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Concrete instead of a park: Oschadbank sells land on the Dnipro River, Kyiv residents appeal to the government
Concrete instead of a park: Oschadbank sells land on the Dnipro River, Kyiv residents appeal to the government

The plots are part of a protected area and, according to Kyiv's master plan, are to become a park

In Transcarpathia, forests are being cut down for another power line to the wind farm on the Runa mountain pasture
In Transcarpathia, forests are being cut down for another power line to the wind farm on the Runa mountain pasture

Environmental activists consider this to be a continuation of the systematic destruction of forests for energy projects

Animals in cages and unsanitary conditions: Odessa police open case against controversial breeding facility
Animals in cages and unsanitary conditions: Odessa police open case against controversial breeding facility

The animals have already been confiscated, and those responsible may face imprisonment

Green light for wind farms in the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy provides EIA conclusion on the Runa mountain pasture
Green light for wind farms in the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy provides EIA conclusion on the Runa mountain pasture

The new wind farm will have a capacity of over 150 MW, but experts believe that its construction is being carried out with violations

The illusion of control: do public councils working with environmental authorities actually function?
The illusion of control: do public councils working with environmental authorities actually function?

Ukrainian officials ignore calls from the European Commission to be more transparent and open to dialogue with citizens

Fishing in nature reserves: activists criticize draft resolution by Ministry of Economy
Fishing in nature reserves: activists criticize draft resolution by Ministry of Economy

The environmental community sees the document as representing a fundamental conflict of interest between nature conservation and industrial exploitation

Will the Runa mountain pasture be built over? Activists receive formal responses from the Ministry
Will the Runa mountain pasture be built over? Activists receive formal responses from the Ministry

The institution does not want to take responsibility for creating the reserve, shifting this responsibility to the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration

In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there
In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there

According to calculations by the State Environmental Inspection, losses to the state amounted to over UAH 10 million

Oil travels across the Black Sea after Russian attack. National park in Odesa region affected
Oil travels across the Black Sea after Russian attack. National park in Odesa region affected

The stains covered about 10,000 m2 of the Tuzlivski Limans territory

Legalization of forest destruction: activists outraged by draft Cabinet resolution
Legalization of forest destruction: activists outraged by draft Cabinet resolution

Environmental activists see the document as a concession for development in the Carpathians and commercial logging

Not only without water, but also without trees: forest destroyed near quarry in Zhytomyr region
Not only without water, but also without trees: forest destroyed near quarry in Zhytomyr region

Hundreds of pine trees with a diameter of up to one meter were cut down, passing them off on paper as "maple shrubs