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26 May 2016 Sociological survey of Ukrainians’ attitude to environmental issues

The survey was conducted by Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and sociological service of the Razumkov Center from 11 till 16 May 2016. 2016 respondents aged 18 and older were interviewed in all regions of Ukraine except for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Theoretical sampling deviation does…

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19 May 2016 Where does Petro Poroshenko’s Block lead us or Pynsenyk is against

On 19 May 2016, the Parliament of Ukraine once again considered the draft law “On Environmental Impact Assessment” 2009-d of 06/03/2015. Despite enormous efforts of the leadership of the Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the Committee on environmental policy for the…

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28 April 2016 False start of Chornobyl radiation and environmental biosphere reserve: the law has not been adopted, the decree does not function

The 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster was marked by the decree of the President of Ukraine “On creation of the Chernobyl radiation and environmental biosphere reserve”. This event caused a stormy debate both among experts and the public.

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28 April 2016 Half of Ukrainian oblasts ignore the State Strategy of Regional Development

The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of August 6, 2014 № 385 approved the National Strategy of Regional Development until 2020 (hereinafter – the Strategy), one of the strategic goals of which is rational use of natural resources, preservation of cultural heritage and valuable natural areas.

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25 April 2016 Lost objects and territories of nature reserve fund: Part 6 Sumy region

The next part of EPL’s study of the lost territories of natural reserve fund (NRF) is devoted to the Sumy region. Natural reserve fund of Sumy region is represented by very diverse network of protected sites and areas of almost all categories. As of 01.01.2016, their number reached 261 and they cover 181823.8556 ha or…

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16 April 2016 “Raid” to the national park occupied by militaries

On April 12, EPL environmentalists together with local nature protection activists were able to visit the national natural park “Oleshkivski sands” located in the Kherson region. Today, visiting the national park is not a simple task. For several months it has been literally captured by units of the armed forces of Ukraine.

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16 April 2016 Press Conference: natural reserves occupied by the military (Video)

On April 12, in the city of Kherson there was held a press conference devoted to the arbitrary activities-of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the nature reserve fund of Kherson region. The event brought together employees of institutions of the nature reserves and nature protection activists.

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16 April 2016 Lost objects of natural reserve fund (1972-2016). Part 5: Mykolaiv region

Environmentalists and volunteers of Environment-People-Law continue the study of loss of natural reserve fund (NRF) in each of the regions. Unfortunately, except for existing nowadays NRF areas, information on protected objects that were cancelled in the past for various reasons, hardly exists. Sometimes the reason for this was the intent to cut trees or start…

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5 April 2016 Creation of an integrated electronic system of environmental information

On April 5, 2016, Lviv Chamber of Commerce hosted a press conference “Environmentalists launch an electronic system of environmental protection” organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Lviv Regional State Administration.

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