Environment — latest ecology news
![Wild animals are being returned to the steppes of Odesa region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/434490052_732006145650066_877150984452236593_n-500x281.jpg)
Releasing the animals into the wild is part of an ecosystem restoration program
![The Ministry of Environment has started developing rules for the management of asbestos-containing waste](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_2155379981-500x375.jpg)
The use of asbestos has been banned in 67 countries
![High levels of air pollution due to dust from the Sahara recorded in Kyiv](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1513053668-500x282.jpg)
Ukrainians were urged to close windows indoors, because dust can be harmful to children, the elderly and people with respiratory diseases
![A comprehensive environmental program was approved in Lviv](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_173136059-481x400.jpg)
It is taken once every 4 years
![EU Council tightens rules on criminal liability for ecocide](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1451654687-500x284.jpg)
Violating companies will be fined €40 million for the most serious violations
![Verkhovna Rada's Environmental Committee recommends adopting amendments to the law on the nature reserve fund](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/unnamed-500x325.jpg)
The passage of mechanical vehicles through nature conservation areas is prohibited.
![SEP will appeal in court against the sale of the Poppy Bog monument for peat extraction](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/shutterstock_1521126845-500x334.jpg)
The swamp is home to Red List plants and animals and trees up to 160 years old
![March 21 is the International Day of Forests](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/shutterstock_284184863-500x333.jpg)
1 hectare of forest retains up to 100 tons of dust per year
![The world celebrates Earth Day: interesting facts about this day](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_792738658-500x331.jpg)
In 1971, the UN declared the spring equinox to be International Earth Day
![During the two years of war, 90 hectares of protected land were returned to state ownership](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_270038441-500x334.jpg)
The boundaries of about 8,000 protected objects have already been entered into the newly created Cadastre of the Nature Reserve Fund
![Raids on black loggers, fishermen and farmers will be conducted in the Chornobyl zone](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/6AA17BDD-35D1-4B6C-B8F8-DC1B87292C2B-500x313.jpeg)
The raid group has already conducted the first inspection
![For the first time in Ukraine, Kyiv bans jeep riding on protected lands](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1CCAD1E0-1C4C-43E7-B492-6ADB0EE16317-500x313.jpeg)
Deputies of the Kyiv City Council also approved the creation of 7 new protected areas