Carbon dioxide is one of the main greenhouse gases, and its amount in the atmosphere affects climate change. Forests absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and resist climate change. However, forests have another crucial function. They store the absorbed carbon, preventing it from being released back into the atmosphere. That is why it is extremely…
The Supreme Court of Ukraine adopted the relevant decision. In the 2000s, 3 hectares of the island were transferred free of charge for development. Court cases have begun regarding the return of these lands to Kyiv. More than 5 years of struggle led to the victory: protected areas returned to the community of the capital.…
The Parliament of Ukraine adopted draft law 7475 in the first reading. The purpose of the draft law is to strengthen the protection of the state border of Ukraine, primarily by expanding the border strip to 2 kilometers. For this purpose, the draft law defines the procedure for removing the relevant lands from the nature…
The war in Ukraine has seen attacks on or disruption to wastewater treatment infrastructure in Rubizhne, Chernihiv, Skadovsk, Sloviansk, Mariupol, Siverodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Mykolaiv, Vasylivka, and likely elsewhere. Eleven separate attacks on water facilities were reported on one day alone, April 19th. These included damage to, and/or the de-energisation of filter stations, pumping stations, and…
Together with all Ukrainians, we congratulate the incredible successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Kharkiv region! Why are we writing about it on the environmental conservation page? Because today is the first morning when the Dvurichanskyi National Nature Park is freed from the occupiers! By the way, together with him, defenders of Ukraine,…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi About the fate and role of Ukrainian wildlife after the end of the war The nature of Ukraine is an invaluable heritage of our state. The state of wildlife determines the quality of life of people, and its violation leads to natural disasters (floods, droughts, dust storms, etc.), which cause…
The national parks of the world, in addition to nature, preserve the history of wars, repressions and the struggle for independence. After the end of hostilities, the governments of many countries and the citizens themselves seek to preserve natural areas as valuable ecosystems, places of recreation and memory. Is it possible and should this practice…
Can the border strip be coordinated with the territories of the nature reserve fund? Can this strip itself become a protected area? Strengthening the protection of Ukraine’s state border with aggressor countries and consideration of draft law 7475 made this topic more than relevant. Strengthening the state border is directly related to nature protection, because…
Contacts: Yehor Hrynyk, “Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group”, [email protected] War in Ukraine continues. Initiatives endangering forests only gather pace! ____ Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2022) in Lugano: was there a place for forests? Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2022) took place on 4-5 July in Lugano, Switzerland. Over 1000 participants attended the event, including high officials…
Currently, a third of the protected territories of Ukraine are in the zones of active hostilities, occupation and humanitarian crisis. Most of them do not receive state support due to the inability to transfer funds to the occupied territories and long bureaucratic procedures. There is also no income from tourism. That’s why we decided to…