State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine — latest ecology news
They claim that illegal harvesting of wood in Ukraine amounts to millions of cubic meters
The document has not yet been made public
The forester often registered his assets to relatives who did not have the financial ability to make such purchases
Financial losses from the loss of wood in 2023 reached UAH 703.9 million
The reaction of both sides of the conflict was almost instantaneous
This is the area of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil combined
Activists blame the management of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" for tolerating such illegal actions
The day before, environmentalists again called on the public to appeal to elected officials with the demand not to support this document
In most cases, they are related to changes in legislation
They can be behind bars for up to 6 years
Foresters claim that they purchased only the "necessary minimum"
Despite the increase in the number of open and investigated cases related to illegal cutting of trees, the number of serious sentences remains insignificant