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…
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:))…
Roman Lysenko, Yehor Hrynyk Taking advantage of the war, Ukrainian authorities are increase the volume of logs. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine, they plan to cut one and a half times more than usual. What do they plan to…
The Parliament of Ukraine adopted draft law 7475 in the first reading. The purpose of the draft law is to strengthen the protection of the state border of Ukraine, primarily by expanding the border strip to 2 kilometers. For this purpose, the draft law defines the procedure for removing the relevant lands from the nature…
The war in Ukraine has seen attacks on or disruption to wastewater treatment infrastructure in Rubizhne, Chernihiv, Skadovsk, Sloviansk, Mariupol, Siverodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Mykolaiv, Vasylivka, and likely elsewhere. Eleven separate attacks on water facilities were reported on one day alone, April 19th. These included damage to, and/or the de-energisation of filter stations, pumping stations, and…
Together with all Ukrainians, we congratulate the incredible successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Kharkiv region! Why are we writing about it on the environmental conservation page? Because today is the first morning when the Dvurichanskyi National Nature Park is freed from the occupiers! By the way, together with him, defenders of Ukraine,…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi About the fate and role of Ukrainian wildlife after the end of the war The nature of Ukraine is an invaluable heritage of our state. The state of wildlife determines the quality of life of people, and its violation leads to natural disasters (floods, droughts, dust storms, etc.), which cause…
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…
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…