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…
Since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, many firms and organizations from civilized countries have stopped their work in Russia, despite great financial losses. Unfortunately, the other part was left to work. Thereby helping the economy of the aggressor to earn money on waging war and on missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. One such…
In April, the EU imposed sanctions on the import of Russian and Belarusian wood and most of its products, which caused significant economic losses to the aggressor countries. Similar sanctions were introduced by Japan, the USA and a number of other civilized countries. Unfortunately, these prohibitions do not apply to all wood products. Also, a…
The annual export of fish and seafood from Russia is more than 4 billion dollars. These funds are part of Russia’s military economy, which is aimed at supporting the war in Ukraine: the purchase of missiles and bombs that destroy Ukrainian cities and damage the environment, the payment of salaries and social security for the…
Tapinoma kinburni is one of the two rarest species of ants in Ukraine. Of course, it is listed in the Red Book. We are not writing this news because an ant is depicted on our logo. But because people may never see this particular ant again. This relict steppe species is known only from the…
Snake Island (Zmiinyi Island) is the most remote part of land on the map of Ukraine. Until recently, it attracted the attention of only biologists. But in recent months, this small rock managed to become a symbol of the indomitable Ukrainian spirit, victory and the return of the temporarily occupied lands under the control of…
On 4 July during the conference in Lugano, Switzerland, the Government of Ukraine presented a recovery plan for Ukraine. Such recovery envisages the use of funds from the EU and other western institutions supporting Ukraine. The plan includes activities related to conservation of wild nature in Ukraine. The Minister of the Environment Ruslan Strilets presented…