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Kyiv residents are invited to join the citywide cleanup on April 18
Kyiv residents are invited to join the citywide cleanup on April 18

The Kyiv City State Administration has promised to provide participants with all the necessary equipment

Only 13.5% of Europeans live in cities that fully comply with the EU’s greening principles
Only 13.5% of Europeans live in cities that fully comply with the EU’s greening principles

Residents of low-income neighborhoods typically live without access to quality green spaces

Sanitary logging is used as a cover for timber harvesting: common schemes
Sanitary logging is used as a cover for timber harvesting: common schemes

Foresters often deliberately engage in falsification or the fragmentation of plots

The community of Zaporizhzhia is fighting to save a public park from the construction of a shopping mall. The authorities are making the process more difficult
The community of Zaporizhzhia is fighting to save a public park from the construction of a shopping mall. The authorities are making the process more difficult

For an industrial city, green spaces provide protection against pollution and overheating, yet the authorities are gradually reducing their size

Is spring pruning and drastic tree pruning a violation?
Is spring pruning and drastic tree pruning a violation?

The rules for the maintenance of green spaces are established by a special ministerial order

The price of the woodworking industry for health and the environment: the experience of Rivne region
The price of the woodworking industry for health and the environment: the experience of Rivne region

Long-term residence near such enterprises causes chronic reactions in the human respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems

Tens of millions of trees cut down. Foresters, forest rangers, and national park rangers involved.
Tens of millions of trees cut down. Foresters, forest rangers, and national park rangers involved.

Illegal sanitary logging caused the most damage to the environment

Digest of eco-crimes of the week: large-scale logging, illegal mining, and pollution
Digest of eco-crimes of the week: large-scale logging, illegal mining, and pollution

The most damaging crime is illegal use of subsoil resources

Resort instead of forest: 176 hectares of communal forest in Lviv region to be cleared for logging
Resort instead of forest: 176 hectares of communal forest in Lviv region to be cleared for logging

Neither the construction project nor the methodology for calculating the losses from tree felling were presented to the deputies

Timber accounting: Ukraine launches mechanism for correcting data in the Unified Electronic Database
Timber accounting: Ukraine launches mechanism for correcting data in the Unified Electronic Database

It will be impossible to change the data in the register without justification

Extortion, environmental pollution, and illegal mining: eco-crimes of the week
Extortion, environmental pollution, and illegal mining: eco-crimes of the week

Fires at a landfill and illegal emissions from a heating plant have polluted the air, causing tens of millions of hryvnia in damage