The Emerald Network is an apt name for a network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI) in Europe. These areas were brought together and endowed with a single conservation status for the whole of Europe. In order to be granted this status, an area must provide an adequate level of protection for habitats and…
On November 5, after the latest updates in the Global biodiversity database, the number of records of animal, plant, and mushroom encounters on the territory of Ukraine exceeded 2,000,000. Free access to biodiversity data is important not only for the development of science, but also for the development of nature conservation. Open data is useful…
The recently published investigation by the British NGO Earthsight reveals shocking facts – the largest EU furniture retailers continue to buy furniture produced in Belarus. And it’s not just any furniture. According to the investigation, penal colonies are among the largest furniture producers in Belarus. Earthsight has managed to collect a lot of evidence that…
Together with all Ukrainians, we congratulate the incredible successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region! The fact that the protected territories of the right-bank part of the Kherson region and the south-eastern part of the Mykolaiv region have been freed from the occupiers is also incredibly pleasing! What valuable protected areas…
The news about the liberation of the national park is extremely joyful, but the fact that during the 8 months of occupation the infrastructure of the park suffered a lot is saddening. The russians stole almost all the property of the national park: cars, boats, quadcopters, a thermal imager, and a weather station. And in…
One of the hamsters hanging on the photo is a red book gray hamster. Until 2021, our colleague Mykhailo Rusin was engaged in preserving the gray hamster in the Kherson region and Zaporizhzhia… Recently, he received a photo from a position left by the russians somewhere in the Kherson region.
The south of the Kherson region is the place of the largest concentration of nature conservation areas in Ukraine. It is here that the most important areas for wetland birds in the entire northern Black Sea region are located. They are protected at the international level by the Ramsar Convention and are the part of…
On October 19, the President signed a decree according to which the decision of the National Security and Defense Council “On the application and amendment of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)” comes into force. Our appeals to various authorities gave their result and Vladimir Krupchak – a Russian oligarch who has (had:))…
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.…
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,…