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Volyn region — latest ecology news

A severe storm has destroyed over 400 hectares of woodland in the Volyn and Rivne regions
A severe storm has destroyed over 400 hectares of woodland in the Volyn and Rivne regions

Pine stands were the worst affected

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The Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into a timber-processing plant in Volyn, which operated for years without an environmental permit and poisoned people
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into a timber-processing plant in Volyn, which operated for years without an environmental permit and poisoned people

The company is linked to a former Member of Parliament

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A lake in a nature reserve in Volyn is turning into a marsh. Locals are blaming the tenant, who is a member of parliament
A lake in a nature reserve in Volyn is turning into a marsh. Locals are blaming the tenant, who is a member of parliament

Back in 2021, the State Environmental Inspectorate reported that the leasing of these lands, which form part of the nature reserve fund, was unlawful

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A €2 billion green hydrogen production project is being launched in Ukraine
A €2 billion green hydrogen production project is being launched in Ukraine

Annual production volumes will amount to approximately 50,000 tons

Green energy
Sewer repairs and landscaping: how Volyn spends its environmental tax
Sewer repairs and landscaping: how Volyn spends its environmental tax

One community doesn't even have an environmental protection program. Although its urban improvement program is not much different from "environmental" ones

Government
Mineral exploration as a cover for crime: minerals worth over 100 million hryvnias were stolen in Volyn
Mineral exploration as a cover for crime: minerals worth over 100 million hryvnias were stolen in Volyn

This practice has already become systemic, and current legislation does not allow for the immediate suspension of subsoil use rights for violators

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Public funds were likely embezzled during the renovation of a landfill in Lutsk
Public funds were likely embezzled during the renovation of a landfill in Lutsk

Law enforcement officers searched the contractor's offices, and the court ordered the seizure of documents and office equipment

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Select UNICEF funds for the repair of sewage treatment facilities were stolen in Volyn. Sewage is poisoning the Styr River
Select UNICEF funds for the repair of sewage treatment facilities were stolen in Volyn. Sewage is poisoning the Styr River

Due to embezzlement, sewage facilities cannot withstand the load

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National park privatized: court orders return of Tsuman Forest lands to state
National park privatized: court orders return of Tsuman Forest lands to state

Prosecutors had to appeal to the court of appeals to defend the plots

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Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices
Impunity for logging worth 16 million hryvnias: court acquits former head of national park and his accomplices

Unique oak trees over a century and a half old were damaged in the crime

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Mine waste has turned a village in Volyn into a swamp. The police and the State Environmental Inspection are doing nothing.
Mine waste has turned a village in Volyn into a swamp. The police and the State Environmental Inspection are doing nothing.

The pulp flooded pastures and gardens, and also contaminated wells from which people draw water

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In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there
In Volyn, a businessman who does not own any cows received forest land for grazing. The forest is no longer there

According to calculations by the State Environmental Inspection, losses to the state amounted to over UAH 10 million

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