Since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, many firms and organizations from civilized countries have stopped their work in Russia, despite great financial losses. Unfortunately, the other part was left to work. Thereby helping the economy of the aggressor to earn money on waging war and on missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. One such…
In April, the EU imposed sanctions on the import of Russian and Belarusian wood and most of its products, which caused significant economic losses to the aggressor countries. Similar sanctions were introduced by Japan, the USA and a number of other civilized countries. Unfortunately, these prohibitions do not apply to all wood products. Also, a…
The annual export of fish and seafood from Russia is more than 4 billion dollars. These funds are part of Russia’s military economy, which is aimed at supporting the war in Ukraine: the purchase of missiles and bombs that destroy Ukrainian cities and damage the environment, the payment of salaries and social security for the…
Tapinoma kinburni is one of the two rarest species of ants in Ukraine. Of course, it is listed in the Red Book. We are not writing this news because an ant is depicted on our logo. But because people may never see this particular ant again. This relict steppe species is known only from the…
On 4 July during the conference in Lugano, Switzerland, the Government of Ukraine presented a recovery plan for Ukraine. Such recovery envisages the use of funds from the EU and other western institutions supporting Ukraine. The plan includes activities related to conservation of wild nature in Ukraine. The Minister of the Environment Ruslan Strilets presented…
Extinction of rare species does not occur only in Madagascar, Australia or the islands of Indonesia. Plants, animals and fungi disappear forever in all regions of the planet where there is life. Extremely rare species also occur in Ukraine. The diversity of natural landscapes of Ukraine creates conditions for rare and endemic species, i.e. those…
From the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion, the entire territory of Ukraine turned into a theater of hostilities. The influence of the territory, where all the following Russians and adjacent territories that were or are in the access zone of artillery and marked by shelling from the invaders, was especially noted. Predominant state…
New amendments to the legislation of Ukraine give local authorities the right to plow any agricultural land. At the same time, lawmakers have “forgotten” that many steppes and meadows of nature reserves also have the status of agricultural land. And according to the law “On the nature reserve fund”, the lands within the NPF remain…
Our colleague, environmentalist, herpetologist and serviceman in the 113th separate brigade of the Territorial defense (Kharkiv region) Andriy Tupikov: Before the war, I was engaged in public activities, tried to resist violations of environmental legislation, engaged in anti-corruption activities in the environmental sphere, contributed to the development of nature reserves in Ukraine. I also collaborated…
Incredibly generous water on Ukrainian rivers this spring was useful to the defenders of our state and stopped a large number of enemy vehicles stuck in the swamps or unable to cross the river. The flood in Irpen restrained the attack on Kyiv, and the floods on the Siverskiy Donets still give Ukrainians a head…