face administrative and criminal liability
At least 13,000 trees have been illegally felled
The case files now comprise 74 volumes
The failure of forestry officials to fulfil their duties has led to the loss of hundreds of trees
The Regional State Administration even went so far as to break the law by failing to provide either comments or approval of the applications
To dispose of waste secretly, a cheese factory in Vinnytsia used a hidden network of pipes
"Forests of Ukraine" continues to pay local authorities for inadequate forest protection
The UN is calling for a reduction in emissions and a shift towards clean energy technologies
Only 6% of the funds were spent on biodiversity conservation