Reserves — latest ecology news

The Supreme Court has confirmed the status of a nature reserve for 16.5 hectares of Protasiv Yar
The Supreme Court has confirmed the status of a nature reserve for 16.5 hectares of Protasiv Yar

Activists are awaiting the developer’s next moves with caution

A unique mosaic of forests and steppes: a new nature reserve has been established in the Cherkasy region following a court ruling
A unique mosaic of forests and steppes: a new nature reserve has been established in the Cherkasy region following a court ruling

The regional council only adopted the relevant resolution following the intervention of the public prosecutor’s office

A lake in a nature reserve in Volyn is turning into a marsh. Locals are blaming the tenant, who is a member of parliament
A lake in a nature reserve in Volyn is turning into a marsh. Locals are blaming the tenant, who is a member of parliament

Back in 2021, the State Environmental Inspectorate reported that the leasing of these lands, which form part of the nature reserve fund, was unlawful

Shooting animals in the nature reserve is illegal: activists have won their court case against the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration
Shooting animals in the nature reserve is illegal: activists have won their court case against the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration

The authorities did not even specify the types of animals, effectively allowing hunters to kill them at their own discretion

Communities in the Kharkiv region are refusing to allow environmentalists to establish protected areas
Communities in the Kharkiv region are refusing to allow environmentalists to establish protected areas

The Regional State Administration even went so far as to break the law by failing to provide either comments or approval of the applications

A major clean-up in Holosiivskyi Park: Kyiv residents are invited to join the initiative on 20 June
A major clean-up in Holosiivskyi Park: Kyiv residents are invited to join the initiative on 20 June

The organisers provide a transfer from Kyiv to the national park and back

What will ‘Black Forest’ – the first national park in the Kirovohrad region – be like?
What will ‘Black Forest’ – the first national park in the Kirovohrad region – be like?

Scientists established the need to protect these areas as long as 100 years ago

Environmental crime round-up: poaching worth millions, deforestation and pollution caused by negligence
Environmental crime round-up: poaching worth millions, deforestation and pollution caused by negligence

To dispose of waste secretly, a cheese factory in Vinnytsia used a hidden network of pipes

16% of the State Forestry Agency’s forests already have protected status
16% of the State Forestry Agency’s forests already have protected status

Over the past half-century, the area of land with protected status has increased more than fourfold

Weekly round-up of environmental crimes: illegal logging worth over 100 million hryvnias, poaching and the protection of nature reserves
Weekly round-up of environmental crimes: illegal logging worth over 100 million hryvnias, poaching and the protection of nature reserves

"Forests of Ukraine" continues to pay local authorities for inadequate forest protection