For the last eight years, Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and its unique biological diversity have been under occupation. Over that time, its landscape has been actively used for military training. Since February 2022, it has served as a springboard for the military invasion. All of these factors have had a negative impact on the environment. UWEC…
The Emerald Network is an apt name for a network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI) in Europe. These areas were brought together and endowed with a single conservation status for the whole of Europe. In order to be granted this status, an area must provide an adequate level of protection for habitats and…
By Oleksii Marushchak Oleksii Marushchak is Chief Data Manager at Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (UNCG). UWEC Work Group invited him to describe data management and security in wartime conditions. UNCG is actively involved not only in scientific research of Ukrainian biodiversity, creating and supporting Nature Reserve Fund sites, and environmental education on different levels, but…
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…
Together with all Ukrainians, we congratulate the incredible successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region! The fact that the protected territories of the right-bank part of the Kherson region and the south-eastern part of the Mykolaiv region have been freed from the occupiers is also incredibly pleasing! What valuable protected areas…
The news about the liberation of the national park is extremely joyful, but the fact that during the 8 months of occupation the infrastructure of the park suffered a lot is saddening. The russians stole almost all the property of the national park: cars, boats, quadcopters, a thermal imager, and a weather station. And in…
Russian troops have begun construction of a powerful fortified area along the left bank of the Kherson region in Ukraine. An approximate scheme of the “defense lines” (Map of the russian defense lines being built on the right bank of the Dnieper 11/05/2022) posted the @COUPSURE channel on Twitter. Analysis of satellite images confirms this…
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:))…