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The environmental community sees the document as representing a fundamental conflict of interest between nature conservation and industrial exploitation
The institution does not want to take responsibility for creating the reserve, shifting this responsibility to the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration
According to calculations by the State Environmental Inspection, losses to the state amounted to over UAH 10 million
The stains covered about 10,000 m2 of the Tuzlivski Limans territory
Environmental activists see the document as a concession for development in the Carpathians and commercial logging
Hundreds of pine trees with a diameter of up to one meter were cut down, passing them off on paper as "maple shrubs
Outdated fines may exceed the profits from illegally felled trees
Only three days were allocated for public discussion from the date of publication of the order
Activists from LIiS identified 33 cases of this crime, but law enforcement agencies opened only seven cases
Environmentalists seek to hold Ministry officials accountable for tree felling in national parks
Surveying snow-covered forests will not provide reliable information. Activists call this a sham to cover up future logging
The EIA curbs the appetites of foresters and enables the public to monitor whether trees really need to be cut down