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1.Meeting with the Minister of Economy and Environmental Protection: Mission (Im)possible? (2026-11-02)
... Recently, representatives of EPL team participated in a meeting between the leadership of the Ministry of Economy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine and representatives of the civil society environmental movement. The meeting began with a presentation by Minister Oleksandr Kravchenko of the work plans of the Ministry of Economy for 2026-2027. In his speech, the... ...
2.Compensation mechanisms for environmental damage in Ukraine: current state and perspectives (2026-10-31)
... Compensation mechanisms for environmental damage in Ukraine:current state and perspectives ...
3.Responsibility for Crimes Against Nature During War: Dialogue Group Meeting (2026-10-08)
... Yesterday, a meeting of the Dialogue Group on Responsibility for Events in Ukraine took place focusing on actions of regional and international institutions. The Dalogue Group includes representatives of the International Criminal Court, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, scientists, civil society experts from the EU, Latin America, etc. The Dialogue Group session was dedicated... ...
4.Draft Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Programme of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 15521 dated 17 August 2026: Assessment of Compliance with European Integration Commitments (2026-09-01)
... An analysis of the draft Programme of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) demonstrates that the document does not include environmental protection as a separate strategic goal of the Government, although, as a whole, it recognizes environmental policy as one of the areas of state policy and... ...
5.Svydovets mountain range from Stih to Tempa (2026-07-10)
... On June 25-27, EPL team conducted a survey of the Svydovets mountain range in the Carpathians. This range still has some of the best-preserved natural complexes in the Ukrainian Carpathians, an extremely interesting geological structure and lakes of glacial origin, which have the status of hydrological monuments of nature. Svydovets is home to a wide... ...
6.The second day of Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk (2026-06-29)
... EPL participated in developing the concept and moderating the workshop at the conference in Gdansk entitled “Green Recovery of Ukraine: Practical Steps, Challenges and Opportunities.” Ukrainian society aims to recover from the consequences of Russian armed aggression in a green manner, and nature conservation is the foundation and integral part of this process. Therefore, there... ...
7.The first day of URC in Gdansk – political statements of support from government leaders and EU leadership (2026-06-26)
... The official opening of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk on June 25, 2026 was attended by the Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Poland, as well as numerous prime ministers from various countries – Austria and Germany, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The prime ministers of the Baltic states emphasized the need for more active... ...
8.EPL representatives joined the events for civil society in Gdansk on the eve of URC2026 (2026-06-25)
... On June 24, the first civil society forum was held at the European Solidarity Center gathering a large number of representatives of mostly civil society organizations from Ukraine related to reconstruction issues and working in the areas of environmental protection, cooperation with communities, youth movements, journalism and information security, human rights protection and many others.... ...
9.The European Commission supports strengthening the institutional capacity of the environmental sector in Ukraine (2026-06-23)
... ICO “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) continues to cooperate with the European Commission on issues of institutional capacity of government bodies in the field of environmental protection and Ukraine’s fulfillment of its obligations within the framework of the process of accession to the European Union. In response to EPL’s appeal regarding the institutional capacity in the environmental... ...
10.EPL won its first precedent-setting victory: the court recognized Russia’s responsibility for the environmental damage to the Desnyansko-Starohutsky National Park and opened the way to environmental reparations (2026-06-21)
... The Shostka City District Court of Sumy Region fully satisfied the claim of the ICO “Environment-People-Law” and the National Nature Park “Desniansko-Starohutsky” to the Russian Federation for compensation for environmental damage caused as a result of armed aggression and recovered over UAH 6.1 million in damages from Russia. This case was one of the first... ...
