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The company even acquired more than 32 hectares of woodland under an easement, but the court saw no grounds for returning it to the state
Most of the crimes uncovered involve foresters implicated in illegal logging, the embezzlement of public funds and negligence, which is causing damage to the forests
The Ministry of Economy had pointed out that the plot was part of a protected area, but this did not affect the sale
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
At the same time, the Public Prosecutor’s Office continues to return land containing valuable natural ecosystems to state ownership
Forest belts continue to be systematically destroyed in Ukraine – one group was caught in the Dnipropetrovsk region
Thousands of trees have been found to have been illegally felled in the north of the country
No government representatives attended the event, but the activists hope to get their message across to them at the forthcoming round-table discussion
We are talking about hundreds of millions in losses and the destruction of ecosystems
Prosecutors have identified a further seven individuals involved in the illegal extraction of granite, resulting in losses of over 1.5 billion hryvnias
The former director of one of the branches of ‘Forests of Ukraine’ has been charged with negligence, which led to 226 hectares of state-owned forest becoming ‘Medvedchuk’s holiday home’
The agency had already been refused in April, but resubmitted the same proposal