Forests — latest ecology news

At the same time, the Kyiv City State Administration acknowledged that the trees would not be replanted, as only shrubs are permitted to be planted near the heating pipeline

The winners of tenders worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias turn out to be shell companies

It has also been established that there was a failure on the part of the state forestry authorities to grant the appropriate status to unique ecosystems at an early stage

Previously, the state-owned enterprise had paid around 1.5 million hryvnias to the same company to recruit members of the supervisory board

As a result of the official’s actions, over 4,200 trees were felled, causing losses of nearly 3 million hryvnias

Dozens of crimes relate to the destruction of forests – involving officials, businesspeople and ordinary citizens driven by greed

Forests comprising trees of different species, ages and heights are more resilient to changes in the weather and better able to withstand pests

According to campaigners, the government’s experiment threatens to destroy green spaces across the country

The suspects used their professional knowledge of the valuable area to select logging sites and conceal the crime

Roads leading into the forest are being blocked by barriers, and forest rangers, together with the police and rescue services, are stepping up patrols in the area

Which of the department’s plans have been successfully implemented, and how many of the achievements did the merged ministry actually inherit from its predecessor?

The former director of one of the branches of ‘Forests of Ukraine’ has been charged with negligence, which led to 226 hectares of state-owned forest becoming ‘Medvedchuk’s holiday home’