Volyn region — latest ecology news
![Prosecutors reveal large-scale and systemic offenses against the forest fund](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1064316161-500x333.jpg)
Therefore, there are doubts about the effectiveness of the forest reform, which is currently being carried out
![Volyn National Park director and two entrepreneurs to be prosecuted for demolition of century-oak trees](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rubka-lisu-cumanska-pushha1-500x375.jpg)
In addition to illegal felling of trees, the head of the protected area is accused of exceeding official powers and of legalizing property obtained through criminal means
![Lutsk Prosecutor's Office returns land of National Nature Park to the state for UAH 485 million](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Berestiane_Lutskyi_Volynska-Tsumanska_Pushcha_National_park-lakes_in_Bohuslavka-1-500x208.jpg)
They were illegally taken from the national nature park
![Illegal felling of trees: Director of the National Park in Volyn is served with a notice of suspicion](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/shutterstock_1659051325-500x215.jpg)
Damages to the state exceed UAH 16.5 million
![Volyn utility companies accused of sand mining for UAH 1.2 million](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EC238582-3823-4B5A-9030-34CC01CF0498-500x313.jpeg)
The violation lasted from September to December 2023
![300 illegal landfills found in forests of two regions of Ukraine](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/02322C54-79FC-4913-8E3B-C22EE5E191A1-500x313.jpeg)
It will not be possible to solve the problem of forest littering in 2024-2025
![Lutsk authorities and the EBRD agree on terms of construction of a waste processing complex](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shutterstock_1323651254-500x334.jpg)
This will help create infrastructure for the production of organic fertilizers and fuel
![Volyn Regional Council official to be tried for bribes for emission permits](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shutterstock_607242512-500x329.jpg)
The total amount of received bribes reaches 51 thousand hryvnias
![Police catch black logger red-handed in Volyn region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/62339263-6BD9-4AF4-A519-54CDC1ADB1C4-500x313.jpeg)
The violator faces up to 3 years of imprisonment
![Illegal amber processors were exposed in Volyn](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/4315350E-2540-4A8C-BD98-681E13BF6DD2-500x313.jpeg)
Prosecutors seized 85 products made of "sun stones" with a total weight of more than 4 kg
![Director of the Southern Forestry Office to be tried for fraud worth UAH 15 million in his previous position](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FC8B750C-9285-44E2-B4EE-EEB476F81828-500x313.jpeg)
He faces up to 12 years in prison
![Permit for sand mining in a zoological reserve issued in Volyn](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/A211F725-A8E5-43BC-977A-1F762DEC7C41-500x313.jpeg)
The development of this deposit is contrary to Law No. 2456-XII "On the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine"