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] War as a justification for more logging! ___ The EU and other countries should strengthen sanctions against Russian and Belarusian wood! An investigation by the British NGO Earthsight, published on November 25, shows that the largest furniture retailers in the EU continue to buy furniture produced in…
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…
News from Ukrainian forests Issue #1, 02 May, 2022 Contacts: Yehor Hrynyk, “Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group”, [email protected] Our country is at war. But vested interests in Ukraine are cynically using the conflict to water down environmental controls. ___ Over 30 Ukrainian NGOs demand passing environmental laws which are essential for successful European integration. Environmental…