Subsoil — latest ecology news
Those involved in the scheme laundered illegally extracted minerals through companies under their control
An unauthorised rubbish tip on land belonging to ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ has cost the state nearly 86 million hryvnias
Separately, prosecutors are attempting to return land belonging to the water, forestry and nature reserve funds to the state
In two instances, business owners felled thousands of trees on leased land without permission
The case files now comprise 74 volumes
Specifically, in the Kharkiv region, authorities are seeking to impose a fine of over 100 million hryvnias on a company for the illegal extraction of loam and clay
Residents complained about the logging of healthy forests and the loss of drinking water in the community
The most costly crime uncovered this week was the illegal extraction of sand, amounting to nearly 750 million hryvnias
Illegal logging, mineral extraction, and water pollution are the most costly to the environment
Sand was extracted not at a single site, but at six locations at once
Due to a conspiracy involving the directors of transportation companies, the mayor, and the state registrar, the environment suffered losses of over 180 million hryvnias
We are talking about more than 2,300 hectares of wetland ecosystem bordering the nature reserve