Ukraine — latest ecology news

Both large businesses and thousands of households have their own power generation capacity

It is impossible to restore primeval forests after they have been felled, as these ecosystems have taken millennia to develop

The highest levels of harmful dust have been recorded in Rivne and Chernivtsi, which have overtaken Zaporizhzhia

Europe’s total wind power capacity stands at 311 GW

The plan has also been updated – the climate target has been revised and the areas of decarbonisation and monitoring have been expanded

Thanks to the implementation of these measures, CO₂ emissions have been reduced by 82,3 thousand tonnes each year

Some water users have had their quotas cut by a factor of ten

In some parts of the capital, dust levels are almost three times the permitted limit

The fire destroyed over 1,000 hectares of a unique floodplain ecosystem

Cities need to adapt to the new circumstances, in particular by building rainwater storage facilities

The document will set out the procedure for identifying and inspecting such sites, as well as for determining locations for temporary storage

It is also permitted to kill birds in the Mykolaiv, Cherkasy and Zakarpattia regions