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Carbon anti-record: CO2 emissions in 2025 will amount to 38.1 billion tons
Carbon anti-record: CO2 emissions in 2025 will amount to 38.1 billion tons

Carbon concentration in the atmosphere in 2025 will be 52% higher than pre-industrial levels

Between sarcasm and despair: how the environmental community assesses the first 100 days of the unified Ministry of Economy
Between sarcasm and despair: how the environmental community assesses the first 100 days of the unified Ministry of Economy

Experts and environmental activists warn: the agency is failing miserably to strike a balance between economic and environmental interests

What are the Ministry of Economy's immediate plans for the environment: the minister shared the details
What are the Ministry of Economy's immediate plans for the environment: the minister shared the details

Priorities include greening the economy and deregulating the forestry sector

Restoring Amazon forests as compensation for emissions: Google to fund startup Mombak
Restoring Amazon forests as compensation for emissions: Google to fund startup Mombak

The agreement signed with Brazilian startup Mombak will offset the corporation's emissions of 200,000 tons of carbon

Family contracts worth 11 million hryvnia: in Polissya, the forests are looked after by relatives of a forestry official
Family contracts worth 11 million hryvnia: in Polissya, the forests are looked after by relatives of a forestry official

The mother and mother-in-law of the official won procurement tenders from the Kivertsi Forestry, and her husband actually manages the work

100 days of the expanded Ministry of Economy: how the environment became a statistic in the economic theater
100 days of the expanded Ministry of Economy: how the environment became a statistic in the economic theater

The agency praised itself, but the environmental community did not appreciate the "genius" of this merger

National park "for rent," millions worth of trees cut down: digest of environmental crimes for November 1-7
National park "for rent," millions worth of trees cut down: digest of environmental crimes for November 1-7

The prosecutor's office continues to expose attempts to illegally seize hundreds of hectares of protected forest and water resources

3D model of Ukrainian forests: State Forestry Agency plans to use LIDAR scanning technology
3D model of Ukrainian forests: State Forestry Agency plans to use LIDAR scanning technology

Drones equipped with LIDAR optical systems will assist in timber accounting and monitoring forest development

Untreated wood banned from export until the end of the year – government decision
Untreated wood banned from export until the end of the year – government decision

This is a necessary step due to the shortage of wood, high domestic demand, and environmental impact

The eerie Transylvanian forest is threatened not by vampires and aliens, but by development
The eerie Transylvanian forest is threatened not by vampires and aliens, but by development

One of Europe's most mystical locations is threatened by the expansion of the city of Cluj-Napoca

Millions on oak trees, destruction of the river, seizure of the coast: a digest of eco-crimes for October 25–31
Millions on oak trees, destruction of the river, seizure of the coast: a digest of eco-crimes for October 25–31

Conspiracy and negligence on the part of forestry managers, disregard for environmental standards by the head of a dairy plant, and other criminal acts caused tens of millions in damage to the state

Destruction of steppe to create forest: environmentalists concerned about afforestation in Chernihiv region
Destruction of steppe to create forest: environmentalists concerned about afforestation in Chernihiv region

A 5-hectare steppe area is being artificially converted into a forest, threatening the biome and rare plants.