Leading Ukrainian environmental NGOs have appealed to the US Government to include a ban on timber imports from Russia in the new sanctions package announced by President Biden. The text of the letter is below: Expansion of US sanctions to Russian timber imports Dear Under-Secretary Nelson We, leading Ukrainian environmental NGOs, are writing to…
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…
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…
Kyiv, May 8, 2023 Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU, the US, Japan and other countries have imposed sanctions on wood and seafood from Russia and Belarus. However, such sanctions are often incomplete. In addition, Russian and Belarusian companies have learned to circumvent them, passing off their products…
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…
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…
A walk in the forest or in the mountains improves your wellbeing. How does it work?
What must be considered is a location for planting trees. There are several options available.
Only through uniting our efforts is it possible to respond the problem of climate change.