From Agriculture to Advocacy: UNCG Uses Ukraine’s Crop Map to Expose Violations
Thanks to our appeals, we have managed to stop the illegal plowing of coastal zones and the unauthorized land occupation by farmers in four cases.
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
With the start of the war in Ukraine, the meaning of this day has taken on a special significance for us.
Environmental groups slate EU plans to weaken nature safeguards in the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
The European Commission must revise ill-advised plans to undermine nature protection rules for renewable energy projects – including hydropower and biomass – under the Energy Community Treaty (1), 40 civil society organisations today underlined in a joint letter. Following changes to the EU Renewable Energy Directive last year that weakened environmental safeguards for renewables, the…
What will we lose if we rebuild the Kakhovka HPS?
Today is the anniversary of Kakhovka tragedy. Last year, on the 6 th June the Russian troops carried out another terrorist attack blowing up the dam of the Kakhovka HPS. The war crime of the invaders led to catastrophic consequences for people and nature. However, there is a flip side of this disaster. The Velykyi…
We have conducted our “Environmental Communication” training courses
We are sure that professional communication strengthens the activities of conservationists. So, we decided to hold an event where representatives of the nature reserve fund would be able to learn the development of communication strategies, implementation of information campaigns and work with changing the behavior of target audiences. We and our Czech partners delivered several…
Cargo ship loaded with €40m of Russian conflict timber seized in Germany
Earthsight has learned that a vessel carrying some €40 million of Russian conflict timber has been seized by German Customs. The ship, 23000-tonne Atlantic Navigator II, was en-route from St Petersburg in Russia to the US east coast when it developed a fault and was forced to dock at Rostock port on the German Baltic…
Ministry of Environment presented our application for biodiversity protection “Biodiversity Viewer”!
Not only biologists need information about the distribution of biological species. This knowledge is necessary for the establishment of protected areas, planning of forestry activities, preparation of EIA reports, and urban planning documentation. However, it is not easy to find such data in the public domain. Their largest hub is the global biodiversity database GBIF,…
European Parliament adopted the EU Nature Restoration Law
It was a final vote. The Law should be approved by the Council of the European Union in the nearest future. What targets does this new European law set? – 30% of natural habitats in poor condition must be restored by 2030, 60% by 2040 and 90% by 2050. – Natural habitats in good…
We call on the US Government to include a ban on timber imports from Russia in the new sanctions package!
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…
We report for 2023
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…