Forests — latest ecology news

The man avoided a prison sentence thanks to a plea bargain and favourable character references

The authorities are planning to clear the ancient forests of the Carpathians to make way for a new holiday resort, and to build yet another wind farm on the mountain pastures

Parliamentary lawyers agree that the implementation of the provisions of the law will have a negative impact on land containing forests, marshes, water bodies and fields

The community is calling for a moratorium on tree felling to be introduced immediately

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