Kholodnyi Yar National Nature Park was established on 1st January 2022. On that day the dream of many generations of conservationists came true (the idea of national park establishment arose in the 1980s of the last century). However, 2 months after its establishment a full-scale war began… Nowadays, the priority is the support of Armed…
During 2023, we created protected areas, detected cases of damage to the nature reserve fund (NRF), opposed projects and plans harmful to nature. What did we achieve this year? Nature reserve fund We prepared applications on the establishment of 78 new objects of NRF (including three new national parks) in 14 regions with a total…
The main idea of the draft law is to unite small land plots into larger ones. The authors of the draft consider field roads, gullies, ravines or patches of biodiversity to be an inefficient land use. There are following proposals in the explanatory note: – to remove narrow strips of land to facilitate plowing…
The biggest storm in at least the last 100 years occurred in the Black Sea at the end of November. It caused damage to the infrastructure of the temporarily occupied Crimea, and limited the ability of the occupiers to use their navy (which we are very happy about). However, damage was also caused to Ukrainian…
Victor Mykyta, the governor of Zakarpattia (Transcarpathian region of Ukraine), announced in May 2023 that the building of a new woodworking factory had started at Batiovo village. The construction is carried out by the company “BF Terminal”. Its beneficiary is Leonid Yurushev, the owner of Korosten MDF factory who is well known in timber industry.…
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine leads to the destruction of nature. Thousands of hectares of destroyed forests and steppes, the drained Kakhov reservoir, the mass death of domestic and wild animals – footage of these environmental crimes flew around the world. However, the impact of the war on Ukraine’s biodiversity goes far beyond the regions…
Velykyi Luh (means Great Meadow) is one of the most important natural and historical landscapes of Ukraine. This area was flooded in 1955-1958 with construction of Kakhovske Reservoir, despite the fact that many monuments of Zaporizhzhian Sich were preserved here and a large number of rare animal and plant species were found here. For 70…
Contacts: Yehor Hrynyk, “Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group”, [email protected] Ukrainian Parliament calls partners to strengthen sanctions against Russian and Belarusian wood! In May 2023, the Parliament of Ukraine officially called partner countries to strengthen sanctions against Russian and Belarusian wood-based products. In particular, Ukrainian parliamentarians called on the governments of foreign countries to: Introduce a complete…
The total cost, including expenses for delivery from Romania, repairs, and new tires, came out to just over 320,000 UAH. The vehicle is in good technical condition, so we are confident it will serve the park for many years: for anti-poaching raids, scientific expeditions, and humanitarian aid deliveries. The Kamianska Sich area was twice crossed…
During the expedition, we investigated what is happening on the dry bottom of the Kakhovka Reservoir. In particular: – Established 4 Biodiversity plots (EDGG) on the dry bottom of the Kakhovka Reservoir; – collected soil samples for chemical analysis; – collected soil samples for algological, virological and bacteriological analysis. We could not take samples directly…