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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

Wind farms in the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy resumes EIA procedure for wind farms
Wind farms in the Carpathians: Ministry of Economy resumes EIA procedure for wind farms

Only three days were allocated for public discussion from the date of publication of the order

Police ignore, foresters conceal: why it is difficult to combat illegal logging
Police ignore, foresters conceal: why it is difficult to combat illegal logging

Activists from LIiS identified 33 cases of this crime, but law enforcement agencies opened only seven cases

Court orders police to open case against Ministry of Economy following complaint by environmental activists
Court orders police to open case against Ministry of Economy following complaint by environmental activists

Environmentalists seek to hold Ministry officials accountable for tree felling in national parks

Logging under power lines? Why Ukraine's Forestry Agency will inspect the Runa mountain pasture in winter
Logging under power lines? Why Ukraine's Forestry Agency will inspect the Runa mountain pasture in winter

Surveying snow-covered forests will not provide reliable information. Activists call this a sham to cover up future logging

Quietly and under the cover of war: the government may cancel environmental impact assessments for logging
Quietly and under the cover of war: the government may cancel environmental impact assessments for logging

The EIA curbs the appetites of foresters and enables the public to monitor whether trees really need to be cut down