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Ukraine to allow continuous construction with skyscrapers: eco-activists sound the alarm
Ukraine to allow continuous construction with skyscrapers: eco-activists sound the alarm

The document will allow building any skyscrapers anywhere, even in the yard of other high-rise buildings

The EU to ban the sale of goods for which forests are cut down
The EU to ban the sale of goods for which forests are cut down

Violators will be fined up to 4% of the company's turnover in the EU member state

Lutsk to spend millions of hryvnias on cleaning the Styr River
Lutsk to spend millions of hryvnias on cleaning the Styr River

The river should be cleaned by the beginning of May 2023

Ukraine managed to limit the rights of Belarus in the Berne Convention
Ukraine managed to limit the rights of Belarus in the Berne Convention

The participation and work of Belarus in other conventions within the framework of the Council of Europe will be limited in the future in all possible working bodies of environmental conventions

Ukrainians caused 1.75 million hryvnias worth of damage to nature in one week
Ukrainians caused 1.75 million hryvnias worth of damage to nature in one week

The most high-profile violation was committed by a poacher in Vinnytsia region

Ukraine achieves condemnation of Russian military aggression at CITES Conference
Ukraine achieves condemnation of Russian military aggression at CITES Conference

Armed conflicts pose a growing threat to the fight against wildlife crime

PAEU named key legislative changes regarding strategic eco-assessment
PAEU named key legislative changes regarding strategic eco-assessment

The information entered in the Unified Register of the SEO is public and open

Russia is destroying the nature of Ukraine: the amount of damages
Russia is destroying the nature of Ukraine: the amount of damages

Losses were calculated using three different methods

The Czech Republic and Slovakia will help Ukraine to preserve nature
The Czech Republic and Slovakia will help Ukraine to preserve nature

The Czech Republic will deduct part of the funds received from visiting its national natural parks to support Ukraine

7 countries of the Carpathian Convention strongly condemned the Russia's military aggression and its ecoconsequences
7 countries of the Carpathian Convention strongly condemned the Russia's military aggression and its ecoconsequences

Preservation of biodiversity is one of the key tasks of the Carpathian Convention

Two civil servants are suspected of ecocide on the Sluch River
Two civil servants are suspected of ecocide on the Sluch River

River flora and fauna have disappeared in the area about 4 km from the point of return water discharge

A WWF study has shown obstacles to the effective fight against ecocrimes in Ukraine
A WWF study has shown obstacles to the effective fight against ecocrimes in Ukraine

Most wildlife offenses are classified as administrative cases