Boundaries of Borzhava Reserve Illegally Altered in Zakarpattia
What was excluded from the reserve? The old-growth beech forests on the Borzhava slopes facing the village of Volovets.
What was excluded from the reserve? The old-growth beech forests on the Borzhava slopes facing the village of Volovets.
Conservationists declared this to be Ukraine’s #1 environmental problem and launched a campaign to save the Carpathian rivers.
The case involves 68 hectares of pastures and hayfields in the Hvardiiska community of the Khmelnytskyi region.
Due to the nature of the pumped-storage power plant, the water level will constantly fluctuate by one meter.
The Ministry has the power to stop this by developing a new resolution on the use of peatlands and by ceasing to approve peat extraction.
We are appealing to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and the National Police in the Mykolaiv region to open a criminal investigation into the illegal destruction of soil cover.
Foresters do not hide the fact that this resolution is needed to increase timber harvesting and gain access to resources.
Before leasing the land, the agricultural companies could organize survey, which would have identified any protected species.
From February 26–28, 2025 experts and stakeholders discussed the restoration and maintenance of steppe biotopes.
The year 2024 proved to be challenging, yet highly productive across multiple fronts.