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Environmental crimes of the week: privatization of nature reserves, protection of primeval forests, pollution costing millions
Environmental crimes of the week: privatization of nature reserves, protection of primeval forests, pollution costing millions

Due to criminal conspiracies led by forestry officials, thousands of trees continue to be illegally cut down in Ukraine

WES instead of a nature reserve: Transcarpathian council did not support the protection of the high Carpathians
WES instead of a nature reserve: Transcarpathian council did not support the protection of the high Carpathians

At the same time, deputies approved the felling of a unique forest for the construction of power lines

To protect natural forests, another 1,600 hectares of land were transferred to the management of the state enterprise.
To protect natural forests, another 1,600 hectares of land were transferred to the management of the state enterprise.

Without re-registration and change of purpose, such forests may be cut down

Wild nature on the border with the enemy: the EU considers forests and swamps to be a line of defense
Wild nature on the border with the enemy: the EU considers forests and swamps to be a line of defense

Finland and Poland are already restoring ecosystems on their borders with Russia and its allies

Forests in Kharkiv are being destroyed for sand extraction. The creation of a nature reserve is being blocked
Forests in Kharkiv are being destroyed for sand extraction. The creation of a nature reserve is being blocked

Criminal cases are brought against activists and they are persecuted

Environmental crimes of the week: tens of millions in losses from mineral extraction, deforestation, and pollution
Environmental crimes of the week: tens of millions in losses from mineral extraction, deforestation, and pollution

Total losses due to deforestation alone exceeded UAH 100 million

Forest worth 56 million hryvnias cut down: management of forestry enterprise in Ternopil region to stand trial
Forest worth 56 million hryvnias cut down: management of forestry enterprise in Ternopil region to stand trial

Trees were destroyed due to false information in logging tickets

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

National park privatized: court orders return of Tsuman Forest lands to state
National park privatized: court orders return of Tsuman Forest lands to state

Prosecutors had to appeal to the court of appeals to defend the plots

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: sentence for seizing the Dnipro riverbank, logging, and pollution
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: sentence for seizing the Dnipro riverbank, logging, and pollution

A man was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally building a recreation area on the shore of the Kremenchuk Reservoir

Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices
Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices

Unique oak trees over a century and a half old were damaged in the crime

Sanitary felling for healthy trees? Experts surveyed areas for felling
Sanitary felling for healthy trees? Experts surveyed areas for felling

The condition of trees has been artificially downgraded in all areas, which indicates abuse by forest users