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…
Breaking up with Russia, we should finally break up with our common Soviet past, where myth-making was almost the basis of state policy. In this article, we would like to debunk one of the myths of Soviet propaganda without naming it. Instead, let us analyze what were the consequences of the implementation of Stalin’s plan…
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:))…
Roman Lysenko, Yehor Hrynyk Taking advantage of the war, Ukrainian authorities are increase the volume of logs. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine, they plan to cut one and a half times more than usual. What do they plan to…
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…