Reserves — latest ecology news
Specifically, in the Kharkiv region, authorities are seeking to recover more than 100 million hryvnias from a company for the illegal extraction of loam and clay
Just as with the controversial construction project in Kozin, the start of the full-scale invasion did not prompt Rivne officials to give up their comfortable lifestyle
This is the second such incident this year
The "stars" of the week are foresters from the Odesa region who used intimidation to force forest workers to illegally cut down and sell trees
In Bukovina, in particular, a large-scale scheme involving the export of unaccounted-for timber was uncovered following 26 searches
Natural communities of aquatic plants identified in the Green Paper grow here
The most costly crime uncovered this week was the illegal extraction of sand, amounting to nearly 750 million hryvnias
According to activists, the project to "expand" the landmark will effectively undermine its conservation status
The private company insisted that it had legal rights to use the protected land
In Dnipro, a waterfront conservation area worth 170 million hryvnias is being developed, while in Kyiv, a former lawmaker and traitor has appropriated protected land worth nearly 600 million hryvnias
The former head of the Obukhiv District State Administration has already been detained, and authorities plan to issue international arrest warrants for the other two suspects