Forests — latest ecology news
![A third of wood in Ukraine is harvested illegally – experts](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/shutterstock_1923479201-500x319.jpg)
Despite the increase in the number of open and investigated cases related to illegal cutting of trees, the number of serious sentences remains insignificant
![The armed criminal group black loggers will be tried in Zaporizhzhia](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/zrubani-dereva-500x400.jpg)
For almost a year and a half, they destroyed protective plantations on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia district
![Prosecutors returned 629 hectares of forest land to the community](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1599988027-500x281.jpg)
Their value is almost UAH 270 million
![The European Commission sees threats in the draft law No. 9516 on sanitary felling of forests](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/shutterstock_615567830-500x333.jpg)
This coincides with the position of Ukrainian ecoactivists
![SE "Forests of Ukraine" already buys the 142nd car in six months, – people's deputy Zheleznyak](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_1551520787-500x279.jpg)
The main forest management enterprise of the country was included in the column of the people's elected official with the hashtag #дівнизакупівли
![Activists demand to prevent deforestation of one of the most valuable floodplain forests in Ukraine](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shutterstock_437713483-500x333.jpg)
They are located in Transcarpathia in the floodplain of the Borzhava River
![In the Carpathian region, another forest master was caught abusing his official position](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shutterstock_569562037-500x333.jpg)
He acted together with accomplices
![In Transcarpathia, 4 officials of the forest industry caused damage to the environment by 11 million UAH](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shutterstock_1891462456-500x334.jpg)
They will appear before the court
![Prosecutors reveal large-scale and systemic offenses against the forest fund](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1064316161-500x333.jpg)
Therefore, there are doubts about the effectiveness of the forest reform, which is currently being carried out
![A criminal group in Volyn chopped down wood worth millions of hryvnias](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/im-amaz-fores_blogs.edf_-500x331.png)
Dealers face up to 7 years behind bars
![The court referred the case of businessmen who illegally took possession of land near Kyiv for more than 9 million UAH](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/shutterstock_2193226261-500x333.jpg)
They face up to 12 years in prison
![In Zhytomyr region, a family of businessmen will be tried for unauthorized seizure of forests](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ozero4-500x337.jpg)
They are threatened with restrictions or deprivation of liberty