Poachers — latest ecology news
A scheme has been uncovered in the Volyn region through which pine trees were illegally felled, resulting in losses of over 15 million hryvnias
Law enforcement officials have stated that they have identified 40 companies in breach of the law, which have caused over 60 million UAH worth of damage to Ukraine’s natural environment
In the Chernivtsi region, a forestry official is to stand trial for felling trees that ‘obstructed’ the unplanned construction of a road
The failure of forestry officials to fulfil their duties has led to the loss of hundreds of trees
To dispose of waste secretly, a cheese factory in Vinnytsia used a hidden network of pipes
"Forests of Ukraine" continues to pay local authorities for inadequate forest protection
In Bukovina, in particular, a large-scale scheme involving the export of unaccounted-for timber was uncovered following 26 searches
The most costly crime uncovered this week was the illegal extraction of sand, amounting to nearly 750 million hryvnias
Poachers caused the most damage in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions
Total losses due to deforestation alone exceeded UAH 100 million
A man was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally building a recreation area on the shore of the Kremenchuk Reservoir
The most damaging crime is illegal use of subsoil resources